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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Is it really a fair point? What should people do, fall on the sword of truth, sacrifice their livelihoods and the wellbeing of their families for.... what exactly? Not everyone is a young person with no dependents who can thumb their nose at the establishment just because they believe they're right.

[–]tomatosplat 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_... as much as we hate wikipedia- it was readily available

If you do not stand, your children will fall.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I love that quote. Do a thought experiment with me and pretend what you know will send you into desperate poverty. And the people who depend on you. Take a moment and imagine it. What do you stand to gain? What to stand to lose? What about all your children and dependents?

It's a lot different if you're single because you don't have those people counting on you. Although nobody really counts on me, but for those they do.

On a positive note the wife agreed to wear her sexy baby doll sleepwear to bed for the next couple nights. Rawr.

[–]EvilNick 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm technically single with no kids, own my own business but also work. I don't want to risk my pension but seriously it's going to get worse for those who aren't me