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by adamtaylor_13 72 days ago
No, life is hard on its own unless you can please the market.

Why is it anti-human to suggest that an underwater basket weaver should not make the same amount of money as a neurosurgeon?

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> No, life is hard on its own unless you can please the market

It is funny when such claims are put with an aura of harsh, but brilliant insight, yet they are nothing more than expression of ideology.

> Why is it anti-human to suggest that an underwater basket weaver should not make the same amount of money as a neurosurgeon?

Because that's a hyperbolic exaggeration to make you feel fine about ignoring the plight of others?

The machine should serve society, society shouldn't serve the machine. Unfortunately, what we have is far closer to the latter.