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It's fascinating and saddening that this conversation that clearly needs to be had within this community is being reported so frequently and fervently that it's

It's fascinating and saddening that this conversation that clearly needs to be had within this community is being reported so frequently and fervently that it's dropped from front page to third page in less than 30 minutes.

justicezyx 6y ago
It seems it becomes a taboo to question the staggering inequality in personal fortune. While at the same time, media are not shy away from waging wars on racial inequality. But it seems to me that addressing economic inequality most likely greatly solves the racial equality. I never saw any individual who are less qualified for an opportunity, where the inequality in opportunity cannot be fixed by strong social support in his or her earlier life through education and community. It of cuz will be slow. But that's precisely the time scale we need to think about to make addressing inequality possible to start. I.e. we don't want Bill gates or Jeff bezos to think we want to deprive their personal fortune. Instead, we are looking for better ways to help them use the resources when they themselves lack the means or techniques.
- ianai 6y ago
  If we want to discuss topics like this then one way is to be careful to be nonviolent and that means objective. One problem I see in pointing at the billionaires and claiming wrongs is it’s obviously an attack and puts them and anyone who feels they could be pointed at on defense. Instead, point out how people are held back by the systems and positions of power. When I had a particularly abusive management chain (4 managers for 9 workers) they could ask just about anything of me. The corporate policies gave them wide rights over even my personal liberties. For one, they could change my schedule at any time. Meanwhile, I could be lawfully terminated for varying my work schedule in excess of an 8 minute tolerance. That termination would mean all sorts of things - like owing back rent on an apartment I would have left - because I had no way to pay it. The way that particular industry worked, too, meant one termination likely meant I would never again work in that industry. That screams inequality to me. Edit-That inequality has the effect of making any order my management gave me as a functional threat of my ability to maintain my very way of life. Without that job I would have been homeless shortly.

justicezyx 6y ago

It seems it becomes a taboo to question the staggering inequality in personal fortune. While at the same time, media are not shy away from waging wars on racial inequality. But it seems to me that addressing economic inequality most likely greatly solves the racial equality. I never saw any individual who are less qualified for an opportunity, where the inequality in opportunity cannot be fixed by strong social support in his or her earlier life through education and community. It of cuz will be slow. But that's precisely the time scale we need to think about to make addressing inequality possible to start. I.e. we don't want Bill gates or Jeff bezos to think we want to deprive their personal fortune. Instead, we are looking for better ways to help them use the resources when they themselves lack the means or techniques.

ianai 6y ago
If we want to discuss topics like this then one way is to be careful to be nonviolent and that means objective. One problem I see in pointing at the billionaires and claiming wrongs is it’s obviously an attack and puts them and anyone who feels they could be pointed at on defense. Instead, point out how people are held back by the systems and positions of power. When I had a particularly abusive management chain (4 managers for 9 workers) they could ask just about anything of me. The corporate policies gave them wide rights over even my personal liberties. For one, they could change my schedule at any time. Meanwhile, I could be lawfully terminated for varying my work schedule in excess of an 8 minute tolerance. That termination would mean all sorts of things - like owing back rent on an apartment I would have left - because I had no way to pay it. The way that particular industry worked, too, meant one termination likely meant I would never again work in that industry. That screams inequality to me. Edit-That inequality has the effect of making any order my management gave me as a functional threat of my ability to maintain my very way of life. Without that job I would have been homeless shortly.