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I believe it's a result of social media that has (falsely) taught us that anger and resentment are valuable contributions to society. Anger and resentment are
by jordwest 5y ago
I believe it's a result of social media that has (falsely) taught us that anger and resentment are valuable contributions to society.
Anger and resentment are highly charged emotions, and so they make people click, like, retweet and subscribe. So it's unsurprising that those takes are highlighted and encouraged by the social networks.
Not to say that we shouldn't fight for a better world, but we lost our way when we started attempting to do so through anger.
I've started to think the most dangerous parts of social media are the things which we agree with the most, whatever side of politics you're on.
In the case of Bezos, Musk and Branson, I think it's a case of hate the game, not the player. There are plenty more low-profile billionaires exploiting workers and using their gains for worse things than going to space (like lobbying), but we rarely talk about them because they're not in the news. Instead of hating on specific people as if their disappearance would solve the problem, we could be channeling that energy into changing the system to be fairer for all.