In a way, this is *the* central problem of our times, for both technology and economics. Creating a properly priced dignity market that can seek equilibrium without periodically exploding via beserking or rioting or other kinds of humiliation-revenge/dignity-balancing.
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I suppose I should write this up as a sequel to my economics of pricelessness post. Economics of Dignity. I'm guessing this will languish on twitter for a year, then in a draft for another year, before I finally write it long after it could be useful.
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By the same token, those who surrender a basic dignity level for employment have no right to be free from mockery for having done so, however much essentially mercenary professionals insist that they have a right not to be socially identified as whores and pimps.
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Possibly you could make a case for that, but legitimizing mockery for its own sake (as opposed to as a weapon of the weak to protect their interests) seems... unnecessary. You might as well argue women who commit adultery should be stoned.
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