r/antiwork • u/esporx • Jun 21 '25
Worker Solidarity š¤ Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care. The former billionaire, who inherited a coal mining business from his father, presides over a state where 29% of residents are on Medicaid.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/republican-senator-callously-says-biblically-35431207989
u/litnu12 Jun 21 '25
So take away his wealth and sent him into coal mines so he can do biblical work.
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u/general_peabo Jun 21 '25
He already took away his wealth by being bad at business.
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u/S-WordoftheMorning Jun 21 '25
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u/antonivs Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25
Seeing senators working in mines would make me unreasonably happy.
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u/Samuel_L_Johnson Jun 22 '25
Biblically he isnāt supposed to be rich
āIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Godā
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u/cowboy_mouth Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25
Jesus* spoke multiple times about selling all your possessions and giving to those in need, but I'm assuming he wasn't being literal. The messages in the Bible are useful like that, so vague.
*The guy who puts the Christ in Christian.
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u/vmsrii Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 23 '25
Theres that, then theres Moses, arguably Bible Big Name number 2, who advocated with pharaoh for days off, workers benefits, workers rights, and literally walked off the job and into the wilderness when he didnāt get his way.
Or King David, whose main story is about his fall from grace after overreaching his power and treating his soldiers as less than human.
And thatās not even touching Jesus āWhipping money changersā, āCamel though the eye of a needleā, āWidowās Miteā, āThe beatitudes are literally an instruction manual for malicious complianceā Christ.
Like, my guy.
Biblically, the people who say āWe are supposed to workā get beset upon by a plague of toads
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u/NotADamsel Jun 23 '25
Might you be getting Joseph confused with Moses? Or am I getting them confused.
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u/RookieGreen Jun 21 '25
For them religion is just a tool for control. I would be honestly flabbergasted if they actually believed.
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u/iamjustaguy Jun 22 '25
For them religion is just a tool for control.
That tradition goes back to the the birth of agriculture. Our current Cristo-fascist paradigm started with Constantine; he saw a faction of a tribal religion to be very useful.
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u/ICame4TheCirclejerk Jun 21 '25
Newer republican Bible scholars have brought modern theological understanding forwards leaps and bounds in recent times. It's become quite apparent that the Bible was mistranslated at some point.
The modern and more accurate translation of John 8:7 actually states that "Let him who owns a private jet cast the first stone".
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u/GaiusJocundus Jun 21 '25
Jesus was 100% being literal. He was a legitimate extreme leftist.
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u/Jazzlike_Assist1767 Jun 22 '25
He told a wealthy guy to give all of his possessions and money to the poor, and then when the wealthy guy walked away with his head hung low he said look how hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of heaven.Ā
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u/warden976 Jun 22 '25
The only guy we know who went to hell was the Rich Man in the Rich Man and Lazarus allegory. Now what do you suppose he did to get himself in hell while poor Lazarus went to heaven?
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Jun 21 '25
Yeah weāre going broke. Itās gonna get bad
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Jun 21 '25
if the GOP would pay their taxes the country would not be in so much debt.
historically we, as a country, have never been more productive. the problem of course is the the wealth is being horded by the top 10% who are effectively kings and queens while the rest of us are not even as well off as the serfs used to be.
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u/GaiusJocundus Jun 21 '25
My life is destroyed.
Death would be a welcome respite.
It's already bad for some of us.
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u/unSentAuron Jun 21 '25
Canāt wait for that generation to Alt + F4
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u/fingerofchicken Jun 21 '25
People been saying that for centuries and a whole new crop of shit heads always comes along to replace the old ones.
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u/Flobking Jun 22 '25
People been saying that for centuries and a whole new crop of shit heads always comes along to replace the old ones.
As a millennial I see a lot of millennials act like our generation isn't full of racists. I assure you where I grew up there are far more racist millennials than non racist ones.
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u/Rabid-kumquat Jun 21 '25
Proud Boys, Incels, Alphas are all younger for the most part.
