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I'm getting tired of people saying "the ____ is broken" for everything, and always at the beginning of a pitch for a new vision of the world. I suppose having
by jtraffic 9y ago
I'm getting tired of people saying "the ____ is broken" for everything, and always at the beginning of a pitch for a new vision of the world. I suppose having an alternative is better than an empty critique, but the business interest usually makes the new vision ring hollow to me.
- dilemma 9y ago"* is broken" is the ultimate expression of a highly potent mixture of ignorance and narcissism. It assumes that everyone but you is an idiot, that the answer is simple, and that you have it.
- weberc2 9y ago"Toxic" seems to be its moral equivalent, and it was also featured in this article. This word gets thrown out when someone wants to call some other group "evil", but the actual rationale invites too many parallels to be drawn to the accuser's own tribe.