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The point is that it is not a single issue, but the result of many complex, interacting and interdependent issues. The stress of insecure work. The consequences
by hkt 3y ago
The point is that it is not a single issue, but the result of many complex, interacting and interdependent issues. The stress of insecure work. The consequences of poor diets and little exercise. The cost of housing. The receding access to education. The demands of care work, both paid and unpaid.
These problems taken together are worse than the sum of their parts. In an age where help is targeted, individual, and only given when the outcomes are measurable, shit life syndrome is a reminder that social change has to happen at the level of society, in a holistic way which may be really quite hard to measure. It is a gauntlet thrown down to policymakers who are straitjacketed by SMART objectives and neoliberalism.
- _8j50 3y agoAll thise stressed and issues boil down to money and financial security though. Your and the authors' abstractions are making the problem worse because smart people who know the problem well are saying "oh no, it's more complicated than just money" so policy makers will wait for you/them to come up with some solution instead of just solving the obvious and simple problem.
- hkt 3y agoIt is more than just money, though: it is about the law and how power in society is apportioned.
- _8j50 3y agoLaw and power in society is influenced and even fueled primarily by money. Even participating in different things require you to be well off enough to have time for it. People working 16 hours on minimum wage don't vote or participate in politics much.