That's what these discussions are for: to discover solutions and obstacles.
Have you ever heard of the monkeys and ladder metaphor?
Things need to change. It's great to be skeptical, but not if you're not also optimistic at the same time.
Monopolies are bad for many reasons, not just because arbitrary "rules" or whatever you think is easily dismissed, but because of the opportunity costs that even the owner of the profits incurs. We're not talking about money or status or power, but actual meaningful change of the total composition of their culture & society and the world. They are literally preventing themselves from experiencing a world that gives them everything they can't have now and clamor and hurt themselves chasing after. It's the ultimate irony.
So yes, you should have hope. There is NOT a "good" reason for being a greedy parasite. People have just forgotten and/or been manipulated into believing in fake power. This false faith (fear) is literally what enables these fake leaders like Jeff Bozos the clown to succeed.
Please next time contribute more to the conversation than just whine.
I remember back around 2011 I went to an Ionic framework meetup where they served pizza and soda.
After listening for hours about how they basically made a streamlined design system for any company to use freely, QA began. I raised my hand and when called upon I asked whether or not anyone in the room felt that the companies who would be using it actually deserved it.
The lead dev got flustered the room went quiet for a second before they moved on.
Feels like maybe people are beginning to wake up a bit, I hope.
I assume you left out opposing and alternative views on the subject because you're just thinking aloud your first thoughts?
I stream for myself. I very, very often ban and put my chat in emoji only mode for the very reasons in this article.
I have only ever been rewarded for things I chose to be before hand, as far as I can tell, by my audience or friends.
You should consider the differences between different types of motivations and approaches to audience capture. It would seem the only individuals susceptible to this "unconscious" molding are people who already have unstable identities.
Except it's full of terrible fakr products and shady overseas businesses and shady company policies which often screw the customer over and fake reviews everywhere. Tons of crap products that will break or not work instantly and shady companies who refuse to give a refund unless you provide a 5 star review. Their delivery service and prime is also a rip off, it's literally no longer worth it.
There are a lot of older execs who will keep extremely old & unsupported versions of their email client (usually MS Outlook of course). They refuse to upgrade.
Here's a radical idea: invest in mental health, food security & education, and community programs to directly combat the source of the gangs and bad behavior, rather than try to control people's behavior.
That is the distinction you've seemed to miss here.
Controlling others' behavior is ineffective at best. It's treating symptoms with pain killers while ignoring the source of the problem. It's weak leadership, and, it gives broken people the ability to manipulate the system to hurt others.
We have been doing those things since the Great Society programs of the 1960s. After government transfers, real consumption of households at the bottom have gone up dramatically since the 1960s. Conversely, many much poorer countries that don’t have that sort of social spending don’t have gang problems like we do. Gangs aren’t an economic problem, they’re a social problem. Specifically, they’re a social problem caused by a vacuum in authority and hierarchy for young men. That’s why Wilmington has a gang problem and my dad’s vastly poorer village in Bangladesh doesn’t.
It is not a radical idea. That type of massive wealth transfer is only possible on the federal level, where it simply has no political chance.
All the non federal governments can do is like removing bus stops (or letting drug addicted communities flourish when the pendulum swings the other way).
Welp, we don't have the political capital, guess we can't fix anything, only thing left to do is beat the shit out of poor people in the streets. Society!
You've just written a lot of applause lights. What's a substantive proposal do you believe will have a realistic chance of being passed through Congress? If you can't think of one then it may not be as straightforward as you believe.
You’re right theres not a lot to show seed oils are really bad for you, thats why I mentioned avoiding them as a precaution. Its completely unscientific but frying with highly processed canola makes your kitchen smell vaguely like paint thinner which is unpleasant if not unhealthy.
Have you ever heard of the monkeys and ladder metaphor?
Things need to change. It's great to be skeptical, but not if you're not also optimistic at the same time.
Monopolies are bad for many reasons, not just because arbitrary "rules" or whatever you think is easily dismissed, but because of the opportunity costs that even the owner of the profits incurs. We're not talking about money or status or power, but actual meaningful change of the total composition of their culture & society and the world. They are literally preventing themselves from experiencing a world that gives them everything they can't have now and clamor and hurt themselves chasing after. It's the ultimate irony.
So yes, you should have hope. There is NOT a "good" reason for being a greedy parasite. People have just forgotten and/or been manipulated into believing in fake power. This false faith (fear) is literally what enables these fake leaders like Jeff Bozos the clown to succeed.
Please next time contribute more to the conversation than just whine.