I think disinterested is a stretch from what I said
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Replying to @uppittynegress
Fair enough. I guess my expectations are set lower than yours: I expect people to have bad motives for doing good things
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or at least that they're not sufficiently self-actualized to get meaning out of purely anonymous charity
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^^^ this part. And that’s the actual issue
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I think the fundamental problem Bruenig is pointing to is that people don't feel like they aren't doing anything for the people around them: it used to be a lot more common for people to be active in community organizations, have kids, etc.
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That’s disingenuous tho. Bc the “people around them” are women, poc, woc, disabled, gay, queer, trans, etc. They don’t know how to cope Bc they weren’t supposed to be surrounded by us.
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Chaos @chaosprime"man is a social animal" sounds all fluffy bunnies but what it means is that there are deep structures in your brain that try to kill you if your perception of your social status is too low. in Dunbar-number-sized social groups most people could clear this bar. most now can'tShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
quietly reassigning your resources to others doesn't feel like heroism to most people, it feels like being used. you can tell the ones it feels like heroism to because they no longer have any resources
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