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This reminds me of a study where purses would be dropped with < 20 usd equivalent in them at random places around the world and the sociologists, psychologists
by cosmiccatnap 4y ago
This reminds me of a study where purses would be dropped with < 20 usd equivalent in them at random places around the world and the sociologists, psychologists and economists couldn't understand why most of them were returned given their understanding of human nature and the answer that they didn't want to accept was that their understanding was wrong.
People don't work harder because their work is unfulfilling, their pay is underwhelming, and their hours are exhausting. Inflation just went through the roof and half of all price increases in domestic product are directly corperate profits and even the most uneducated among us are aware that every single part of this system is rigged.
and the Washington post claims "no one is sure why" but in reality they mean "nobody in a position of privilege that we would hire or talk to has an excuse that doesn't point out the obvious things we can't say about class struggle and income inequality"