AH YES I recall one of the phrases. Problem aestheticization. Instead of solving a problem, you make it look prettier. Many grifts are based on problem aestheticization. It's literally palliative to sensory trauma. It's like painting a house but billing the cost of the house.
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Bonus: South Park S11E7 Night of the Living Homeless has a great joke about problem aestheticization. Can't find a clip, but here's the script fragment. "We could give the homeless all designer sleeping bags and makeovers. At least that way they'd be pleasant to look at."pic.twitter.com/uugmtYXG38
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be slightly grifty
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
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this sounds like the fate of everyone railroaded into Public Intellectualism tho
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We are all grifters at some level. Grifting comes into play in any influencer/strategy type role that is one or more levels of abstraction above the real plane where things are built, sold, or used.
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Intellectualization of things is a delightful indulgence especially in these times and we need it. Life will be boring without the labeling, framing, and preening.
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please spend my subscription money grifting about grifting in an Art of Gig entry :)
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Mark Zuck seems like king of grifters now. “Connecting the world, allowing all speech” is actually revealed to be “protect and grow ad revenue” as FB finally starts banning extremist content in the face of advertisers leaving
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