Current Events > Bible tell us that workers are entitled to their labor.

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The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.


Capitalist christians like to ignore this quote.hmmm hmm
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The only thing capitalists worship is the all mighty dollar.
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Interesting - so communism is the word of God after all
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Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow
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The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

HorrorJudasGoat posted...

The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

And?
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DarthAragorn posted...

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow

>_>
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Sure the bible may say that but what does free market jesus say?

HorrorJudasGoat posted...

The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

and riddick killed a dude with a teacup
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Supply-side Jesus tells us that the farmer shouldn't grow crops at all, cause if he does it'll devalue the crops already existing in the market.
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KnightofShikari posted...

HorrorJudasGoat posted...

The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

and riddick killed a dude with a teacup

And John Wick once killed three men in a bar, with a pencil. With a fucking pencil
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DarthAragorn posted...

KnightofShikari posted...

HorrorJudasGoat posted...

The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

and riddick killed a dude with a teacup

And John Wick once killed three men in a bar, with a pencil. With a fucking pencil

The Joker can do a pretty impressive magic trick with a pencil too.
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liberals definitely don't believe that workers are entitled to the fruits of their own labor

FLUFFYGERM posted...

liberals definitely don't believe that workers are entitled to the fruits of their own labor

AND conservatives do?
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DarthAragorn posted...

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow

Would you kindly?
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Um

Did I miss something? Where are all these capitalists who say we shouldn't pay laborers?
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DevsBro posted...

Um

Did I miss something? Where are all these capitalists who say we shouldn't pay laborers?

Mcdonald's makes money off selling their food that workers who sell their food make minimum wage, while their CEO makes 15 million a year.

No developed country has a greater income difference between the lowest and the highest paid workers than the U.S.
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3rd_Best_Master posted...

DarthAragorn posted...

KnightofShikari posted...

HorrorJudasGoat posted...

The Bible also says that a man killed 1000 people with the jawbone of a donkey.

and riddick killed a dude with a teacup

And John Wick once killed three men in a bar, with a pencil. With a fucking pencil

The Joker can do a pretty impressive magic trick with a pencil too.

They say Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the High King with his voice! Shouted him apart!
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Paper_Okami posted...

DevsBro posted...

Um

Did I miss something? Where are all these capitalists who say we shouldn't pay laborers?

Mcdonald's makes money off selling their food that workers who sell their food make minimum wage, while their CEO makes 15 million a year.

The argument is that they're already paid what they're worth
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Paper_Okami posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

liberals definitely don't believe that workers are entitled to the fruits of their own labor

AND conservatives do?

youre the one pretending to have the morally high position, broseph

FLUFFYGERM posted...

Paper_Okami posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

liberals definitely don't believe that workers are entitled to the fruits of their own labor

AND conservatives do?

youre the one pretending to have the morally high position, broseph

I'm not a liberal.

DarthAragorn posted...

Paper_Okami posted...

DevsBro posted...

Um

Did I miss something? Where are all these capitalists who say we shouldn't pay laborers?

Mcdonald's makes money off selling their food that workers who sell their food make minimum wage, while their CEO makes 15 million a year.

The argument is that they're already paid what they're worth

It's hard to argue that a CEO is worth like 300 times more than them.
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When a CEO can just be replaced by any high school kid and the minimum wage workers can get my damn order right you may have a point
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Mcdonald's makes money off selling their food that workers who sell their food make minimum wage, while their CEO makes 15 million a year.

Oh, and here I thought you said what you meant. There's a more appropriate passage for people who agree to do labor for a particular price and then want to complain.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+20:1-16
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Paper_Okami posted...

The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.


Capitalist christians like to ignore this quote.hmmm hmm

I guess you forgot all about the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard where every hired hand is given exactly the wages agreed upon with the owner of the vineyard before starting the work. Isn't that very similar to capitalism itself?
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DevsBro posted...

Mcdonald's makes money off selling their food that workers who sell their food make minimum wage, while their CEO makes 15 million a year.

Oh, and here I thought you said what you meant. There's a more appropriate passage for people who agree to do labor for a particular price and then want to complain.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+20:1-16

Those dudes didn't have to pay up the ass for a hut, and food.

The cost of living has significantly increased in the last couple decades, yet the wages have largely been stagnant.

I live in MAssachussets which has the 5th highest cost of living in the country. It has a high minimum wage of 11 dollars, yet the cost of living is so high, that you'd have to work 87 hours a week to afford housing without paying more than a third of what you make on rent.
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I don't disagree but that really doesn't have anything to do with the OP, nor does it refute the Matt 20 passage.
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DevsBro posted...

I don't disagree but that really doesn't have anything to do with the OP, nor does it refute the Matt 20 passage.

Well the bible does have many quotes that contradict itself.
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DarthAragorn posted...

When a CEO can just be replaced by any high school kid and the minimum wage workers can get my damn order right you may have a point

In some cases, a CEO could be replaced by a Magic 8-ball, and it would probably do a better job. Yet these CEOs keep their jobs, or, when fired, get a golden parachute worth dozens of times what a minimum wage worker makes in a year.
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