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More like a consequence of capitalism, as big tech companies used their massive capital to instrumentalize and develop knowledge to keep mostly everyone dependent and addicted to their systems. Due to the way capitalism work, when a push back against it through public policies was staged, they bought their way out of regulation of their toxic platforms and were allowed to retain their monopolies.
They did it all over Latin America and Africa during the entire cold war as well. And, I assume, they still back coups all around, if it is deemed that the dictatorship to be instated will better foster the interests of the government of the United States and the oligarchies behind it...
Rather than it being greediness by a class of individuals, in my view, it is that capitalism rewards greediness, and sometimes it obligates you to be greedy when you are just an employee or selling a service. People are inserted in a system composed by many layers that incentivize and obligate greediness.
I rather think the naming is so that as little people as possible trust the site, so less people claim the money they are entitled to.
"and this being russia...", is there a place where most people are not, for the most part, looking out for themselves? You seem to be implying that Russia is special in that regard.
To correct your mistakes won't you read again, or be equivalently aware, of what you previously wrote?
The clever aliens always make the evidence they leave ambiguous enough, and then they enjoy themselves reading the threads.
Thank you! I got interested in using scuttlebutt, I would like to get involved in a social network not used by many; was sad to see that it isn't maintained anymore, so probably not safe.
If not wanting to harm others, AND wanting to help others were core beliefs held by everyone, I think quite soon we would have nothing to worry about.
The fact that they willingly took those jobs does not mean they are being treated fairly, it means they had no better option and need to survive.
Education is one of the most important things for human and economic development, yet teachers are severely underpaid. Quality and availability of education would improve dramatically if salaries were higher.
My search results were a lot better in 2006 when, I assume, they didn't have all these ML pipelines...
I thought it was very weird how the parent comment just glossed over it all as if it wasn't an issue.
You realised it just in time!
Or perhaps poverty and inequality are to blame? If people had a place in society and could afford basic things, why would they steal?
I don't know what needs to start happening for society to reach a consensus that we need to address the problems of poverty and inequaliy in income and access to good education
We have quite a few varieties regularly available in every corner store here in Brazil, they all taste quite good if you wait for them to ripe
There is the belief in karma and reincarnation that addresses this.
Maybe scamming weighs a lot on your spine?
Pirating music remains lively on the private tracker scene
The most powerful magic number.
Or we could mandate everyone to not consume meat, dairy and eggs...
Probably fediverse, but I have never used any of the sites myself.
Or try having a proper diet for your species! The only salt primates are consuming in nature are the minute amounts inside things like tomato and cucumber.
I would put gain-of-function research on the umbrella of animal experimenting.
Specially given that after a year and a half we still don't seem to ponder that livestock, hunting, deforestation, and all sorts of animal experimenting mean another deadly disease could slip up anytime as it just did.
Pretty much all cars here run on gasoline.
To be thinking about such things makes me smile remember how much as a child I wanted to be a spy or a police investigator!
Just google psilocybin dosage erowid...
Maybe if you bring the facts with a positive atittude to your employer they will be willing to recognize that you deserve a lead position, with matching salary, or at least something in between this and what you have now, even without a degree.