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Sort of. But I've seen what he's seen and worse. The situation isn't solved by changing "careers" or nibbling on the periphery. It requires either changing soci
by burnt-resistor 1y ago
Sort of. But I've seen what he's seen and worse. The situation isn't solved by changing "careers" or nibbling on the periphery. It requires either changing socioeconomic conditions through effective political organizing over a long timeframe or moving to another country that values community, solidarity, and people as more than just sources of money and labor to be used as tools.
- packetlost 1y ago> moving to another country that values community, solidarity, and people as more than just sources of money and labor to be used as tools Ok, but where is this?
- 9283409232 1y agoOn paper, the Nordic countries get closest but they are not immune to this either.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoI guess it depends on each person's values, situation, tolerance level, and ability to delay gratification. America is great if you are well-off/rich 1%, but terrible for everyone else. Some European countries are better for everyone else but not so good for the very rich, relatively. YMMV, as they say. There are no utopias anywhere and cannot be. In my view, we should be aiming for peaceful, liberalized societies with maximum journalistic freedom, social safety nets, high social trust communities where neighbors know each other, and minimal deprivation where struggling people are given the tools to help improve their condition rather than being fined, humiliated, arrested, and/or deported without due process.