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by johnnyanmac 482 days ago
>they don't provide a solution to paying the people making the $20 bills more.

I'm not providing a solution, I'm negating an unethical one. I don't have an answer to world hunger, but I can negate wiping out half the humans on earth as a solution, despite being a valid approach in a vacuum.

>Your boss wants cheap labor as much as you want cheap housing.

Okay, we don't live in Want-Land. Business have to follow laws and hire under regulations, and I have the follow the rules and find a way to house myself. What's your point? We don't get to break rules because they are inconvenient.

>I can only imagine what a flop a movie based on everyday reality would be, where it's difficult to discern who is actually the bad guy.

There's no purely good or buy guys. That doesn't mean that's an excuse to not strive for good. Fatalism does no one good and it's not really a good counterargument to injustices.

You can choose to do nothing. I'd rather not discourage good just because you personally have up.