[jhdias]

When they cut the teachers' wages And I was not a teacher I stayed quiet

When they underpaid the nurses And I was not a nurse I looked away

When they devalued the caregivers And I was not a caregiver I remained silent

Then when my own profession faced cuts There was no one left To stand with me

[WesolyKubeczek]

But you didn’t stay quiet, you were telling them to learn to code.

[decae]

In this context, the final line would be:

Then when my children needed a teacher, and I became sick, or old, there was no one left to support me.

[bad_user]

Who is "they"?

[hangsi]

Nazis, traditionally. Typing it out makes the comparison feel weak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

[bad_user]

So are nazis cutting the wages of teachers, nurses or caregivers? Are the nazis coming for your profession?

Are these nazis in the room with us?

[mjburgess]

The people who set the prices of labour based on the productivity of the worker. The Global Council of Price Fixers, who if not but for, we could take all the profits of the engineers and redistribute them to the teachers. So that we can make sure every $1 an engineer could've turned into $100, a school can turn it into 50 cents.