destructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoTamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gearwww.siasat.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoI’m sorry but why the ##### would you do this?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWhy would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
minus-squareLowpast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoScheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSo people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?
minus-squarefossphi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoYes, decades of systemic subjugation and poverty. When survival is at stakes, people tend to do the extreme stuff, too And for the system, it’s probably cheaper to just let it happen instead of trying to lift these poor people up
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIs there any work towards a workers union?
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf it’s anything like I see in America, people who aren’t willing to be taken advantage of are seen as weak and not knowing their place.
I’m sorry but why the ##### would you do this?
What do you mean by that question?
Why would you dive into a sewer without protective gear
Scheduled Caste systems. They don’t have a choice.
So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?
Yes, decades of systemic subjugation and poverty. When survival is at stakes, people tend to do the extreme stuff, too
And for the system, it’s probably cheaper to just let it happen instead of trying to lift these poor people up
Is there any work towards a workers union?
If it’s anything like I see in America, people who aren’t willing to be taken advantage of are seen as weak and not knowing their place.
Gross