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Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ... by lucasmullens on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:40PM (#19965533)
It's not about the definition of "dead weight", people are downvoting you because it's a fairly mean phrase to use to refer to your fellow human beings.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ... by mixmastamyk on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:56PM (#19966093)
It's a statement describing his take on the situation, not an insult.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ... by crankylinuxuser on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:28PM (#19965944)
Animats may be saying thats what a capitalist system treats the downtrodden, but the actual actions are by that very capitalist system.

In order to face a problem, you have to be able to talk about it. And capitalism stratifies the "work" and "cannot work" brutally. And as a killing blow, then proceeds to separate food/shelter/communications and the means to try to make oneself better. In this way, capitalism forces the poverty-stricken to rely on charity of others, for 'market forces' nearly removes the ability to climb the ladder of success.

If you find using the term "dead weight" abhorrent (as I do), what are you doing about the root cause; capitalism?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ... by hndamien on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:44PM (#19966707)
Bailing out the banks and instituting QE is not capitalism.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Message to 2019 Graduates: ‘My Generation Has ... by crankylinuxuser on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:24AM (#19980889)
No true Scotsman fallacy.

Please tell us what is capitalism.

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