sidereal on Nostr: "When someone works for less pay than she can live on — ... she goes hungry so that ...

"When someone works for less pay than she can live on — ... she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently — then she has made a great sacrifice for you ... The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for. ... To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else."
-Barbara Ehrenreich