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You’d think with his attitude he made the game rather than just write a poem (which he was paid $20k for). This is like my babysitter observing some windfall i
by hombre_fatal 4y ago
You’d think with his attitude he made the game rather than just write a poem (which he was paid $20k for).
This is like my babysitter observing some windfall in my life and, despite my transaction with them already paid at the rate they negotiated, expecting me to share more with them while using language like “I was a cornerstone of his family but that apparently wasn’t enough” because they watched DVDs with my kid.
- intrepidhero 4y agoThere are cultures in the world where the babysitter would expect to share in your windfall and everyone would think it a perfectly reasonable thing. Also, neighbors and extended family. This transactional, one and done sort of thinking that makes perfect sense in the capitalistic west, is not a mathematical, universal truth.
- spritefs 4y ago> There are cultures in the world where the babysitter would expect to share in your windfall and everyone would think it a perfectly reasonable thing. Which cultures do you have in mind?
- intrepidhero 4y agoI'm thinking of personal experience in sub-Saharan Africa. But really, most cultures are less individualistic then the west and have different ideas about the obligations of individuals to the group. I'm not saying one way or the other is right or wrong and that's the point. What's right is "obvious" in one culture and may well be outright wrong in another. Our ideas here should be challenged and tested and not merely accepted.
- spritefs 4y agoJust curious, what brought you to sub-Saharan Africa? Are you from there or was it missionary work? How is it less individualistic than the west? Sorry if this comment is a little nosy, just curious about the different culture