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by john_moscow
1989 days ago
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>I didn't clothe myself or put food in my own mouth or take myself to school or buy myself books. Because you had good parents. And we need to encourage more people to be good parents, rather than punishing the kids that happened to have one. To put it into perspective, genetically, we are still very much close to the stone age people. The only reason our lifestyle is much better than theirs is the knowledge and habits that get passed from generation to generation. If you eliminate that, we're back into caves. >I didn't choose to be visibly the same as those in power around me. This can be nicely solved by decentralization. Have multiple different sources of power, let people live near those who they like and trade with others. But instead we are headed towards a dystopian central authority that gets to split people into first-class and second-class citizens. |
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I promise that recognizing and acknowledging how privileged I am isn't a punishment. Seeing it for the blessing that it is is actually quite nice.
> This can be nicely solved by decentralization. Have multiple different sources of power, let people live near those who they like and trade with others.
This doesn't sound anything like reality to me. Mobility requires resources. Some people are born into resources, and others are not. Did you know that CEOs are taller than average? That within any particular ethnic and gender group, being taller means you're likely to have more power and earn more money over your lifetime? I don't think it's because of any central authority punishing short people.