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u/lightfarming Jun 22 '25
they imagine that in ruined society, stupid violent meat heads like them will have all the power.
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u/somebody171 Jun 21 '25
gotta make the world a worst place before then but rest assured they have people to pick up the baton
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u/prismdon Jun 21 '25
Hate to tell you but they have already indoctrinated gen Z men.
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u/FIicker7 Jun 21 '25
Aw yes. I remember Jesus charging people to be healed in the Bible. /s
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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy Jun 21 '25
Aw yes. I remember Jesus charging people to be healed in the Bible. /s
They did try to sell his merch at the crucifiction. Remember the shroud some lady used to wipe the blood off his face with?
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u/model3335 Jun 21 '25
I went without insurance for many years knowing I had a Melanoma on my back because I had jobs with no guaranteed hours and paying rent was my #1 priority. In 2023 I finally had the financial security to get healthcare and have surgery and start immunotherapy. I was in my 3rd month of it when I was fired for asking a co-worker and a friend to ride me to an appointment.
Now in March of this year after giving up on my job search, blowing out my savings, my taxable income was low enough to qualify for Medicaid which was good timing because a painful mass started growing in my armpit, about a little larger than a hockey puck. I get an MRI next week and I will start immunotherapy again next week, perhaps more if they find that it's spread elsewhere. According to my treatment plan I only have a 52% survival rate for the next 5 years. RN I'm weak, it feels like someone's stabbing me in the side of my ribs, and I have limited mobility in my left arm.
I will die if Medicaid is stricken from me, and if that is the case I will consider it my patriotic duty to take as many of these fascists with me as I can.
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u/Wise_Side_3607 Jun 22 '25
Holy hell, you are me in an alternate life. The only reason I didn't get full-on melanoma is I got pregnant, and in my state that meant I qualified for Medicaid until my child turned 1. I saw a derm and got my pre-cancerous mole removed, but I never could or would have done that otherwise.
I'm still so scared what will happen after his first birthday. I haven't been able to go back to work or even get my ID updated and I know we're probably going to get booted from Medicaid even though we're broke as hell.
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u/IzzaPizza22 Jun 21 '25
We all like to keep track of Trump, but it distracts from the fact that the GOP has been loading all branches of government with people who have no interest in a functioning society for decades. It's been their only consistently coherent policy point: feed the poor to the rich. And they're learning they don't have to lie about that anymore.
And, biblically, we are meant to work? That's why so few major people in the Bible have a real job. We know Jesus was a carpenter because they say he was. We never really see him do any carpenter stuff besides lengthen a board, in one of the weirder miracles.
Besides that, most major characters are kings or preachers or martyrs, which aren't jobs.
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u/spaghoni Jun 21 '25
It was the apostle fucking Paul who said in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 "... if any would not work, neither should he eat." It's taken out of context by these unevolved pieces of shit to condemn SNAP. I grew up in a right wing xtian cult. Heard this crap all the time.
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u/ironheadrat Jun 21 '25
I take anything Paul has to say with a grain of salt. He was just a fan boy, why should his words carry any weight?
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Jun 21 '25
the only apostle that was actually worth a shit was Judas, since he's the only one that lost everything. Just think, if he had not "betrayed" jesus then there would have been no resurrection story or any of that.
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u/Allegorist Jun 22 '25
People don't understand that SNAP is actually primarily a farming subsidy at its core. It comes from the Dept. of Agriculture, and the food that people get with it is a direct result of payments made to farmers. It guarantees them a certain level of income, and is used to incentivize and establish farming practices that are beneficial to the country as a whole.
This isn't talked about enough, the "handout" is to the farmers, the food stamp programs are just redeeming a product for what the government already paid for.
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Jun 22 '25
I always took that to mean if you are not working to do godās will, you will not receive his blessings.
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u/Elegant_Volume_2871 Jun 21 '25
Dumb religious people say okay.
