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The original phrase was coined by the World Economic Forum. What the critics leave out is that the WEF was saying that people would be happier not owning anythi
by fwungy 3y ago
The original phrase was coined by the World Economic Forum. What the critics leave out is that the WEF was saying that people would be happier not owning anything.
>You will own nothing and you will be happy.
Alternatively it could have a darker interpretation: you will be a slave and you will be happy, because that's all you're going to get.
I suppose it depends if you look at the WEF as a benevolent institution looking to benefit humanity or very rich people looking to solidify their own position at any cost.
- Toutouxc 3y agoMore info about the origin of the phrase: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_...
- boston_clone 3y agoEasily fact-checked: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-wef-idUSKBN2AP2T0 https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-wef-idUSKBN2AP2...
- userbinator 3y agoThe link to the original article is now 404 from the WEF's site, but you can find it in archive.org. It's notable that the link has "agenda" in its URL.
- vorpalhex 3y agoThis isn't a related fact check. It seems like it is, but read it closely. Reuters here is not debunking the phrase was said by a WEF politician, they are debunking that is is a goal of Agenda 30. Nobody made that claim in the first place.
- boston_clone 3y agoI'm correcting mischaracterizations made by the parent comment. The article I linked provides context and paints a different picture; not sure why you consider that to be unrelated.
- vorpalhex 3y agoYour article agrees with the claim the parent made - the WEF said "You will own nothing and be happy".
- mantas 3y agoYet another „fact-checking“ that can be easily fact-checked to be a lie.
- anon291 3y ago> What the critics leave out is that the WEF was saying that people would be happier not owning anything. Given that happiness is often a cultural construct (wildly different things make people happy dependent on the cultural context), and that many WEF members are cultural influencers the critics response is that the current people will not really be happy, but the WEF will arrange the culture so that future people are. Any outside group conspiring to change your culture is a normal cause for alarm.
- piaste 3y ago> What the critics leave out is that the WEF was saying that people would be happier not owning anything. Literally every time I have seen the quote brought up in dissenters' milieus, it included the "and you will be happy" part. Unsurprisingly, because the implicit paternalism makes it almost as repellent as the first part.