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shadowmore commented on U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, new Gallup report finds   cnbc.com/2021/06/15/gallu... · Posted by u/sharkweek
pault · 5 years ago
I don't think capitalism has a monopoly on this. It's an intrinsic property of any hierarchical organization.
shadowmore · 5 years ago
I could see someone argue that, but would a monarch, for example, really hyperfocus nearly as much on optimizing crops to the point of driving the farmers to suicide, just so he could point to a line going up on a chart in a meeting with investors?

No, it's more likely to be a vague, emotional impulse for "more", without the bureaucratic apparatus to enforce it in a way that is fundamentally incompatible with human life.

Capitalism demands constant growth in ways and for reasons that are different from any other hierarchy.

shadowmore commented on U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, new Gallup report finds   cnbc.com/2021/06/15/gallu... · Posted by u/sharkweek
TheAdamAndChe · 5 years ago
I have a Bachelor's degree in IT, hold a whole alphabet of certifications, and am happy to work part time at the company I work at making $20/hr. Why? Because I'm actually treated like a human being with tons of autonomy. I can crack jokes, control my own schedule, take breaks if I get frustrated, and do basically whatever I want as long as I'm honest with my work logs.

So many jobs here are dehumanizing. We are treated like cogs by a highly stressed management, and if you don't "pull your weight" and overwork yourself then you are cast from the group. Try to push back, and you get a talking to by silver-tongued executives who just don't understand why we don't Work Harder. In a previous job, I was scheduled shifts from 7am-9pm just a week after being in the hospital.

shadowmore · 5 years ago
I find this individualistic view of the problem fascinating.

It treats companies as individuals and thinks they're all different, which is bolstered by the BS terminology about "corporate culture" that the companies themselves push.

But to anyone who sees the big picture, it's obvious that this is capitalism. Under capitalism, you are a cog in a machine. Always have been, always will be.

This isn't some particular company treating its employees like trash. It's the entire system of commodifying all aspects of life in order for the line in the chart to keep going up indefinitely.

But individualism has people so utterly blind to this that they treat companies as people, which is dystopian to the max.

shadowmore commented on Facebook’s Secret Rules on Word “Zionist” Impede Criticism of Israel   theintercept.com/2021/05/... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
shadowmore · 5 years ago
This back-and-forth will never end until there's government regulation that tells the creators of digital communication platforms, in no uncertain terms, "You do not get to control the content on the platform you have built, because the platform exists to serve the people of this country, and this country has law enforcement agencies whose job it is to police any illegal communication."

As long as corporations have the right to control what people say just because it's on their servers, and as long as they don't feel threatened by the state, this problem will persist.

shadowmore commented on Apple Approves Parler to Return to App Store   macrumors.com/2021/04/19/... · Posted by u/ksec
shadowmore · 5 years ago
Is there some reason no digital platform producing company ever washes its hands of all moderation and leaves control of illegal activity to the people actually responsible for it (the FBI, NSA, local law enforcement, etc.)?

Are companies actually liable somehow if they don't take proactive steps to mitigate illegal content, which nowadays also leads into heavy-handed censorship because of what they interpret as being borderline illegal (like "hateful speech")?

In other words, is this a purely risk assessment related action, or an ideological one as someone like Alex Jones would shout into a mic?

shadowmore commented on Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-second fees   newsroom.haas.berkeley.ed... · Posted by u/leephillips
evolve2k · 5 years ago
You might (not) be surprised to hear this is a US centric practice. In Australia this behaviour would fall foul of consumer protection laws. Our Consumer protection act and government body has real teeth and these practices would fail the requirement not to engage is misleading and deceptive practices.
shadowmore · 5 years ago
This just reminds me of how we ship meat from the US to China for processing and then back, then slap "US Raised" on it to avoid suspicion.
shadowmore commented on Twitter considering subscription fees to ensure 'revenue durability'   thehill.com/policy/techno... · Posted by u/thereare5lights
shadowmore · 5 years ago
Surprising it's taken them this long. It's basically the world's news aggregator at this point.

Unlike Instagram or TikTok or any entertainment-focused social media platform, Twitter feels necessary to its users, whether to stay informed or to stay angry or to feel connected to other people.

shadowmore commented on Jack Ma has not been seen in public for two months   ft.com/content/a91dfeae-d... · Posted by u/jtdev
sddmee · 5 years ago
I find this sort of flippant posturing and minimization much more disturbing than a higher-profile-than-usual disappearance.

Acting as if these horrific, nebulous governing systems can be reduced to the image of a Saturday-morning cartoon villain, an infantile mustache-twirler angrily shaking his fist at the TV screen.

It is not “offense”. A system does not get “get mad”. It constantly sniffs for the slightest hint of dissent, any figure that might even come close to nudging public opinion the wrong way, and grinds it to dust.

It’s no different from every other country’s power-seeking and preserving systems, just with a much more sensitive trigger-finger, and that seemingly excessive sensitivity and reactivity is simply because they can. Not because some CCP higher-up has a fragile ego.

shadowmore · 5 years ago
That flippant posturing is the result of reading history books from the perspective of everyone who lived over the past several thousand years being backwards and evil.

It blinds people to the realities of power dynamics that still exist today and have not been at all lessened or subdued by progressivism one bit.

shadowmore commented on In study, acetaminophen makes risky moves seem less dangerous   news.osu.edu/a-pain-relie... · Posted by u/hliyan
xwdv · 5 years ago
I wonder if people with a high tolerance for pain are also less empathetic.
shadowmore · 5 years ago
I can confirm this anecdotally.

I've always had near zero empathy for anyone who isn't a close friend or family member, and I have very high pain tolerance, to the point of outright ignoring minor wounds on a regular basis and then finding them later (sounds edgy, actually majorly annoying finding unexpected blood stains on clothing or furniture, or realizing I have an eyesore of a bruise somewhere).

shadowmore commented on In study, acetaminophen makes risky moves seem less dangerous   news.osu.edu/a-pain-relie... · Posted by u/hliyan
shadowmore · 5 years ago
It's usually prescribed specifically for fever, not just for any pain.

Could this be why so many people (myself included) report feeling a sense of wanting to live a more proactive life when sick with a fever?

You'd think it would just be because you're feeling a sense of contrast from your usual more energized state and want to avoid wasting energy on unproductive things once you get it back, but could it actually be because the Acetominophen reduces our overall sense of anxiety?

The article talks about how there have been studies that show it dampens all emotions, but to feel more sure about long-term efforts, you don't strictly need to be emotionally charged or inspired, you just need to be less anxious about the potential failure of such efforts.

u/shadowmore

KarmaCake day56September 15, 2017View Original