Why would I talk person to person with reasonable people? Even if they check all your boxes and don’t hate anyone, if they’re not about moving us forward already, why would I be so egotistical as to think I’ll be the one to change that? If pigs want to wallow, let them. I am not the servant of any man, be it a boss or a dumbass.
The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...
I don’t think it’s needlessly overthinking as you put it to ask that people work toward sustainable long term changes that can not only alleviate current problems but improve conditions and systems resiliency and fairness long term. The unfortunate truth is that going part of the way also helps the people who don’t want to reduce global inequality. If people are satisfied with a world in which the equilibrium is reached between poverty that is so destructive and impossible to tolerate that global unrest increases as predicted, and a poverty only slightly more tolerable, that is not, in my humble opinion, anything to strive for. It would in fact be the least optimal result, since it maximizes suffering and precludes change.
Burning Man on WeirdTV in 1994 (youtu.be)
It looked way more fun back then.
neither left nor right rule (lemmy.ml)
Macron on how to stop young rioters: Get mum and dad to restore order (www.politico.eu)
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality (www.theguardian.com)
The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...
Tekwar Promo Trailer (1994 - 1996) (youtu.be)