Re:Ask HN: Are you optimisic or pessimistic about the future?
by eaandkw2 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @05:37PM
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Until I start seeing people from Washington, Big Corporations, and Hollywood actually go to jail when they clearly are breaking a law I have little confidence that things will get better.
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Re:Ask HN: Are you optimisic or pessimistic about the future?
by CyberFonic on Sunday February 04, 2018 @06:19PM
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"The system" has been tweaked over decades to suit the 1% to the detriment of the 99%.
The only way that will change is people stop going to the movies and further enriching Hollywood, when people buy local instead of buying from the Big chains, etc. You can't beat the 1% when playing by their rules.
Re:Ask HN: Are you optimisic or pessimistic about the future?
by eaandkw2 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @06:53PM
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To be honest I don't know how you would unwind the system. For instance the Hollywood industry employees a ton of people and likely pays a lot of taxes to the California government. If everyone stopped going to movies and basically boycotting the celebrities that would have a lot of second and third order effects. Same with the banking industry and the government/ military industry complex.
It is kind of like the concept of minimalism. It would only work if a small minority of people adopted it. If everyone adopted it the economy would collapse.