> How would you feel if you got an awesome 20% raise at work, only to find that the next day the top 10 things you most frequently buy at the store were all suddenly 20% more when you went to pay for them.
This is how the California economy works and it's something that I like, because if I'm allowed to have more money, then I can use my brain to figure out a way to not be scammed out of it like everyone else.
As for the rest, I don't think indignant agitators online who stir up fear are really representative of public opinion. Yes corporations tend to be slimy, but that's because people are slimy. I don't want to live in a society that takes away my freedom just to prevent the worst of us from exploiting the weakest of us.
>I don't want to live in a society that takes away my freedom just to prevent the worst of us from exploiting the weakest of us.
Well that's pretty antisocial in general. Sure, you have worded this in such a vague way that it doesn't really provide for meaningful discussion. But, I'd just as obtusely respond that the entire point of society is to prevent the worst of us from exploiting the weakest of us.
It just really seems besides the point to flaunt your own individualism as a response to social questions, as if the issue was whether or not you in particular felt it was appropriate for you.
Society is a great big machine that gives people the opportunity to be a part of building something greater than themselves. The pharaohs for instance would not have been able to build the pyramids without society supporting them and the roles of those workers were immortalized in every stone that was laid. The way the world works hasn't really changed since then. The tech industry is building a new kind of pyramids and that wouldn't be possible if it weren't for all the people looking at ads, which works best when you know what things people want to buy. The digital trail they leave behind will also grant them a kind of immortality like no generation before. Wouldn't you say that's a great system? It's much better than breaking your back in the desert.
This is how the California economy works and it's something that I like, because if I'm allowed to have more money, then I can use my brain to figure out a way to not be scammed out of it like everyone else.
As for the rest, I don't think indignant agitators online who stir up fear are really representative of public opinion. Yes corporations tend to be slimy, but that's because people are slimy. I don't want to live in a society that takes away my freedom just to prevent the worst of us from exploiting the weakest of us.