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1. delis-thumbs-7e · 1790681167 · focus · HN ↗

   In an old Simpsons episode Lisa gets to visit the Teachers room, where all the staff are making fun of the children. Groundskeeper Willie is pantomiming Milhouse “Oh I am Milhouse, I tell all my secrets to Willie since I have no friends!” and the teachers laugh. Later something embarrassing happens to Milhouse and he immediately runs away crying “I have to tell this to Willie!”.

   We have all become Milhouse now.

   1. Avicebron · 1790682164 · focus · HN ↗

      Inequality has eroded trust in society in ~50 years, a lot of the old models (heh) of how we see the world aren't relevant. It's hard to exist when everything around us is adversarial.

      1. gmd63 · 1790691167 · focus · HN ↗

         It's not inequality. It's who we've chosen to reward. Adversarial people have eaten a lot of the world and that's because we let them.

         People love inequality when it's a celebrity they adore living large. Someone who hasn't scammed them and has demonstrably improved their life and the lives of others in a tangible way. The deeper the con, like Trump and Elon, the more damage to trust.

         1. keybored · 1790691388 · focus · HN ↗

            Eating the world sounds like an, on the balance, unequal outcome.

            1. gmd63 · 1790691834 · focus · HN ↗

               Yes. So we should stop enriching people who do that.

               1. keybored · 1790952657 · focus · HN ↗

                  Good heavens yes. And lets instead enrich the Good People that we can then fawn over; the ones that have Made Our Lives Better.

                  We all have our illusions.

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