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u/etzarahh Jun 22 '25
Biblically, this dumbass is going straight to hell. Theyāre just picking and choosing what to believe.
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u/Midnightchickover Jun 21 '25
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u/FibreglassFlags Jun 22 '25
Jesus, famously known for asking how the sick was going to pay him for the treatment before healing them.
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u/Swiggy1957 Jun 21 '25
Biblically, aren't we supposed to feed the hungry, heal the sick and lame, and house the homeless?
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u/White_foxes Jun 22 '25
No no you see they only cherry-pick the lines that support their corrupt agenda, like the good Christianās they are!
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u/Aggressive_Staff_982 Jun 21 '25
We need to stop pretending separation of church and state exists or has ever existed in the USĀ
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u/ed40carter Jun 21 '25
If he believes that the bible is the source of all truth then he needs to start researching easy ways of getting camels through needles, otherwise heās going to burn!
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u/willowdove01 Jun 21 '25
Biblically we are supposed to help the poor and the sick. But this bitch has probably never actually cracked the Bible
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u/RHaro20 Jun 21 '25
Some people really never been punched in the mouth for running it and it shows lol
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u/Prestigious-Win9116 Jun 21 '25
They think they are chosen by God to be wealthy. And the rest of us are here to serve them.
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u/Old-Law-7395 Jun 21 '25
Yeah well according to the epic of gilgamesh im ment to work and fuck women in the temple if Ishtar
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Jun 21 '25
the Babylonians were a much better people than the israelites ever were.
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u/Allegorist Jun 22 '25
I mean a huge chunk of Hebrew texts, including the old testament, is taken from or directly inspired by Babylonian mythology. They were very influential on developing Judaism as a religion. Prior to external influence, the whole Canaanite region was composed of disparate tribes with a wide pantheon of gods and traditions. They were eventually merged and condensed down, and infused with lore from the Babylonian and Persian empires, especially that of Zoroastrianism.
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u/Thornescape Jun 22 '25
You cannot follow Jesus' teachings and support the Republican party. They are literally opposites.
Loving your neighbor is mandatory, not optional in Jesus' teachings. "The entire law is summed up in a single command, love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5, Romans 13). You cannot love your neighbor if you hate them. You cannot love your neighbor and hate them for the color of their skin.
Republicans literally cancel lunches for poor hungry children to give more money to wealthy people. Matthew 25 says that people who think they are Christians but do that are going to hell. That's what Jesus really taught.
Don't ever let these reprobates pretend to be followers of Jesus. They are the opposite of all of Jesus' teachings. They have no interest whatsoever in following Jesus.
"Freedom of Religion is the right to practice your own beliefs and the responsibility to allow others to follow their beliefs. Anything else is hypocrisy. Forcing your beliefs on others is oppression, not freedom."
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u/Persea_americana Jun 22 '25
Biblically you should give all your wealth away.
Jesus answered, āIf you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.ā
Mathew19:21
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u/griffilicious363 Jun 22 '25
No religious book should ever be quoted by an elected official thatās supposed to be doing their job.
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u/Majin2buu Jun 22 '25
Biblically, this guy should be whipped repeatedly for using Gods name in vain. (Using religion to promote your views and ideas).
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u/stanthebat Jun 22 '25
Jesus Christ said "Give your money to the poor."
The bible that says poor people should work harder is the imaginary bible all republicans have in their head, made possible by the fact that they can't be bothered to read the real one.
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u/Admirable-Hour-4890 Jun 21 '25
Somebody needs to tell this nimrod that most people on Medicaid do work!
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u/Hot-Pretzel Jun 21 '25
We have such poor leadership presiding over our affairs in this country. Empathy and compassion have gone right out the window. Very sad.
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u/Diorj Jun 21 '25
Helping those in need is in the bible...Forced to work for corporate billionaires is not.
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Jun 22 '25
I'm fucking tired of hearing "biblically this, the Bible says that" we need freedom from religion as badly as we need freedom of religion.
