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Tweak says, "None of the above"

Galen Tyrol (toasterinchief) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2013-09-02 15:23:00

Entry tags:

!network post, caprica six, combeferre, gaige, galen tyrol, hestia jones, lee adama / apollo

It's interesting how they say they're celebrating labor today, but it's only the people with desk and government jobs who seem to have it off.

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	revolutionary 2013-09-02 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	It's not 'interesting', but depressing. Society's favouritism of the wealthy shows itself even here, as though they are more entitled to leisure and time with their families. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	It happens everywhere. The elite use the workers for their benefit and at their costs. Keep em dumb, keep em down, keep em too low to raise any threat. It's disappointing that people aren't more organized here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	revolutionary 2013-09-02 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	It was worse, I think, when nobility and birth meant a claim to more than was necessary. But capitalism seems to have replaced royalty -- wealth seems as inherited as a title and we seem to be a very long way from what was once thought of as the 'American Dream'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	I was going to say, just cause we don't have kings doesn't mean where you're born doesn't mean a hell of a lot. It's only ever those born in cities or to the elite who manage to become the ruling class themselves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	revolutionary 2013-09-02 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	It's true, there are no leaps and bounds between poverty and prosperity and the effort of a man does not reflect in his rewards. It should not be like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	mechromancing 2013-09-02 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	Oooooooo Imma need some popcorn for all the existential angst this is going to bring. But what else would you expect from the overt corporate overtones of this world? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	I guess it'd be naive to think something would eventually break the cycle and I'd picked it up since being here. But it's pretty frakked up celebrating that other people are still working. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mechromancing 2013-09-02 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah pretty much. But most things are pretty frakked up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Almost homey. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mechromancing 2013-09-02 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Needs more shooting people with acid and fire and explosives to be homey. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	startinganew 2013-09-02 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not surprised. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	Guess I'm not really either. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Galen hcjones 2013-09-02 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	How are you? Were you in the Tower when everything happened? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Hestia toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	I'm alright. And no, I was at SHIELD working on a jet when this all went down. You were up at that thing, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Hestia hcjones 2013-09-02 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, good. I'm glad to hear that you weren't hurt. I think I missed that part. Are you thinking of becoming an agent or just doing what you were back home for SHIELD? Yeah. I left Friday afternoon amd just got back about an hour ago. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Hestia toasterinchief 2013-09-02 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	No, I'm not a soldier, just a mechanic. Did you have a good time at least? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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2013-09-03 12:39 am UTC (link)

Even without seeing your work - not that I would understand half of what was going on - I know that you're an incredibly good mechanic.

I did! I rode in a boat with a motor, rode on a jet-ski (talk about exhilaration!), and lazed about in my swimsuit most of the time. I could have ridden a house, but none of them that were there were a good choice for a new rider. A few people did ask where you were.

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	numbersix 2013-09-02 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose they're celebrating that they have been excluded from the labor. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Seems like they wouldn't need a day for that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	numbersix 2013-09-02 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Did you ever read Gaius's manifesto? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. Cally brought it back at one point, and I read some. Hate to say it, but he wasn't wrong on some parts. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	numbersix 2013-09-02 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	~~Why would you hate to~~ He moved across classes, so I think that gave him a perspective from the different sides and what it takes to assimilate. Although I confess that I didn't read it as thoroughly as I could have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	eclairage 2013-09-02 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	It seems to me that the politicization of unions and the influence of lobbyist organizations have done their work in effectively driving the usefulness if organized Labor from the sociopolitical landscape. When everyone is afraid of being labeled Pink, who will stand? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	toasterinchief 2013-09-02 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	It would seem to me politicians paying attention to them would be a positive thing. Or do you mean the unions are listening a bit too much to the leaders? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eclairage 2013-09-02 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	I mean they're listening too much to their leaders - though this is an over-generalization, so I suppose I shall amend myself to say some - and not enough to the working women and men they represent. (Reply to this) (Parent)