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It seems like a tautology to say subverting is objectively bad. When does tracking become subverting though? Also it's a bit ironic to decry both materialism a
by unishark 6y ago
It seems like a tautology to say subverting is objectively bad. When does tracking become subverting though?
Also it's a bit ironic to decry both materialism and wealth inequality at the same time. I guess if you're concerned about the wealthy's souls or something.
- gorgoiler 6y agoI don’t want to overcome wealth inequality so we can all own Porsche SUVs. I’m not interested in facilitating mass materialism. Materialism is the problem, and wealth inequality a symptom, in my experience.
- unishark 6y ago> I don’t want to overcome wealth inequality so we can all own Porsche SUVs. Indeed quite the opposite. But if some do care to own them, that doesn't have to bother you.
- someguyorother 6y ago>Also it's a bit ironic to decry both materialism and wealth inequality at the same time. I guess if you're concerned about the wealthy's souls or something. You could probably do it along the lines of a Vimes' boots argument. "People who are poor can't afford essential services, medical support, etc., so their lives slowly degrade while they fill the void with empty consumerism. If there were equality, they would have been sufficiently well-off to directly deal with the problems of their lives." That argument opposes materialism because it argues that consumerist materialism obscures real problems, and it is also in favor of equality as something that would improve people's lives.