evacideI don't understand the people who told me I would get more conservative with age. The more powerful I become, the more angry I get at the people who abuse their power and the more aware I become of the ways in which systemic oppression functions.
20-year old me totally believed that tech was a meritocracy where people pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and that the 30-something guys I dated were attracted to me because I was so mature.
In other news, I am reading "Capital in the 21st Century" by Thomas Picketty and I am so angry at baby boomers right now.
Thomas Depierre@evacide try "The Pinch" next maybe ? But yeah the data is there in the West and it is not pretty. The Boomers are still strangling us, and unless we massively rethink land tax and inheritance, they are going to leave us a looong time mess. And that is just economical. And let's not talk of the fact that the only way they can have a good retirement is going to be by turning the whole active population into caretakers...
Buy nothing new@Di4na @evacide I'm a boomer, late stage, my millenial kids make fun of me for being a hippy. No throwaway nappies or wipes, use cake soap shampoo and conditioner, wash my own dishes, grow my own herbs. Public servant/social work, carefully manage modest income to leave capital for my offspring. Two only because, zero population growth.
Think you'll find its capitalists throughout history, with a special mention to neo liberals (Thatcher, Murdoch ...) who are our nemeses
Think you'll find its capitalists throughout history, with a special mention to neo liberals (Thatcher, Murdoch ...) who are our nemeses
@princelysum @evacide you may have deeply misunderstood the whole discussion :) But that is ok.