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“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginni

by mehwoot 10y ago

“When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.”

aaron-lebo 10y ago
That would be a great retort except for the fact that there are people who care about inequality but aren't willing to take money from a system which is the very driver of inequality they preach against. Human beings are great at justification, no matter who they are. Do as I say but not as I do? That seems to be a problem with politics as a whole. It'd be better if we didn't defend it.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  >That would be a great retort except for the fact that there are people who care about inequality but aren't willing to take money from a system which is the very driver of inequality they preach against. You know, I don't think anyone has ever deliberately kept themselves at minimum wage to make a point about capitalism.
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  - loeg 10y ago
    > You know, I don't think anyone has ever deliberately kept themselves at minimum wage to make a point about capitalism. We have a crazy socialist local city council member who comes close: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/27/sawant-takes-40000-of-salary-rest-goes-to-solidarity-fund/ http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/27/sawant-...
    - eli_gottlieb 10y ago
      I was under the impression she made a chunk of money at Microsoft, and so doesn't have to support herself off City Council work.
      - loeg 10y ago
        I guess it's possible. Wikipedia doesn't have any information on on her work between getting her Comp Sci B.Sc in 1994 and her economics PhD sometime around ~2003. She didn't move to Seattle until 2006, unless that's missing from her 1994-2003 bio; after she had left the CS field. Maybe not Microsoft then, but still tech money.

by mehwoot 10y ago

aaron-lebo 10y ago

That would be a great retort except for the fact that there are people who care about inequality but aren't willing to take money from a system which is the very driver of inequality they preach against. Human beings are great at justification, no matter who they are. Do as I say but not as I do? That seems to be a problem with politics as a whole. It'd be better if we didn't defend it.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>That would be a great retort except for the fact that there are people who care about inequality but aren't willing to take money from a system which is the very driver of inequality they preach against. You know, I don't think anyone has ever deliberately kept themselves at minimum wage to make a point about capitalism.
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- loeg 10y ago
  > You know, I don't think anyone has ever deliberately kept themselves at minimum wage to make a point about capitalism. We have a crazy socialist local city council member who comes close: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/27/sawant-takes-40000-of-salary-rest-goes-to-solidarity-fund/ http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/01/27/sawant-...
  - eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    I was under the impression she made a chunk of money at Microsoft, and so doesn't have to support herself off City Council work.
    - loeg 10y ago
      I guess it's possible. Wikipedia doesn't have any information on on her work between getting her Comp Sci B.Sc in 1994 and her economics PhD sometime around ~2003. She didn't move to Seattle until 2006, unless that's missing from her 1994-2003 bio; after she had left the CS field. Maybe not Microsoft then, but still tech money.