Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018)
by simonh on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:48PM
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You’re largely right, we definitely need to move sharply in a more sustainable direction. Income inequality is a growing problem. However your assertion up thread that we in general don’t benefit is incredibly naive. I think you’re conflating disagreement with that position with disagreement with a whole host of utterly unrelated issues.
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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018)
by seph-reed on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:05PM
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> we in general don’t benefit is incredibly naive
I suppose my relativity isn't from zero, but instead a sense of neutral pace. If I'm on a trek towards better lands, I don't benefit from a broken leg, but I still make progress.
To me, the concept that we're perpetually slowed down by the selfish behavior of those who generally do nothing more than seek power for themselves means we don't benefit.
I don't think there's anything that could stop humanity from moving forwards, so to say we benefit from impatient selfish jerk offs who cut the line, to build walls, and then extort resources from everyone trying to move forwards is... well, they paid a lot of money to put a nicely spinned narrative out on that.
How thankful we all should be to have been sold advancement. :)