I’ve reached the end of the internet so that you don’t have to. It was in the ads section of an once-renowned news portal. Under yet another article that looked as if it came straight out of ChatGPT, I saw a closeup photo of someone’s belly fat hanging over their belt. Unlike the rest of weight loss ads all around the internet, this particular one said in Polish
That's a paradox I'm still coming to understand. Our ancestors largely lived in a zero-sum world. there was only so much land, so much wealth, so much food...and when it got short, obviously My People deserve it more than Those People. Westward ho! Now, at least in the liberal parts of the world, we believe in a non-zero-sum world; rights and privileges and security andfood and healthcare and education (etc.) for every citizen; there'll always be more to go around. The market can only go up over time! How much of the philosophy of what we consider basic human rights is underwritten by the same virus-like capitalism that would/will turn the Earth to paperclips for an 11% return?
That's a paradox I'm still coming to understand. Our ancestors largely lived in a zero-sum world. there was only so much land, so much wealth, so much food...and when it got short, obviously My People deserve it more than Those People. Westward ho! Now, at least in the liberal parts of the world, we believe in a non-zero-sum world; rights and privileges and security andfood and healthcare and education (etc.) for every citizen; there'll always be more to go around. The market can only go up over time! How much of the philosophy of what we consider basic human rights is underwritten by the same virus-like capitalism that would/will turn the Earth to paperclips for an 11% return?