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Clearly, he does not have any kids...


You mean clearly his judgement is not clouded by the immediate need to feed his family without objecting to the masters.


No, I love my kids and they don't cloud my judgement. I mean kids work well with routines and what is wrong with going to work at the same time every day and coming home at the same time?


It's not your family that clouds your judgement, and I'm not saying "you" as in you, I mean the generic you.

One's judgement is clouded by his own sense of responsibility, it's common for SJ types[1][2] to value stability over enhancing the human condition. "if it works don't fix it".

Even more so when one feels he has an immediate, real, concrete, practical, measurable responsibility to provide for his family.

This could cloud one's judgement because:

The immediate need of his family seems real, while the need of society for better working conditions seems "out there", not really as important or as concrete as the need to provide for his family.

This is what I mean by the OP's judgement not being clouded. He can think clearly about the large-picture issues.

[1]: http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/sj-temperame...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_temperament




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