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.
CheriSwears@evacide
It’s not boomers fault, it’s the fault of unchecked human nature.
It’s not boomers fault, it’s the fault of unchecked human nature.
alexferrie@SheriSwears @evacide unchecked human nature is what has people volunteer to jump into lifeboats and risk themselves to help others, to go to disaster zones and dig through rubble, to volunteer at soup kitchens and suicide hotlines. Human nature isn't evil, despite what capitalists want you to believe. That's a trope they use to ridicule anyone who says that people can cooperate for a fairer society worldwide
@alexferrie
You’re right, human nature can be amazing. Perhaps “id” is a better descriptor - people who run on instinctual desires without an intervening ego. Thinking beyond one’s self is a mark of maturity not every one achieves.
You’re right, human nature can be amazing. Perhaps “id” is a better descriptor - people who run on instinctual desires without an intervening ego. Thinking beyond one’s self is a mark of maturity not every one achieves.
@SheriSwears I agree with you to an extent. I believe there's an element of societal conditioning involved. We educate our children that the way to achieve success is to trample over others, and sadly that's a lesson that takes hold of all too many.
Teaching social responsibility (by which I mean the notion that doing things that benefit others benefits us all) at an early age would, I think, lead to a better outcome for everyone.
Enlightened self interest
Teaching social responsibility (by which I mean the notion that doing things that benefit others benefits us all) at an early age would, I think, lead to a better outcome for everyone.
Enlightened self interest