I improved on the meme. get to work, Paris

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    it's him quoting the bible with none of his surrounding context, Lenin's meaning is those who are able. but actions speak louder than words:

    https://isreview.org/issue/102/disability-and-russian-revolution/

    Within the first four years of the revolution, the Bolsheviks enacted a flurry of legislation that codified virtually every major disability-related demand emanating from the mass movements during the preceding two decades. These included the following provisions:

    ■ Shortening the maximum legal workday to eight hours for most forms of labor, six to seven hours for others, and four to six hours for the most dangerous industries

    ■ Maternity leave with full pay and free childcare for all women workers, two months before and two months after childbirth

    ■ Full social insurance coverage for all workers covering all forms of disablement, regardless of whether the origin of the disability was work-related or not; all insurance institutions to be administered directly and entirely by the insured themselves; temporary disability insurance to cover all incapacities at full wage

    ■ Full social-security coverage for all, with government pensions available to those either temporarily or permanently outside the workforce due to disability, old age, illness, etc., social-security pensions to be solely determined by the prevailing wage in a given region, rather than an individual’s past pay, past employment status or length, or the nature of the disabling condition

    • Jew [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I appreciate the context. It's just been a tough week and I'm feeling extra vulnerable to anti-disability stuff rn. I need to learn more about Lenin and the revolution. I don't mean any adversity. I'm just sick of the suffering.

      • LilComrade [comrade/them]
        hexagon
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        3 years ago

        That’s the only reason it ever has a big middle class. Back to the gilded age baby!