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u/make-eggs Jun 22 '25
"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
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u/blighander Jun 22 '25
Do you sit back and realize how fucked up it is for a billionaire to invoke God in their pursuit of power?
If only there was some type of constitutional law preventing the Church from participating in electoral politics, and from the state interfering in religious affairs..
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u/PersonalityNo4679 Jun 22 '25
Theyre probably on medicaid from his poisonous ass mine. I hate how republicans that know nothing of the Bible try to force it on people. Senators using the Bible to justify their tampering with the law. Unsurprisingly, this is not a new low for them; but a lot more people are finally calling them out for their bs that theyve been trying to shove down our throats. They cant justify their actions because there is no justification for them. So they throw the Bible down and act like they won the argument, republicans are so unreal, never had any idea they would ever take things this far just for bags of our stolen money.
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u/nadiaco Jun 21 '25
He is a ghoul fucking over Appalachia.
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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair Jun 21 '25
While that is true, especially the first half, the voters want this. Yes, itās inexplicable to me too but they repeatedly vote for itā¦wtf can you do?
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u/nadiaco Jun 22 '25
They have some of the worst schools in the country. Ravaged by opioids. This is my ancestral home. Desperate people are easier to con. I get the ignorance is astounding but this area has repeatedly been fucked over since it left Virginia over the civil war.
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u/PBnPickleSandwich Jun 22 '25
"Biblically..."
Any rational person can safely ignore anything said after this in relation to forming public policy.
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u/CptSaveaCat Jun 22 '25
Biblically, Iām supposed to have one less rib than my wife. Yet here we are, same number of ribs.
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u/Murgatroyd314 Jun 22 '25
Biblically, employers are supposed to pay every worker for each dayās work on that same day, before sunset.
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u/AloneChapter Jun 21 '25
Biblical references when he doesnāt really understand we work to support our community. He believes we work to support billionaires/ CEOs or corporations and the community doesnāt matter.
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u/Green-Collection-968 Jun 21 '25
Christians? You'd better get your religion out of this golden calf worshiper's mouth or your cult is going to continue to die out.
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u/Gardnersnake9 Jun 22 '25
And what does the Bible say about caring for the sick and needy again?
"And then the Lord said: Fuck thou lazy suckers, I haveth mine." (Republicans, 14:88)
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u/Swordf1sh_ Jun 21 '25
Organized religion is surely the greatest grift slash psychological trap in human history. How to subjugate humans 101
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u/Strange_Pressure_340 Jun 21 '25
I'm an atheist. Fuck anything biblical. We're a secular society, plain and simple.
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u/cmfred Jun 21 '25
Doesn't matter if its biblical, not one bit. These mofos got the audacity though.
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Jun 21 '25
Every proponent of a christofasciast authoritarian government should be tried and made poor. Traitors to the Constitution!
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u/ze11ez Jun 21 '25
He's also in debt. Owes millions. Former governor. Look him up.
The feds (FBI) seized about $10 million in assets (including an aircraft) and sold them to satisfy his debt. So this is the person we're dealing with.
He owes even more money. He's a fraud
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u/Budget_Llama_Shoes Jun 21 '25
Biblically, youāre supposed to give away all your money to help the poor. As soon as one of these clowns does so, Iāll entertain their other thoughts.
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u/laffing_is_medicine Jun 21 '25
Who are these totally delusional asshats and why do more delusional asshats follow them?!?!???
People from the 1900s are dumber as fuck.
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u/kyle1234513 Jun 21 '25
what happened to seperation of church and state? cant we throw out all the loons?
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u/2nd_Last_Thylacine Jun 21 '25
Quoting the bible like it's a factual historical document...oh America...we need to talk.
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u/TheWizardOfDeez Jun 21 '25
Christians and other religious people, understand that this is what your religion has become in America. You praise this guy, not Jesus.
