5 ms·

can a poor person not disconnect in the same way? I think plenty already do without meaning too, lots of tech-illiterate truck drivers and construction workers

can a poor person not disconnect in the same way? I think plenty already do without meaning too, lots of tech-illiterate truck drivers and construction workers with flip phones.

aucisson_masque 10mo ago
Technically you don't even need a flip phone to disconnect from the media and the news. Plenty of people have smartphone but choose not to care about what happens in the world, at least what we have no say in it. Although if I was American, I think I'd be pretty interested (worried) in what my country is becoming under Trump presidency. But then, until the elections there is not much one can do.
thrance 10mo ago
Poor people suffer from political conflict more directly, enduring the abysmal policies coming from the top in a very concrete way.
- dijit 10mo ago
  even if they suffer societal consequences; its also still easy not to put it to mind and suffer anxiety from it. This makes you susceptible to populism though. I know this because I am from an impoverished family.
- potato3732842 10mo ago
  Exactly. People who are stupid enough to afford dysfunction peddle stupid policy that makes everyone's lives worse. They don't care because they're not affected and when they are it's not bad enough to make them question the beliefs that got there. All the stuff the "rich but not nobility" people did to pour gas on the fire in the lead up to the french revolution is a good comparison point IMO.
- notepad0x90 10mo ago
  I don't disagree one bit, but how is that related to my comment or the thread?
intended 10mo ago
As with all addictive goods, the evidence will show that socio-economic factors influence the degree of psychological healthy/unhealthy or growth focused use of a medium/substance. Smart phones are ubiquitous, and influencer is a key path for many to try and move out of their economic bracket.
_heimdall 10mo ago
Are construction workers and truck drivers all poor today? They could have flip phones by choice rather than necessity.
- notepad0x90 10mo ago
  Some are, for sure construction workers. Truck drivers, it depends. Some of the "Swift" type drivers and local/regional class-B guys might be.
  - _heimdall 10mo ago
    Interesting. I live in a pretty rural part of the US, most of the people I know around here in construction have been doing well the last few years. That could always change, housing sure seems like a bubble today, but so far they've mostly been finding as much work as they can handle.

can a poor person not disconnect in the same way? I think plenty already do without meaning too, lots of tech-illiterate truck drivers and construction workers with flip phones.

aucisson_masque 10mo ago

Technically you don't even need a flip phone to disconnect from the media and the news. Plenty of people have smartphone but choose not to care about what happens in the world, at least what we have no say in it. Although if I was American, I think I'd be pretty interested (worried) in what my country is becoming under Trump presidency. But then, until the elections there is not much one can do.

thrance 10mo ago

Poor people suffer from political conflict more directly, enduring the abysmal policies coming from the top in a very concrete way.

dijit 10mo ago
even if they suffer societal consequences; its also still easy not to put it to mind and suffer anxiety from it. This makes you susceptible to populism though. I know this because I am from an impoverished family.
potato3732842 10mo ago
Exactly. People who are stupid enough to afford dysfunction peddle stupid policy that makes everyone's lives worse. They don't care because they're not affected and when they are it's not bad enough to make them question the beliefs that got there. All the stuff the "rich but not nobility" people did to pour gas on the fire in the lead up to the french revolution is a good comparison point IMO.
notepad0x90 10mo ago
I don't disagree one bit, but how is that related to my comment or the thread?

intended 10mo ago

As with all addictive goods, the evidence will show that socio-economic factors influence the degree of psychological healthy/unhealthy or growth focused use of a medium/substance. Smart phones are ubiquitous, and influencer is a key path for many to try and move out of their economic bracket.

_heimdall 10mo ago

Are construction workers and truck drivers all poor today? They could have flip phones by choice rather than necessity.

notepad0x90 10mo ago
Some are, for sure construction workers. Truck drivers, it depends. Some of the "Swift" type drivers and local/regional class-B guys might be.
- _heimdall 10mo ago
  Interesting. I live in a pretty rural part of the US, most of the people I know around here in construction have been doing well the last few years. That could always change, housing sure seems like a bubble today, but so far they've mostly been finding as much work as they can handle.