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It's not just about kidnapping. There's all kinds of ways for this information to be abused. It can compromise employment or consulting negotiations. Affect

It's not just about kidnapping. There's all kinds of ways for this information to be abused. It can compromise employment or consulting negotiations. Affect the dynamics of relationships with your neighbours (who you don't always get as much choice about as your circle of trusted friends). Create expectations from other members of society. And it can do so in innacurate ways, eg. when a person's income and savings aren't proportional. Claiming it doesn't matter because your privacy is already threatened from other angles doesn't help the problem. There are ways to mitigate the examples you raised (removal requests to the data clearinghouses, not participating in social media, etc). > no actings above your station I don't even know where to start on that comment. The premise that wealth determines some concept of "your station" is part of the problem here. I place a great deal more weight on more meaningful qualities of a person. It would be nice if we lived in a world where nobody cared how much money you have. Until that time I respectfully prefer to keep my financial affairs none of your business.

Youden 5y ago
> I don't even know where to start on that comment. The premise that wealth determines some concept of "your station" is part of the problem here. I think you're reading things that weren't intended. My reading was that the problematic people are people who act as if they're better than others because of the amount of money they have, when in fact they're rather similar to the people they look down on. In a world where taxes are public, that's no longer possible. Maybe you're confused because you haven't encountered such people but I assure you they exist.
igorkraw 5y ago
No comment about the rest but for the last part, I specifically meant people who rent an expensive car and try to flaunt their "wealth" and act cocky without actually being wealth. Aside from the professional grifters ("i afforded this Ferrari by following the storage in my telegram group!!!"), there are also special types of people who try to do this as a means on itself. Rich cocky people are flaunting their wealth are also assholes but would be less affected by this.

Youden 5y ago

> I don't even know where to start on that comment. The premise that wealth determines some concept of "your station" is part of the problem here. I think you're reading things that weren't intended. My reading was that the problematic people are people who act as if they're better than others because of the amount of money they have, when in fact they're rather similar to the people they look down on. In a world where taxes are public, that's no longer possible. Maybe you're confused because you haven't encountered such people but I assure you they exist.

igorkraw 5y ago

No comment about the rest but for the last part, I specifically meant people who rent an expensive car and try to flaunt their "wealth" and act cocky without actually being wealth. Aside from the professional grifters ("i afforded this Ferrari by following the storage in my telegram group!!!"), there are also special types of people who try to do this as a means on itself. Rich cocky people are flaunting their wealth are also assholes but would be less affected by this.