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Yeah, I am not sure it's actually the being aware part, it's the pressure to performatively take a stand - "upvote this comment to change the world" sort of stu
by j4yav 3y ago
Yeah, I am not sure it's actually the being aware part, it's the pressure to performatively take a stand - "upvote this comment to change the world" sort of stuff, which turns into "you're a bad person for not upvoting" through the social media treadmill. Stating your position unequivocally as possible and/or demonizing your opponents acting like an influencer gets more clout than actually volunteering or working on problems. It's got to be a nightmare if you fall into that cycle and it seems a lot of kids do.
- rightbyte 3y ago> actually volunteering or working on problems. This is a huge problem for communities. The same people that you'd want to run the local kids hockey association or sewer board are drowning in work. I think the fundamental problem is that society has become to competitive, optimized and effective for our own good. Like, you'd want the genius entrepreneur guy to run a pub, not some 100 million dollar tech company. You notice that when visiting poorer countries, that normal people have restaurants and that they are way better. Where as restaurants where I live are run by shady bad people to a big extent -- and by bad people I mean both in a moral sense and a practical sense.