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alienthrowaway | 11 months ago

"There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in." - Desmond Tutu

Society is not ready for the conversation because more often that not, inquisitive people who dare go upstream find out that capitalism - directly or indirectly - is pushing into the river, and have to walk back down to while hanging their head, and continue pulling those they can out of the river.

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umeshunni|11 months ago

Yes I'm sure it's the capitalism in Venezuela that pushed these people into taking these jobs in Columbia.

alienthrowaway|11 months ago

I think you can do better than that in charitably reading what I said in the context of a hagiography whose centerpiece is a loan to a 50 year-old immigrant for an e-bike.