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diminoten on March 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: “So many people spend their working lives doing jo...

Are you implying that there is no place for malicious jobs in society?

TeMPOraL on March 22, 2015 [–]

I am. Before someone brings up the military - you can say that armed forces are built on malice, but the harm is at least directed towards other societies. Telemarketing is basically hurting members of your own.

diminoten on March 22, 2015 | [–]

Before we start, what do you define as a telemarketer?

And how do you define usefulness for humanity?

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