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I strongly disagree. If no one is happy with it, why is nobody changing the system? Very often people say they aren't happy with a system, but secretly profit
by Timon3 1mo ago
I strongly disagree. If no one is happy with it, why is nobody changing the system?
Very often people say they aren't happy with a system, but secretly profit off of it, so they try to keep the system from changing. Maybe you have examples that don't follow this schema, but I've maybe seen a handful of such cases, whereas I've seen dozens where people were simply hiding their active support.
- inigyou 1mo agohttps://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
- Timon3 1mo agoI hope you'll forgive me that I'm not interested in reading a 14k word article posted without even a single character regarding why it's relevant or how it relates.
- inigyou 1mo agoMoloch is why people don't revolt. Why did you care enough to word count it?
- Timon3 1mo agoI felt like it's nicer to let you know why I'm not going to engage with the resource you shared, and I'd think that the vast majority of readers here would agree that it's unreasonable to share a 14k word essay with no further description. But if you'd rather have me be direct: it's rude to wordlessly post a long link.
- inigyou 1mo agoIt's a good read.
- HDThoreaun 1mo agoThe post that responded to you does a good job of explaining why systems exist that are difficult to change even though nobody is happy with them. It even provides 10 examples, although some of them are admittedly bad.
- Timon3 1mo agoWhat are your, say, top 3 examples in that post? I'd appreciate if you could specify strings I can CTRL+F for.