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ComradePenguin lemmy.ml ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml
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lurch (he/him) sh.itjust.works lurch@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-04
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I don't get what the leg is in this metaphor. Anyone has an example?

(I also don't get what the crutch is, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so I'll think about that once I figured out what the leg is.)
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orc girly lemmy.ml orc_princess@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-09-11
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lurch (he/him) wrote:
I don't get what the leg is in this metaphor. Anyone has an example? (I also don't get what the crutch is, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so I'll think about that once I figured out what the leg is.)

I think it's our health, people are frequently overworked and underpaid and when our bodies break most of the time we need to pay for care
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lurch (he/him) sh.itjust.works lurch@sh.itjust.works
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orc girly wrote:
I think it's our health, people are frequently overworked and underpaid and when our bodies break most of the time we need to pay for care

Thanks. Makes sense 👍
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bunkyprewster startrek.website bunkyprewster@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-12
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lurch (he/him) wrote:
I don't get what the leg is in this metaphor. Anyone has an example? (I also don't get what the crutch is, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so I'll think about that once I figured out what the leg is.)

The means of production they have stolen.
And common ownership of the land

Uncle Karl goes into this in exhaustive detail.
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