I agree with the sentiment, but emotional care does take energy. When people are feeling hopeless and powerless, it saps their ability to be compassionate because it takes energy. See Caregiver burnout.
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You’re free to have your own take. I don’t think the intention of the worker changes the situation for me. They want better, and so does the scab. /shrug
This analogy isn’t exact, but there doesn’t seem to be much functional difference between them and scabs that cross strike lines. This is like the company fires the union/workforce before a strike to predatorily hire scabs. I know the system sucks for H1-Bs, but they’re lowering the quality of life for an industry.
I agree with other posters that, in theory, this program is morally fine. However, its real world application is exploitation, for the previous workers & the new workers. I’m against exploitation and therefore do not support the program at the moment, especially with these immoral asshats championing it in this way. It’s mask off, “We can exploit them!” Fuck that.
As far as the SCOTUS has said, he can do a lot more than firing, which is my biggest concern…
Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development comes to mind for me. A lot of people get stuck at authority or social contract. It requires deeper levels of thought and consideration to expand your circle of care.
Hey, thanks friendo. I abandoned my Reddit account for Lemmy’s pastures. Much slower over here, but corporations are ruining everything…
I do hope the infighting causes inefficiency and inability to make good on some of these promises. What appears to be coming is a rapid nose dive for the US, both economically and socially. A crippled middle class is easier to control, especially if they corrupt UBI or something to save themselves (see Captain Laserhawk).
Democrats are far from perfect at the moment, but at least there’s a semblance of importance for education, diversity, democracy—people like Vance or Elon promoting “Dark Enlightenment” is the type of philosophical thinking that could absolutely destroy us.
I hate holding out for the mortality of humans, but some people truly bring pain and suffering at scale to this plane of existence. It all seemed so hopeful not long ago.
I’ve been reading the Bible if only to quote this stuff before I’m hauled off as some sort of corrupting bisexual philosopher who votes socialist. I wish these people believed in what they feign to read…
This kind of rhetoric is abhorrent in the public sphere. It’s a further erosion of social norms and expectations of leaders in society.
This election, unfortunately, validated these behaviors as acceptable. It makes me gravely sad for the US.
Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_the_Blessed
Bosch‘s piece is sometimes mentioned in near death experience survivors as “feeling accurate” to their experience. I like to imagine it’s our individuality returning to a oneness.
Thanks for posting.
A bunch of Fox News anchors were “discovered” as vaccinated after COVID’s peak waned. It’s all hypocrites, class war, etc.
It feels like modern life is the same bullshit on repeat right now. I worry it all gets darker soon. :(
Exodus 20:13
Either these people learn their holy book, or I’ll keep reciting it until we all die. “Thou shall not kill.” The ten commandments aren’t perfect, but we should all agree on this.
The answer depends on your religion, but in the monotheistic traditions of the major religions, the notion of God might be better aligned with “oneness” or “integration” than a personification as we think about them. In that way, God is “everything” (including the contradictions) which would also mean emotions. To say God feels things, it means “God has the capability to feel, because God is all powerful.”
Whether God is impacted by those emotions or their reasoning changes because of them, I think the realities and contradictions are a part of faith. If it all made sense, faith wouldn’t be necessary. You’ll find reasoning similar to this in someone like Kierkegaard.
I’m a UU (raised Catholic, was an atheist for 20 years, followed Buddhism for a few years). My internal conception of God has changed a lot over that time: mostly expanded and includes more grace about this “grand everything” rather than “Old man in a cloud who can be sorta weird and spiteful.” I like that the UU lets me ask questions and develop my own faith.
I’m hugely skeptical, except this can be really job threatening if the elites choose to invest. It could scale very quickly.
At that point, unless the economic systems are replaced with UBI or something to support it, this will bring about a lot of anger, even in the early stages.
People revolt when there’s no hope left. If you’ve got nothing to lose, might as well fight.
Typical Dark Souls logic is, “Once I lose the Souls, I’m free to not give a fuck.” A lot of people losing their soul nowadays.