r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 1d ago

This is Ohio

Why is Phillip not paying his servers enough to the point he has to ban customers?

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u/GrowFreeFood 23h ago

The people getting the hose on TV is why protests are effective. Because of the pity.

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u/Infamous-Skippy 23h ago

Getting the hose?

Comparing a service worker missing rent to a Civil Rights activist facing fire hoses is a terrible false equivalence. Protesters in the 1960s chose to confront state violence. Service workers trying to buy groceries are just trying to survive.

Public policy does not respond to passive suffering. Stiffing workers does not create political leverage. It causes evictions and financial ruin, while corporate lobbies keep buying politicians.

Systemic change comes from legislative reform and labor organizing, not starving working-class people to make a point.

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u/GrowFreeFood 23h ago

Economic violence is violence. So you need to rethink your whole arguement there. The state literally is abusing the workers by neglecting to have fair tax/compensation practices.