Re:Attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen (2022)
by RoyalHenOil on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:52PM
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Then let me reiterate my original comment, because I don't understand your argument against it:
>Humans have a limited amount of willpower. The average person can handle addressing a couple of these issues, but some people (especially the poor and the ill) have so many simultaneous issues that their willpower is too divided for them to make meaningful headway.
I also want to mention (again) that immigrating long distances or across closed borders is not free. It's actually very expensive, and often more expensive when done illegally (since those helping you are assuming a personal risk). It is not something that poor people can do. Someone might make themselves poor doing it, but that doesn't mean that they started with nothing.
And yet they managed to do it. They could and did move to where there's more opportunity.
> but it does not mean they have solved all of their problems
Nobody solves all their problems. But they can prioritize, make a plan, and knock them down one at a time. Success isn't instant, either.
Or do nothing and remain a victim.
America was populated by Europeans arriving here with nothing. They worked their way into the middle class and the rich. The American West was populated by people walking across the continent. It's still happening today. People have choices.