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by skulk 311 days ago
> Most people will take whatever job pays the most money irrespective of social consequences

Maybe if there was a social safety net, people would feel more comfortable choosing options that pay less. My soul has a pretty low price since I value security over abstract morality.

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Sure, agreed there are lots of causal factors and ways we could effect positive change.

My main objective is not to critique that decision, but rather to argue that a society dedicated to the pursuit of dollars is likely to find itself epistemically astray