This is a whole New Testament Discourse thing, since the Greek word "tekton" used to refer to Jesus just generally means "builder" or "construction worker" (it's the same word from which we get "tectonic plates", the Earth's crust being made with pieces joined together)https://twitter.com/baddestmamajama/status/1343468417492209664 …
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Just like in the modern world, calling someone a "builder" can mean someone who actually owns a business that builds stuff - what we'd call a "contractor" - or it can mean someone who works for that business, including people at the bottom of the hierarchy (unskilled day labor)
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I confess I prefer the headcanon that Jesus was just one of the guys hanging out at Home Depot waiting to be hired out for the day (the topic of multiple of his parables) Though in context most likely he worked for his dad, who was a full-time contractor
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You get the feeling that it was one of those situations where his dad made him help out around the business to keep him from spending all his time buried in books talking about God and whatnot
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This would explain why in Catholicism Joseph is the dedicated Saint of Carpenters, and carpentry-related prayer isn't considered a side hustle for Jesus, like asking AOC for cocktail advice
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It is kind of interesting how the Catholics made May Day the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, as part of their tradition of ambiguously supporting and/or co-opting leftist movements
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I'd like to think Joseph would be a union guy, although the concept is somewhat anachronistic, and if he himself is "the town carpenter" he'd probably be petit bourgeois and not working class
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If you take the Parable of the Laborers very literally it's legitimately a story about problems with union organizing (veteran workers getting pissed off at the idea new workers should get the same benefits they do, wanting to implement a seniority system)
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While we're at it, the Parable of the Talents is literally a story about the dangers of hoarding money capital instead of circulating it in the economy and using it to grow the productive forces
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Yeah but it makes a hero out of a capital investor
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