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> Another factor is that humans as a group tend to force other humans to commercialize what they do, even if they expressly don't want to do that and would rath
by xpe 6y ago
> Another factor is that humans as a group tend to force other humans to commercialize what they do, even if they expressly don't want to do that and would rather publish it without ads, without paywalls, without subscriptions, etc.
You've strained the meaning of the word 'force'.
Can you find another way to say it?
- DoreenMichele 6y agoI don't think I have. I don't think I have because I was literally homeless for years (and frequently too broke to eat) while trying to figure out how to get money for my writing and being told by people "Writing doesn't pay. Get a real job." while my writing hit the front page of HN sometimes and I was quite open about my medical situation and other factors that prevented me from finding some other way to support myself. I have a really extreme set of circumstances that have not given me some easy way out of continuing to try to get money for my writing in specific. If I had some easy out, I would have taken it ages ago. I did apply for a job -- the only one I tripped across that I felt qualified for. I didn't get it. I also do resume work and can't figure out how to get adequate traction with that either. etc etc. I've tried to find other answers. What little money I make for blogging has proven to be the least worst answer for me so far. If the entire world literally will let you starve and be homeless rather than give you money for work it values and praises that has no pay wall, I don't think it's straining the meaning of the word 'force' to say that will force some people to give up on their ideals and figure out something that keeps them fed and housed -- if they have any means to do that.