So I heard a man singing something in a language I didn’t understand. I was curious if it was a religious day for one of the many cultures on my street. So I googled around and turns out it’s Ramadan. I’m not sure what the appropriate well-wishing is for our muslim comrades from someone not of the same faith. I’ll go with this and hope it’s OK: may your faith, family, and friends bring you comfort.
But it’s not about Ramadan that I wish to speak. On the same page I found were entries for Commonwealth Day ( ), something called Maslenitsa that’s apparently like a Russian equivalent of Mardi Gras, and World Plumbing Day.
This is where I argue that plumbers do more than anyone else in advancing socialism - whether they know it or not. Here’s the logic.
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Water/sewage systems go in.
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Health improves. Workers live better and longer.
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The average worker is now much more skilled and reliable.
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The labour theory of value kicks in, and we all know the rest of that story.
So the next time you see a plumber, do whatever figurative hat-tipping is appropriate to the situation. Their work hastens the contradictions in capitalism. Every toilet, every showerhead, every sink faucet is a tap against the castle walls of the bourgeoisie. No one tap will bring down the walls - but billions will.
Postscript: I am extremely high right now, and quite sleep deprived in addition. I am broadcasting this to you from what I believe is Halley’s comet.
who need they pipes cleaned
omg me