This is a commonly held belief and one that I had for most of my life. I don't know what finally did it for me, but the book Trekonomics definitely gave me a push.
I think we have very different ways of enjoying art. I don't really understand how it's possible for at to have nothing with the artist's views, unless it were totally random. Actually, even that would be saying something.
But I get the feeling that we look at art pretty differently.
I got that, I was just repeating the number. My point is that leather is more durable than is necessary for a consumer electronic, especially one from Apple which has made planned obsolescence continuous innovation a cornerstone of their business.
On Friday, an international Delta flight bound for sunny Barcelona was forced to U-turn back to its starting point, Atlanta, for an exceedingly rare air travel horror: a passenger had suffered diarrhea throughout the plane’s aisle so extensively that completing the flight was deemed untenable....
If I'm at a birthday party and we're only getting cake crumbs and someone comes by and offers me a slice, then yeah it's nice for me, but how can they afford to just be giving away cake at a crumb party? It's not just charity, it's inequality and people with more money want credit parting with the surplus they've accumulated.
I'm not even talking about millionaires. They're down here with the rest of us as far as I'm concerned. You can earn millions by directly working for it.
But anyway when I give money to the local animal rescue, it stings a bit, because that's money out of my pocket that I would have otherwise spent. And I'm well off compared to most.
A billionaire is so far beyond that you may as well not even call it "money" for them, because it's so different then what you or I associate with the term. Their lifestyle will never be at risk of having to change because they spent too much.
They have insane, unethical, embarrassing, pernicious, criminal amounts of available capital.
So we should... praise them for their donation even though they know they are materially contributing to wealth inequality in their country?
Yes the rest of us are also part of a system of exploitation (and that's bad and I hope you are all combating against it as best you can), but we're much more beholden to it, seeing as how our actual survival requires full lifelong participation in that system.
If there's anyone that could be considered "above capitalism" it's the billionaires. They actually have some individual power to shift the rules of the game they know is crooked. Or at least not take take take take and still want praise for giving away a micron of a rounding error of their wealth.
I get ya. I'm also privileged enough that I used to be able to ignore politics unless it was really in my face, because most of it didn't affect me directly.
But some people's actual identities, bodies, their continued existence, is political - whether they like it or not.
So I'm sorry. We live in interesting times. Historical times. Some people feel we might be at the end of history. It's going to get loud.
I think a part of it is the same old "normies are invading our community." A bunch of the queer old guard of fedi are having to dent the new kids into shape.
I'm seeing a lot more centrist takes than I did before, and we all know what that leads to
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Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages (www.forbes.com)
To end capitalism we need to ignore it.
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What are some book series like Harry Potter [quaint, pleasant, deep lore] but less childish and bigoted?
i love asoiaf but it’s hard to start rereading atm of course
Apple confirms it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today. (www.macrumors.com)
Another step for animals rights!
Passenger on Ill-Fated Diarrhea Plane Says Flight Attendants Were Forced to Craft "Makeshift Biohazard Suits" (futurism.com)
On Friday, an international Delta flight bound for sunny Barcelona was forced to U-turn back to its starting point, Atlanta, for an exceedingly rare air travel horror: a passenger had suffered diarrhea throughout the plane’s aisle so extensively that completing the flight was deemed untenable....
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OK so if you feel Lemmy has been trending towards hostility in the past weeks ppease here me out, interact in the comments but keep it civil....
Am I allowed to vent here about a medical issue? I have an ulcer and haven't eaten in 8 days.
I’m not asking for advice or sympathy, I just need to vent....
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