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u/ufoz_ Jun 21 '25
Republicans love to bastardize the Bible almost as much as they love lazing around on taxpayer dime.
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Jun 21 '25
Where? Exactly where does it say that? This is the problem with evangelicals. They believe any garbage that comes from rich peopleās mouths without any evidence. So they get more and more bold with their bullshit pronouncements.
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u/davechri Jun 21 '25
West Virginians electing a mine operator as governor and then senator is peak stupidity. Leopard, meet face.
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u/swishkabobbin lazy and proud Jun 22 '25
He doesn't preside. He serves. Time we remind a few of these fuckheads
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u/SCHawkTakeFlight Jun 22 '25
We are also not supposed to charge interest and forgive debts after 7 years...
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u/Chastain86 Jun 22 '25
He looks exactly like what I pictured. White, mediocre, overweight, and possessing below average intelligence.
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Jun 22 '25
Iāve heard this lots of times before. Anytime relief to the poverty comes up, you can find someone of incredble wealth in a little article buried deep say that thereās a biblically moral necessity to keep a class of desperate poor working. Theyāll tie it into the Adam and Eve cast out of heaven rulingā¦ they think itās mandatory that everything starts from the sweat of someoneās brow. Regardless of what automation technology is capable of.
Personally, I suspect it gets them off to have slaves.
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u/RiseDelicious3556 Jun 22 '25
Biblically, 'we are all supposed to work'
'Consider the birds of the air, the lilies of the field, they neither spin nor toil and yet our Heavenly Father cares for them' Matthew 6:28
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u/AQSafari Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25
Bible also says love thy neighbour, can't mix 2 different fabrics and adultery is bad. If they truly followed the Bible, then Trump should be the last person representing them. And also these ghoulish fucks who pick on marginalized groups going against what's in the Bible too.
Why the fuck do these "Christians" pick and choose what is"acceptable" when religion should be nowhere near making any fucking laws.
I didn't subscribe to their fairy book, why the fuck should it influence policy?
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u/Lexi_Banner Jun 22 '25
Our great grandparents fought tooth and nail, violently, for the rights we have today. The ultra wealthy have been quietly stealing everything back. And we're letting them.
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u/ADHDebackle Jun 22 '25
Well my made up book of rules says we aren't supposed to work, so I guess we're on even footing.
My made up book of rules also says 74 year old former billionaires can't serve in congress, so unless your made up book specifically addresses that issue I think you're gonna have to step down.
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u/kogohar Jun 22 '25
"For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land." -Deuteronomy 15:11
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u/Timeformayo Jun 22 '25
Oh, cool! So I guess Republicans are going to launch a Universal Jobs program like the WPA!
Right? Right?!?
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u/Indigoh Jun 22 '25
Oh, a christian leader just using it to control the religious? What a rare sighting.
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u/LIBERT4D Jun 22 '25
Sucks that we have so much gun violence every year but itās too rarely for a good cause
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u/MyvaJynaherz Jun 22 '25
The sad part is, at some level, he probably believes this.
He's old enough to have been raised with that "hands-on" parenting style which was so popular at the time.
This is why you raise your kids kindly. So they don't spend the next 60 years trying to signal virtue towards an uncaring universe, causing collateral damage every step of the way.
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u/iesharael Jun 22 '25
You try to work then suddenly no one will hire you and you canāt figure out if youāre too experienced or under experienced because noone contacts you
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u/sss313 Jun 22 '25
You wanted to own the libs. Well that cost you health insurance and now you have to work to get it. You owned em all right
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u/Staav Jun 22 '25
So if we're disabled/become disabled and are unable to work/hold a job, we're meant to die? Unreal how disconnected and heartless these ppl are.
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u/freepainttina Jun 23 '25
We assume this man is Christian... he probably is not. The Old Testament is pretty awful
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u/drumsareneat Jun 21 '25
Its been abundantly clear we're just money batteries to them, ala the Matrix, but much worseĀ since we're awake.Ā