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Do not discuss "content" of this article, discuss the reasoning behind and the effect of this article. The author many not even realize this is a propaganda art

Do not discuss "content" of this article, discuss the reasoning behind and the effect of this article. The author many not even realize this is a propaganda article, using a well known mechanism of "spray to dismay and therefore cripple". This article is a coordinated series of arguments that sum to the statement "you are powerless."

rob_c 1y ago
Not far off. The author either submitted to the inevitable. Or, decided that they don't want to make change. Hate the cheap fashion, make a choice, buy proper products they just cost more and require the slightest of effort to care for. Hate bad writing, move on read something else. Dislike the quality of product X buy Y. Frankly if you had told me the quality of product you would be and to buy for example in the MacBook air for <<$1k a few years ago I'd have laughed. There are food brands which are still going that make the same quality products and don't sacrifice, but they now cost more than the competitors because they don't compromise. And that's just the beginning. The moaning about China, AI, people is just the same "I can't do anything to improve my lot in life" you see too much online. Stop reacting to things happening to you and start doing things.
beepbooptheory 1y ago
The "power" of your consumer choice is a consolation within a life of servitude anyway though right? Like even if the author is totally wrong, that "actually all our products are actually much better thank you, good thing we don't live 50 years ago!" Is that something we can truly be happy about? Is that winning? You too, im sure, feel that itchy emptiness when you have received all your products, when all the plastics has been peeled off and the software has been updated. This is not a battle you even want to win! The power you are defending is already second-hand, is just a sedative. You can want more.
cardanome 1y ago
Objectively as individuals we are absolutely powerless. Nothing we do or don't do makes any difference in the grand scheme of things. Anyone telling us otherwise is selling us snake oil. We as part of a collective are incredibly powerful beyond imagination. When our concerns and our world start to become bigger than just our individual needs, we find strength in numbers. Only then can our individuality truly shine. Seeing us as part of a group, a class and building that sense of community and collective action is long and difficult work.

rob_c 1y ago

Not far off. The author either submitted to the inevitable. Or, decided that they don't want to make change. Hate the cheap fashion, make a choice, buy proper products they just cost more and require the slightest of effort to care for. Hate bad writing, move on read something else. Dislike the quality of product X buy Y. Frankly if you had told me the quality of product you would be and to buy for example in the MacBook air for <<$1k a few years ago I'd have laughed. There are food brands which are still going that make the same quality products and don't sacrifice, but they now cost more than the competitors because they don't compromise. And that's just the beginning. The moaning about China, AI, people is just the same "I can't do anything to improve my lot in life" you see too much online. Stop reacting to things happening to you and start doing things.

beepbooptheory 1y ago

The "power" of your consumer choice is a consolation within a life of servitude anyway though right? Like even if the author is totally wrong, that "actually all our products are actually much better thank you, good thing we don't live 50 years ago!" Is that something we can truly be happy about? Is that winning? You too, im sure, feel that itchy emptiness when you have received all your products, when all the plastics has been peeled off and the software has been updated. This is not a battle you even want to win! The power you are defending is already second-hand, is just a sedative. You can want more.

cardanome 1y ago

Objectively as individuals we are absolutely powerless. Nothing we do or don't do makes any difference in the grand scheme of things. Anyone telling us otherwise is selling us snake oil. We as part of a collective are incredibly powerful beyond imagination. When our concerns and our world start to become bigger than just our individual needs, we find strength in numbers. Only then can our individuality truly shine. Seeing us as part of a group, a class and building that sense of community and collective action is long and difficult work.