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Who the hell has time or mental capacity to do any of that when you're just trying to scrape by or make it to the end of the day though?
by arsome 3y ago
Who the hell has time or mental capacity to do any of that when you're just trying to scrape by or make it to the end of the day though?
- eftychis 3y agoThe rich: that is why (one of the whys) their votes matter.
- FollowingTheDao 3y agoThe answer actually quite simple. Stop using things made mega corporations. It’s probably include many of the companies you’re currently working for. Note I said that it was simple, not easy.
- eftychis 3y agoAgreed. Of course it is not easy. It is a job. But it is worth it.
- CelticBard 3y agoDo you have any tips for us plebs?
- FollowingTheDao 3y agoI would look into Buddhism in Daoism since they talk a lot about attachment and desire, where it comes from, and how to overcome it. But the reversal of consunerism has to be important enough to you to overcome the pleasurable sensation you get from using these products.
- CelticBard 3y agoI meant practical advice about how avoid megacorporations, not philosophy
- quickthrower2 3y agoWell less consumption means less money to megacorps. You could also cancel your prime account and walk to the local shops etc.
- quickthrower2 3y agoI think we are all more monkey brained than that and having these products thrust upon us makes us susceptible. It is another push the blame on the individual thing like carbon footprint or identity theft.
- tru3_power 3y agoOr where to even start? What are you going to do? Write a letter? Protest? What does that even get you. Seems big $ is all that works.
- ajkjk 3y ago1a. Plenty of people, especially on this website, are not just scraping by. 1b. Some are of course. Many are legitimately scraping by, but many others are scraping by because they're in a lifestyle prison of their own making, and could easily have complete financial security by consuming less. For them it's an excuse, not an explanation. 2. A lifestyle that has you "making it to the end of the day" is an unhealthy lifestyle, and, yes, you've got to do work on yourself --- take charge of your free time, leave the bad job, leave the bad relationship, strike out alone, etc --- before you can work on making the world better. So there are some dependencies before you're gonna do anything important, but that doesn't mean you can't be on the path.
- ragestorm 3y ago1c. Plenty of people are poor without life choices. The trap of being poor is real.
- ajkjk 3y agoOh, yes, definitely; I said "plenty of people" to try to intentionally indicate that I know it's not all of them. Regardless, out of all the forums you could wander into on the internet, this is probably one of the ones with the most rich people reading it. I rephrased (1b) a bit to make that more clear.
- ragestorm 3y agoAh I misinterpreted. Indeed. I think we can safely assume vast majority of users of this forum don't fall into the 'poor trap' category but rather what you described if in fact they are living paycheck to paycheck.
- wfhBrian 3y agoRe 1a. This is why I'm constantly discouraged by the lack of useful political discourse here on HN. If a well-payed anf well-educated group can't manage it, then who will?
- jvanderbot 3y agoHey it's almost as though we should delegate the responsibility of drafting and passing reasonable protective legislation that benefits the common good to someone else. Someone we choose by voting perhaps.
- 6510 3y agoThose who do have the time could spend it making life harder for those who try to scrape by, or prevent them from making it to the end of the day. I don't have to like it but it seems that is what the answer would look like. In a way people are allowed to just barely sustain themselves because they are so annoying when they cant.
- notquitehuman 3y agoMost people don’t. They just go on with their lives until they hit their breaking point or die. Occasionally they lash out at people with actual power, but they usually just kill children and people buying lettuce.
- Forgeties79 3y agoMillions of people do it every day and their efforts often bear fruit, so a lot of people do! This feels like a very cynical, hand wavy response. Despite the fact that HN is full of exactly the kind of people with the time and energy to do this. I would urge you to take a step back and think about how we can help with this stuff as opposed to dissuading folks.
- travisporter 3y agoThere’s meaning in everything you do.