Or, hear me out, people and organisations go with money and status because that indicates previous success in obtaining shared objectives. I don’t see this as The Great Betrayal of life.
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This is called Prosperity Doctrine. The belief that people and organizations have money, so they deserve that money, because they have money. It's a self-fulfilling pattern of thought that disallows critical thinking about the extreme power imbalance between the rich and the poor.
mar 2, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
This is part of living in a capitalist society that had astonishing success for vast swathes of people who are part of the electorate. You expect change from them?
mar 3, 2025, 1:58 am • 0 0 • view
No, I'm actually relying on the swathes that were left out. We are not free until we're all free.
mar 3, 2025, 2:06 am • 0 0 • view
You are complaining about people not following their self interest. You think *moral suasion* is the deciding factor in politics? In the Revolution? Hell no. Change usually comes from pain, not political parties.
mar 3, 2025, 3:14 am • 0 0 • view
I'm not actually complaining about that at all, I don't know what assumptions you've made.
mar 3, 2025, 1:12 pm • 1 0 • view
I have a hard time getting Dem friends past "I just escaped poverty, I need to entrench before I lift anyone else" mindset. Nobody would understand better than them what helped, but they don't want to think about it anymore (and especially get mad if I mention luck was a part of their experience).
mar 3, 2025, 1:39 pm • 2 0 • view