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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is absolutely the case. In the documentary “The Fog of War” (a great documentary IMO) Robert McNamara explains how he helped create a personality test to screen applicants for Ford (I think it was them).

One of the questions was “Would you rather be a coal miner or a florist?”. McNamara says his family had owned a florist but the answer they wanted coal miner. For “obvious reasons”.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't think the reason is obvious at all. Is it because coal mining is hard work?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    "Yeah I want to be a coal miner. I want to fuck up my health, the health of the environment, the health of anyone nearby, all just to make somebody else a profit with a product that is more expensive than the clean alternatives"

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