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See the story of the Donner Party for an example of how warm-bed proclamations of moral superiority (“I would starve to death first”) are rather trite. It’s eas
by briandear 7y ago
See the story of the Donner Party for an example of how warm-bed proclamations of moral superiority (“I would starve to death first”) are rather trite. It’s easy to pretend how great we would be in the face of adversity when in the comfort of not being in such adversity. Look at how prostitutes often end up where they end up: at 11 years old I bet they would have declared that they’d never have sex with random, disgusting people for money while getting addicted to drugs and getting beaten for their efforts.
Maslow’s hierarchy holds true. Morality is a luxury for many.
- steveeq1 7y agoI agree. There's nothing worse to me, than the "Champagne Socialist" who hand-waves about the righteousness of socialism, but fails to tip the uber driver. I hate that. I'm with Taleb in that it's best to judge people when they have "skin in the game". No, I've turned down real-world jobs or gigs or deals where deception was involved and was not in the client's best interests. Sadly, "tactics" and dirty tricks are extremely common in the real world, particularly in sales and law area (sometimes tech). You would be amazed at the number of people that would use dirty tricks if: - "money can be made" - "I can get away with it" - "my co-workers are doing it" - (or) "my boss told me to" And the guys I knew who did this were hardly starving. hell, some of them LIKED doing it. And then they would go on to church or rally or whatever, feeling all self-righteous about themselves. It's god damn bizarre.