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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by mschuster91 on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:38PM (#29880645)
> Couple that to daycare/preschool shutdowns: if there's a case in the class we've got to keep our kids at home for a week. We both work. We can deal with it, lord knows we've had to do it enough times already, but it's absolutely draining.

At least now people start to realize that they work too much and that schools are not institutions of education any more but rather prisons for children so that their parents can be exploited by the capitalist elite class, having to work only to barely make rent.

Parents should be able to parent their children and the time effort required for that doesn't fly with both parents having to work 40 hours a week. When you have to get up at 0600 to get ready for the day, leave at 0800 for the job, come home at 1800, spend an hour making and eating dinner, you only have four to five hours with your children - and stuff like hobbies (both for parents and children), sex, dealing with adult stuff (insurances, paperwork) hasn't even been included yet.

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by aklemm on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:22PM (#29881653)
Right on, and I can’t believe how seldom it’s heard. The current work-life-society bargain is terrible and we should expect terrible results until it’s re-negotiated.
Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by mschuster91 on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:39PM (#29881996)
Those in power (and many of the population on HN, I dare bet) have nannies, au-pairs and other forms of easing the load of child raising, so they don't feel the pressures.

Those who bear the full load have no representation in politics, either by socioeconomic class (most representatives are highly privileged) or by ethnic history (non-citizens cannot vote, even if they have permanent residence and pay taxes).

Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by aklemm on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:54PM (#29883240)
And the “family values” folks, oddly, are no help.