200 sats \ 4 replies \ @davidw 14 Nov 2023 \ on: What do we REALLY need to be fighting? meta
Fighting ignorance to me is a losing battle, at least at scale. There will always be a new topic, new legislation or a new injustice, where the masses are simply unaware or are easily influenced. At times it feels like trying to steer a train off its tracks. Fighting at all, is probably not the optimal verb either.
I would argue we need to optimise for our own happiness, independence, creativity & innovation. Only once we have saved ourselves can we offer a helping hand to others. Be it in the form of products, refuge, food, technology or employment.
If 80% of people did this, the buy-in and impact of what we see in the world today would be more minimal.
100% agree, and we need to use our own optimizations to create platforms for more people to feel the same way. To a large degree the suit-wearing cockroaches have destroyed that foundation for many around the world, never even given a chance to optimize for others let alone themselves...
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I know you’ll agree with this, but those in privileged positions should not be called ‘elites’.
Nothing elite about them. They are not leaders, not role models, not special. Just power-hungry psychopaths.
(nice work on the edit 😅)
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Someone (I can't remember who) calls them the "counterfeit class" because they are the ones close to the money printer benefiting from all the legal counterfeiting.
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im sorry ser of course i agree
i have edited appropriately
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