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Just because someone ends up in dire straits, doesn't mean they are good. He could have spent less to avoid debt. He could have gotten a job in the private sec
by CryptoPunk 8y ago
Just because someone ends up in dire straits, doesn't mean they are good.
He could have spent less to avoid debt. He could have gotten a job in the private sector. In a country like the US, there is no excuse for resorting to treason to get a pay check.
- trpc 8y ago>He could have spent less to avoid debt Easier said than done in most cases, not all people are 20 or 30 something above average IQs and can write some app or website and by the end of the year he would raise a couple of million from investors or get a job in some fancy startup, most lives are just pathetic and the need for money can make people do unimaginable things, the guy is 61 years old and he is jobless and in debt >no excuse for resorting to treason of course there is no excuse and it's totally a treason, I am just noting that how pathetic life can be
- neilv 8y agoYou might want to edit to clarify. It sounds like you're saying that most people who are not startup techbros have pathetic lives.
- iliketosleep 8y agoYou're right that there's no excuse per se, but one must acknowledge that desperate people will resort to desperate measures - especially those who have a family to support. It's easy to take the moral high ground until you find yourself in the sort of situation where the future of your family is on the line. History has proven that people who are normaly good can be capable of terrible things when faced with perceived threats to their survival.
- np_tedious 8y agoIt's not really about individual morality though. It's about the system, incentives, and aggregates. Take 100 people in a situation comparable to his and given the same opportunity, maybe 10 partake in treason. We should aim to lower the total amount, the rate willing to partake, or both.