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Re:A Note from LWN by WD-42 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @10:16AM (#49536598)
Wouldn’t rationally speaking you’d want to support them to keep them around? Or did you mean selfishly speaking?
Re:A Note from LWN by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @11:16AM (#49537596)
not saying parent feels this way but the target class of this website often does not separate the two. we're still sloughing off the goofballery of objectivism, i guess.
Re:A Note from LWN by kjs3 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:04PM (#49538328)
we're still sloughing off the goofballery of objectivism

Are we though? I certainly don't sense the volume of FYIGM entitlement decreasing.

Re:A Note from LWN by wonnage on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:21PM (#49538582)
They literally fearmonger for a permanent underclass, it’s definitely not decreasing
Re:A Note from LWN by chrisweekly on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @02:15PM (#49540200)
(FYIGM = F* You, I Got Mine)
Re:A Note from LWN by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @02:31PM (#49540404)
based on other replies to the parent, at least some folks feel differently :) but generally i'm not very optimistic about it.