Main thrust of the thread aside, disassociating virtue from the cheapest thing bothers me. It is a virtue to prioritize having your own house in order. Too many buy free-range eggs and then claim they can't make ends meet. Kindness at the expense of others.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1327662938979647494 …
"that may require going for people who made different choices" --> "that may require going for help to people who made different choices
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Everything you say is reasonable. The point of the thread your post prompted is to point out that there are two deeply conflicting worldviews underneath. I think "the everything is interconnected and may be meaningless so let's just be kind" perspective is getting too much play.
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Possibly. I think the reverse has been true for the last few years: “pursue self interest and fuck you to everything else, markets magically handle all interconnections even if everybody with any power behaves like an asshole”
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