Comment by MatrixMan

Comment by __MatrixMan__ 2 days ago

> It’s truly depressing to have to accept that the only way to make a living in a field is to compromise your principles.

Isn't that what money is though, a way to get people to stop what they're doing and do what you want them to instead? It's how Rome bent its conquests to its will and we've been doing it ever since.

It's a deeply broken system but I think that acknowledging it as such is the first step towards replacing it with something less broken.

afavour 2 days ago

> Isn't that what money is though, a way to get people to stop what they're doing and do what you want them to instead?

It doesn't have to be. Plenty of people are fulfilled by their jobs and make good money doing them.

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__MatrixMan__ 2 days ago

Some users might not mind the lack of control, but beyond a certain point it stops making sense to strive to be in that diminishing set and starts making sense to fix the bug.
We've always tolerated a certain portion of society who finds the situation unacceptable, but don't you suspect that things will change if that portion is most of us?
Maybe we're not there yet, idk, but the article is about the unease vs the data, and I think the unease comes from the awareness that that's where we're headed.

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johnnyanmac 2 days ago

>Isn't that what money is though

If you're only raised in a grifter's society, sure. Money is to be conquered and extracted.

But we came definetly shift back to a society where money is one to help keep the boat afloat for everyone to pursue their own interests, and not a losing game of Monopoly where the rich get richer.

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__MatrixMan__ a day ago

Ok, but how? What sort of event lengthens the fuse?

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- johnnyanmac a day ago
  
  Voting is a good start. Not just in nationals but look at local policy. So much of this is bottom up.we got into this by voting against oir best interests for at best liars and at worst blatant crooks.
  Past that, simply look at the small actions on your life. These build and define your overall character. It's hard to vote for collective bargaining of you have trouble complimenting your family at the table. You need to appreciate and feel a part of a community to really come together.
  This all sounds like mumbo jumbo on the outside, but just take some time to reflect a bit. People don't wake up one day and simply think "you know, this really is all the immigrant's fault". That's a result of months or year of mindset.
  
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BrenBarn 2 days ago

I don't think that's necessarily what money is, but it is kind of what sufficiently unregulated capitalism is, which is what we've had for a while now.

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