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Check your privilege. Most people don't have the opportunity to do what they love; they are just working to make ends meet. They don't have the ability to fall
by rpearl 13y ago
Check your privilege. Most people don't have the opportunity to do what they love; they are just working to make ends meet. They don't have the ability to fall back to something safe if they fail. If they do not have a job they will simply not survive. They aren't looking to "benefit others" through their work, they just want to continue living.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/
- Mz 13y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7432061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7432061 (Have I mentioned recently that I'm still homeless? Just wondering.)
- forgottenpass 13y agoMost of the submitted article is spent acknowledging just how impractical the premise of the question is. Don't take it on it's own terms (I thought it was a dumb post for different reasons) but at least recognize it knows it's daydreaming. Check your privilege. Is this sentence used as anything other than a snub anymore? Your point isn't worthless, but it reads like "wake up sheeple" posts of yesteryear. The writing is emotionally charged and confrontational as if you have something new to say. You're just reminding everyone of a world incongruity they came to grips with by adolescence. I'm not saying they are (or should be) fine with it, I'm saying your post is cliche and not helping. You don't have to stop fighting the good fight, just consider how you're doing it. Or ignore me and post a link to a wiki page titled "tone argument" because your self-satisfaction for participating in a cause is more important to you than your efficacy at it.