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by catchnear4321 4y ago
“…since 2020…” Don’t forget the impact of COVID and everything else from the last few… years. Huge impact on the global psyche. If I had to hazard a guess for a good word to describe large chunks of humanity right now, it would be “tired.”
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
I need to bookmark your response, it really is the gold standard of “socialism is the answer” responses. “You have no solution so that’s not helpful.” I’m not offering you a target so I should be quiet. I’m not providing an alternative so
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
Set up a system to treat a symptom. Surely the actual problem would be capable of tainting that system as well, wouldn’t it? The slope is slippery and the cost is great. No, I’m not offering a solution. To the problem of capitalism, or to
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
Just answered essentially the same question here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32216298
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
This is so much older and broader than capitalism. It is older than currency. Just more informally at that point, but maybe more explicitly. So long as you’ve picked an ism to fight, the powerful get to sleep at night.
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
The seeming inevitability of power dichotomies and the abuse that tends to follow. Different levels of power is unavoidable. It is part of existence. Those differences may balance out when dealing with two individuals, or groups, but typi
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
If it is allowed by the powerful it is at best a concession, at worst a means of control in disguise. There is no evening out the power balance. Going at it like that is committing to a never-ending battle for slightly better. It would st
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
Most humans with power like to keep it, or even grow it. Profit is just a form of power. The masses arguing over which form of control they are under is the best of the lot is more than acceptable to those in power. Progress and power do n
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
No. Significantly older. If there is a name I do not know it.
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
You are talking about a fundamentally different situation than the article, and than a lot of areas face. “The good restaurants in my area.” That implies a much larger selection than the typical small town, where there’s likely a McD’s but
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
At face value, I agree. The moment a system begins to expect individuals to bear that burden unevenly, it starts to rot. The moment a system is deliberately set to do this in such a way that it “rolls downhill,” the system is a failure. Wh
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
Now we are fucked? Now? The people scolding the masses for using plastic bags at the grocery store are still riding in private jets. For media events and fancy dinners. Jaunting around the world in planes fueled by dinosaur juice, financ
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
Sometimes it can be helpful to ask the devil for advice. So you know what not to do. (: But humans are… human. And make mistakes. Even humble ones. That’s not meant to sound doom and gloom. Mistakes are opportunities to learn. Not some
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
I’m not that old either. At least I tell myself that. It might even be true. One doesn’t recognize a well packaged lie overnight. Or at least I didn’t. Took burnout to realize the company I was willing to give it all for never really me
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
The exec may have 1001 different, arguably more important things to do. That has nothing to do with how the exec acts. Hell, maybe I have 1002 today. I’m too busy to count, and why are we measuring? Why exactly is it that shit rolls down
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by catchnear4321 4y ago
“You have to learn to deal with it.” Society would be so much better if this suggestion were recognized to be as problematic as the behaviors and situations it is suggested for. Yes, you have to decide how you will handle these situations a