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Everyone is in it for themselves. The world makes waay more sense when you really internalize that. It doesn't necessarily mean people are selfish, large group

Everyone is in it for themselves. The world makes waay more sense when you really internalize that. It doesn't necessarily mean people are selfish, large groups often have aligned interests, but when an individuals interest alignment changes, then their group membership almost always changes too. I'd bet she has a bunch of pirated content and anti-copyright remarks from the golden age of piracy as well.

tovej 8mo ago
That's not true. Most people are interested in fostering a community, even when it means sacrifice. There _have_ however been studies that show that this attitude is prevalent in (neoclassical) economics students and others who are exposed to (neoclassical) economic thinking: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214804318301952 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22148... It's very effective propaganda. And we have a good example of it here. (Mot saying you're spreading it maliciously, but you are spreading it).
- Throaway1985123 8mo ago
  People are in it for themselves...when it comes to participating in our capitalist economic system. The 2nd part is often left unsaid.
  - WarmWash 8mo ago
    Humans overwhelming group themselves with groups that provide themselves with the best value prop. When the individuals circumstances change, which causes the value prop of the group to change, people overwhelming move to a new group. It's not a capitalist or socialist thing.
    - ozmodiar 8mo ago
      I'm having trouble thinking of groups of people who are even able to change members outside of modern capitalism. Through most of human history we've been stuck with our group or tribe. Heck, I see people stick with groups that are toxic to them just out of the sense of connection it gives.
    - tovej 8mo ago
      I'm in the groups I am because I like the people and what they're doing. I don't generally hang out with people because I expect it to benefit me.
shadowgovt 8mo ago
If she's a practicing artist, she almost certainly cut her teeth doing tracing at some point. And if a digital artist, she almost certainly used a cracked copy of a tool. The big eye-opener for me in college was taking a class that put me up-close with artists and learning that there were, in the whole class, a grand total of two students who hadn't started doing 3D modeling on a cracked copy of Maya (and the two, if memory serves, learned on Blender).

tovej 8mo ago

That's not true. Most people are interested in fostering a community, even when it means sacrifice. There _have_ however been studies that show that this attitude is prevalent in (neoclassical) economics students and others who are exposed to (neoclassical) economic thinking: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214804318301952 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22148... It's very effective propaganda. And we have a good example of it here. (Mot saying you're spreading it maliciously, but you are spreading it).

Throaway1985123 8mo ago
People are in it for themselves...when it comes to participating in our capitalist economic system. The 2nd part is often left unsaid.
- WarmWash 8mo ago
  Humans overwhelming group themselves with groups that provide themselves with the best value prop. When the individuals circumstances change, which causes the value prop of the group to change, people overwhelming move to a new group. It's not a capitalist or socialist thing.
  - ozmodiar 8mo ago
    I'm having trouble thinking of groups of people who are even able to change members outside of modern capitalism. Through most of human history we've been stuck with our group or tribe. Heck, I see people stick with groups that are toxic to them just out of the sense of connection it gives.
  - tovej 8mo ago
    I'm in the groups I am because I like the people and what they're doing. I don't generally hang out with people because I expect it to benefit me.

shadowgovt 8mo ago

If she's a practicing artist, she almost certainly cut her teeth doing tracing at some point. And if a digital artist, she almost certainly used a cracked copy of a tool. The big eye-opener for me in college was taking a class that put me up-close with artists and learning that there were, in the whole class, a grand total of two students who hadn't started doing 3D modeling on a cracked copy of Maya (and the two, if memory serves, learned on Blender).