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Thursday, May 04, 2017
Irony Alert! Irony Alert!
"I'm not going there for politics, I'm going there for money."
--said by a self-identified communist who will be working in (politically conservative) Alaska this summer. This student made this comment to me in class today.
It's not surprising. Bernie also bought his second vacation home for 650k after campaigning against the "evils" of the rich. Hypocrisy from those types of people doesn't fully surprise me
I'm not a communist. I freely admit that I do the job I do solely for the money it pays. I don't preach the ills of trying to make a lot of money. And even though I'm merely a member of the middle class, I don't fault those whose efforts got them into the upper class.
The job I do is one that is constitutionally justifiable, as was the job I did as an army lieutenant. I'm not against government jobs, I'm against unnecessary and unconstitutional government jobs.
Also, I'm not a union member. I don't see the irony, much less any hypocrisy, in my position. I also don't see any cowardice on my part, unlike a commenter hiding behind a computer screen being anonymous.
Any low wage job your student is going to make is not going to be a fortune. Quite the contrary, what you call "amassing" wealth is just crumbs that the capitalist class has left for us to survive on.
Are we taking bets on how long he lasts?
ReplyDeletePutting money on 3 weeks.
That's not the point, and you know it!
ReplyDeleteHey if he's going for money- we should be in it for the money too!
ReplyDeleteI never considered politics when I took a summer job. It was always for the money.
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't get your point either.
Richard
My point is that the communist is trying to amass cash.
ReplyDeleteIt's not surprising. Bernie also bought his second vacation home for 650k after campaigning against the "evils" of the rich. Hypocrisy from those types of people doesn't fully surprise me
ReplyDeleteIrony alert:
ReplyDeleteAnti-union, pro-charter conservative, Darren works at a unionized public school in blue blue California.
He's not here for the politics, he's here for the money!
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ReplyDeleteI'm not a communist. I freely admit that I do the job I do solely for the money it pays. I don't preach the ills of trying to make a lot of money. And even though I'm merely a member of the middle class, I don't fault those whose efforts got them into the upper class.
ReplyDeleteThe job I do is one that is constitutionally justifiable, as was the job I did as an army lieutenant. I'm not against government jobs, I'm against unnecessary and unconstitutional government jobs.
Also, I'm not a union member. I don't see the irony, much less any hypocrisy, in my position. I also don't see any cowardice on my part, unlike a commenter hiding behind a computer screen being anonymous.
Any low wage job your student is going to make is not going to be a fortune. Quite the contrary, what you call "amassing" wealth is just crumbs that the capitalist class has left for us to survive on.
ReplyDeleteThe Communist Party of Alaska.
I'd rather have capitalism's crumbs than communism's--what good *does* communism offer, anyway?
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