[ggggffggggg]

At scale no group is against its own personal interests. It sucks and it’s hypocritical and annoying, but that’s humans.

[ceejayoz]

> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National...

[ggggffggggg]

Don’t you think they thought this was self-interest?

[ceejayoz]

I’m sure they did!

But it clearly wasn’t.

[danans]

> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.

Of course they are. That's the whole point of scapegoating: convincing people that their problems are caused by another group while actually working against their interests.

[JuniperMesos]

Why is it inherently good for a group to be against its own personal interests? Whose interests should a group favor instead?

[dec0dedab0de]

Programmers are, because we keep encouraging AI to replace us.