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So, to be clear, we "hyper-optimize for bread" in a society where 12.3% are food-insecure at some point during the year (https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nu
by eli_gottlieb 9y ago
So, to be clear, we "hyper-optimize for bread" in a society where 12.3% are food-insecure at some point during the year (https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...)?
The line you're thinking of goes, "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too." It's how the rose became a socialist symbol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Roses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_Roses
>This shit makes my blood run cold.
It makes mine run hot with rage and fire, but honestly, what doesn't?
- Dylan16807 9y agoYou seem to be implying we don't have enough bread? Because we do. We would have enough bread if we all switched to 30 hour work weeks too. The problem of bread disparity is largely separate. Running the mainstream worker ragged does nothing to ensure that the poor have access to necessities.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoI'm just suggesting that talking of "hyper-optimization" without getting the cost function right doesn't help.
- Dylan16807 9y agoIt's the people doing the hyper-optimizing for bread / raw output that don't have the cost function right.