The Redistribution of Humiliation http://roreiy.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-redistribution-of-humiliation.html … batsignal to @KevinSimler and @sarahdoingthing
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Replying to @vgr @sarahdoingthing
First thought — this is sorely underappreciated: "While making money yourself confers status, being given it doesn't."
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Few people are starving or seriously wanting; most just want respect, and raw handouts do little to help.
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I also like the insight that increasing meritocracy leaves some communities really impoverished, status-wise.
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Replying to @KevinSimler @sarahdoingthing
to me, q is, does your need for status trump someone else's need for a living or a nation's need for solvency?
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Replying to @vgr @sarahdoingthing
That is WAY above my pay grade. I'm libertarian enough to venture "no," but that just leaves a problem with no soln :(
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Replying to @KevinSimler @sarahdoingthing
solve this and your life will have purpose in nihilist void, and you'll be remembered longer than Palantir
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Replying to @vgr @sarahdoingthing
Also, Sarah's clearly the prescriptivist here :D
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Sarah thinks whole world should move to one neighborhood in Tahoe and do magic rituals that destroy Disneyland
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