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>Maybe it's about what forms of success one is exposed to and what one sees is popular among one's peers? I wonder if this particular cancer is not more widesp
by bilbo0s 6y ago
>Maybe it's about what forms of success one is exposed to and what one sees is popular among one's peers?
I wonder if this particular cancer is not more widespread than that?
What I mean is this - What if there is a very real perception among the populace, that insta-youtube-dreaming is, in actuality, a good way to make money? Maybe the problem is deeper than simple "peer pressure"? Maybe the issue is that at this point, having seen so many seemingly successful people doing this, the populace has come to believe this is how you can make a living? Just as previously the lower socioeconomic side of the populace believed the way to make a living was to go out and get a job at the town's factory. While working at a grocer was something you did only until you got that job down at the plant. Today, working at Starbucks may be getting viewed as something you do only until your Twitch-Youtube-InstaFaceChat channel gets enough followers.
It's a bit depressing when you think about it.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoEh, I think most people are aware that the odds are long - imo a more apt comparison would be kids of the past dreaming about being pro athletes or rock stars.