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0 pointslotsofpulp2y ago0 comments

> Personal politics, IMO, is not a good reason to avoid living in certain areas

State laws have benefited me or the people I care about in the following ways:

-my wife had 8 more weeks of parental leave

-16 of my wife’s parental leave weeks were paid leave from the state’s family leave act

-state laws provide paid family and medical leave in case I should need it in the future

-my wife and daughter have an easy time finding access to all women’s healthcare, and will not have to worry about their body and well being being sacrificed during pregnancy

-minimum wage laws require a much higher minimum exempt salary, and overtime laws prevent having to work all day without commensurate pay

-non compete bans ensure we have a more balanced playing field against employers

-free breakfast and lunch in school for all kids

I cannot list them all, and it is not all rainbows and sunshine, but claiming that the way a state is managed has little effect on one’s life is nonsense.

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LeanderK2y ago

There are also LGBTQ rights. What if your child ends up coming out to you? Just because you're not part of it is not a valid reason. It's like saying you don't care about racism because you don't personally experience it even though you don't belong to a minority yourself.

matthewaveryusa2y ago

I think the default is not to care about anything that doesn't affect you personally. I think it's the wrong approach to think folks should care because it's so obvious to you that they should. It's far more effective to explain why someone should care from their point of you than hand-waving 'everyone should care about racism because racism bad'

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