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  • I’m not here to tell you to buy American Eagle jeans, and I definitely won’t say that they’re the most comfortable jeans I’ve ever worn or that they make your butt look amazing.

    Why would I need to do that?

    But if you said that you want to buy the jeans, I’m not going to stop you.

    Just so we’re clear, this is not me telling you to buy American Eagle jeans.

    Sydney Sweeney has great jeans— you see what I did there, right?

    Where is the implication that genes are related to personality though?














  • Disagree strongly. Some cultures value sustainability more than others, especially more than Western cultures.

    I’ve seen the noble savage trope used too often by pro-colonists seeking to support their materialism, resource hoarding and genocidal behavior with the same argument you’re using ie. All people are essentially the same across time and cultures and you all would have done the same with what we had if it were you.

    No. Western culture has set us on a path to extinction via climate change the likes of which we have never seen before. Western culture financializes and monetizes everything (even that which sacred, spiritually meaningful or has mostly artistic value) by worshipping at the altar of open markets and free trade. Its why so many people in the West have disproportionate wealth but aren’t really happy. Its why chronic illness has exploded in the past decade. Its a culture that often takes the life out of living and tries to fill the void with hedonistic consumerism and materialism. Its a culture that does not penalize or discincentivize waste and celebrates / promotes excess consumption.

    Not to be too antagonistic, there are many positives it has brought about also.

    But there is no question our ancestors did one thing much better than we do ie. sustainability. Climate change is all the proof you need for this.



  • shawn1122@sh.itjust.workstoToday I Learned@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    12 days ago

    Western nations really need to teach their kids about colonialism. There needs to be an honest appraisal of the harm that went into creating the global imbalance we see today. Without it, the average person ends up cognitively deficient in discussions of global geopolitics (there are far too many that fit this bill).

    I still meet too many people that hold onto a colonialism happened because we’re awesome attitude with a profound knowledge deficit on the number of genocides that went into the process.

    They argue on a Western technological advantage which can be a reasonable assertion but also Western moral superiority which is so laughably misinformed they might as well have not gone to grade school.



  • I think the problem is that the antitrust ship has already sailed.

    I don’t think a government run grocery store would be looking to compete on the open market. It would be more along the lines of subsidized food for lower income households on food stamps, practically speaking. That is much more sutainable than one that’s open to the general public.

    If a government run grocery store could provide a fair price for items we are currently being gouged on, I doubt they would be able to keep up with consumer demand. Essentially middle class and above will have to keep putting up with commercial prices.


  • shawn1122@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.worldGood story
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    Collective hedonism is an abstract ideal that has not quite had any real world application. I have met quite a few hedonistic individuals but have yet to see a successfully and consistently hedonistic group. It’s hard to get a large group to agree on what is meaningfully pleasurable. For the purposes of this discussion it’s too abstract to be relevant and even if it was I’m still not quite sure why it would be ‘badass’ as doing the pleasurable thing often does not coincide with doing the right thing.

    Collective pleasure does not exist with any degree of permanence but collective prevention of harm absolutely does, and often requires sacrifice / hardship, which is what I would define as “badass”