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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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She needed tools and accommodations, not charity. She fought for systems that allowed her to participate, not for others to do things for her. That’s the difference between dependency and interdependence with autonomy. She fought for the level of the freedom she wanted for everyone as much as she was able.
Now you're just arguing the definitions of words.
And I'm pretty sure that the only reason her teacher was able to help her grow was that the teacher got training at charity schools.
No, I'm going by the real definitions of words. Charity by definition is something done in informal basis (and as such, it's unreliable). It's not welfare system - which Keller wanted (reliable egalitarianism). Keller herself was vocally against relying on charity as the sole system of support for the needy. She argued that as long as the disabled and the poor relied on the "generosity" of individuals, they remained subjects rather than citizens.
Yeah, she did it all by herself lol
Let me be clear, I'm by no means knocking Helen Keller. But dude, let it go that doing everything by yourself is somehow better, because it's not.
Where did I ever say that doing everything by yourself is better somehow? I pointed out specifically that she needed assistance. She didn't need someone to do everything for her, she needed someone to enable her to do as much as she could for herself, and that's also what kind of policies she fought for.
I just don't understand your point I guess
The point is to think for yourself.
I'm not making moral claims, nor am I saying what "should" be. I'm just pointing out an obvious feedback loop, which however does put the onus on the reader to figure out for themselves how much freedom they want to allow for everyone (again, not just themselves).
Seems to me you're trying to read what I said as a call for some "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" idea. Which is isn't, if you pay attention to the words I used.