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Old 08-31-2016, 02:14 PM   #3179
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Originally Posted by Parallex View Post
The immediate and IMO appropriate response to said tweet was to point out that it was built with the shameful use of near slave labour.
I don't think that's a very good response. I mean, yes, it happened, but if you separate out the fact that oil & gas construction jobs are some of the easiest, and best-paid jobs for low-skill workers anywhere, it really cancels it out.

So we can build these things, and we definitely won't be doing it with slaves. I don't see the big deal.

At the very least, people on the left should be able to see that, but the left has long stopped being about economic equality or mobility.
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