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Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by noduerme on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:12AM (#27955573)
I don't despise, dehuminize, wish violence upon, or lack empathy for crusty street kids, because I can fully relate to them. And when I was one - or at least traveled as one - I was one of the few who bore no ill-will toward the people who chose to have cars and homes and careers and children. When I was 22 I thought the careerists had a limited view of the world: I still do. I just realize now that the punkabestia have a limited view, too. As you say, no one should be blinded by their social status into dehumanizing anyone else. But by the same token, it's possible to arrive at the conclusion that some things lead to objectively less miserable personal and social outcomes than others, based on experience, without apologizing to people who are still blinkered by certain views.
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by shkkmo on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:10PM (#27990418)
"Parasite" is a pretty dehumanizing term
Re:A Victoria man has gone two decades without money by noduerme on Friday July 30, 2021 @07:20AM (#28006753)
I'm talking about an individual's relationship to society, not a born condition. It's a choice. This particular guy made it his life's mission to act in a parasitic fashion. No one's dehumanizing him, they're lionizing him. He's degraded himself more than any external characterization of him could do justice to. The word fits.