People who perform manual labor should be not only given high and liveable wages, but unlimited access to healthcare and physical therapy to help manage the myriad conditions that come from doing back-breaking work.
Like this is not an absurd concept. It bothers me that people think that it is.
I think it’s an extension of the capitalist-backed culture of convenience. We throw out what’s broken and acquire new, rather than repairing what we’ve got. Employers(particularly in America) see their employees as things, and treat them the same way. Use them until they break, then throw them away and acquire new ones. And it’s deplorable.
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