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Re:Want an Unpaid Internship So You Can Get Valuable Experie... by akeefer on Saturday September 05, 2009 @02:52PM (#806887)
"A subtle form of class discrimination" is a far cry from "class warfare." I'm saying that, ethically speaking, unpaid internships help to further close off certain careers to people who are traditionally disadvantaged by giving opportunities to get ahead to people who are already traditionally more advantaged.

If you disagree with that logic, that's fine: just explain how I'm wrong instead of just dismissing it.

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Re:Want an Unpaid Internship So You Can Get Valuable Experie... by apotheon on Sunday September 06, 2009 @03:26PM (#808065)
I disagree with the idea that the possibility that one set of people might be more "advantaged" than another is good justification for ensuring nobody gets a leg up.

. . . and claiming otherwise, specifically when those sets of people are identified by social or economic class, is pretty much "code smell" for "class warfare".

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