I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because nobody else ate the Hot Cheetos that were stocked in our free snack kitchen. Seaweed snacks were always empty. Nobody had those telltale…

Not sure if this is the best comm for this post, but it really hit home with me, and is getting some good discussion in my circles.

  • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The closing paragraphs of this article remind me of the idea that the rich already live in a sort of post-scarcity, currency-free, stateless bubble, while the rest of us toil to make that possible for them. Bezos and Gates and all never have to think about whether there will be enough food, or if they need to carry cash, or how to move across borders - everything is always handled for them.

    • Gothouse [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      The fact that we still live in this world disgusts them. It's why they have such contempt for us.

      That we should criticize them is infuriating. They'll take a private plane to a climate change conference and fuck you for having a problem with it, prole.