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If that's what you want to believe, you will always be able to find another blog to reinforce that view. In fact, that's almost exactly what you did; you found
by fnovd 4y ago
If that's what you want to believe, you will always be able to find another blog to reinforce that view. In fact, that's almost exactly what you did; you found another article that paints America as one bad coin-flip away from a dystopian hellscape (if it isn't one already).
Just look at the first sentence:
>For months, the world’s largest economy has been teetering on the brink of collapse because America’s latter-day robber barons can’t comprehend that workers sometimes get sick.
We learn so much from this trite piece of... journalism.
1. We're on the brink of collapse (again!)
2. We're living in a new era of robber-barons
3. The people running things are idiots have no idea that people get sick, unlike the very smart author of this article
Meanwhile, in reality, the "crisis" spelled out in the article was resolved in a predictably political (and boring) way. That kind of news doesn't fuel clicks, though. In its staunchly dogmatic opposition to modern capitalism this kind of journalism can't avoid embracing the exact business model it pretends to decry: clicks go up, journalism more better.
- unity1001 4y ago> narrow definition of what "programming" is compared to what it has become. Its not a matter of 'belief'. Its a matter of mechanics: The companies that dont abuse their employees and customers like that get let behind by those who do to get the most market share and profits. Eventually getting either pushed out of the market or gettin bought-out. The mechanics of the system encourage, reward and enforce sociopathy. Anyone who doesnt out-sociopath others is eliminated from the game.