• ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org
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        3 days ago

        He worked in multiple administrations. He worked as a true advocate for labor in the government. Among many accomplishments, he helped create the family medical leave act.

        He’s over 79 now. Let him talk.

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                  2 days ago

                  If you try real hard to get something done, and that thing ends up not getting done, then you failed. That doesn’t mean your attempts were invalid or worthless or the at you shouldn’t be celebrated for putting in the effort—but it doesn’t mean you succeeded at anything.

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                    24 hours ago

                    I guess that’s a way of looking at it. Ultimately, however, the human project is never about one generation of impact. Any “success” or “failure” of a person’s impact is more nuanced than a binary, even if the binary framing can make for a compelling narrative.

                    Reich had significant successes to the point of actively slowing the trend of workers losing rights that plagued the 1970s and 80s.