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This looks like a “make senior folks feel good” article. I get that there’s demand for that (aging society and what not). The headline says “too much”, but the
by kubb 2y ago
This looks like a “make senior folks feel good” article. I get that there’s demand for that (aging society and what not).
The headline says “too much”, but the article doesn’t quantify cluelessness in adults, instead presenting an anecdote.
Presumably those who take the class… aren’t clueless anymore and others don’t need the class?
Or maybe the problem is that people are naive enough to take the class in the first place because they can’t learn life skills this way?
- pydry 2y ago[flagged]
- Avshalom 2y agoJesus christ your just gonna be out and proud with your nazi shit huh?
- 1dom 2y agoI think this is a weird comment and I don't understand it. Care to explain it?
- Reubend 2y agopydry commented that The Economist is "is Rothschild owned", which is partially true but quite misleading. The Rothschilds are minority owners, but other investors have much more control over the company than they do. avshalom seems to have interpreted that as anti-Semitic. For what it's worth, I also interpreted the comment that way at first, but I think that it's best to assume good intent here, so in that spirit I would say that pydry probably just meant it to represent rich people rather than Jews.
- 1dom 2y agoThanks, I wasn't aware of the Jewish/antisemitic angle at all, but that's my own ignorance in that area. The "represents rich people" angle was the only interpretation I could see. Still not sure I fully understand why the conversation has gone in the Jewish/antisemite direction though, but again this is a topic I choose to remain ignorant on.
- Avshalom 2y agoWell yeah, the baffling leap from "young adults are having a hard time navigating life" to "the real problem is interest bearing loans but they won't let us talk about that" is the other clue that pydry is a nazi.
- pydry 2y agoIndeed. This was the only interpretation intended. Anti semitism, like all racism, is a scourge on humanity. The rothschilds are not representative of jews theyre a representative of rich capitalists. Some people (usually rather extreme racists who support/deny the ongoing genocide in gaza) see anti semitism everywhere, especially where it doesnt exist, however. These people's rather extreme racism has become increasingly bold and obvious in recent times and almost always comes dressed up in faux concern for anti semitism.
- Avshalom 2y agoRothschilds and their danged "usury" are the clasic antisemitic boogeyman
- pydry 2y ago[flagged]
- AlexeyBelov 2y agoThis user is well known for that. Somehow he evaded bans.
- Reubend 2y ago> Usually articles like this are a form of narrative shaping for profitable social problems caused by corporations True. In this case, it's not difficult to imagine that someone who wants to sell "adulting classes" would get some PR help to drum up awareness for their product. > "Lots of people get (very profitably) mired in debt" -> ban usury which would be unprofitable but net positive for society You haven't thought this through. "Usury" is easy to get angry at, but to actually ban it, one would need to set limits on interest rates and fees, and lenders would need to start rejecting far greater numbers of poor/risky borrowers to stay compliant. It's sort of like putting limits on insurance rates. It sounds like a great pro-consumer move. But the second order effects can be terrible, as evidenced by taxpayers needing to bail out insurance companies after the recent LA fires. See https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/proposed-fixes-for-california-insurance-market/ https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/proposed-fixes-for-ca...
- notarobot123 2y agoMedia is a self-reinforcing system that generates acceptable narratives for a set of consumers. Unfortunately, it is not a context for working out effective public policy (that'd be nice though).