I think your summary of the objective is just about right, and then a few more things seem pertinent:

1. When has it ever worked, to get people all having aligned goals?
2. If “the rich” ever like enslave/eliminate all working people, there will be a new group of “not rich enough” to condemn.

Tbh when I think more about it, it seems like they’re trying to fill a bottomless pit. Daddy issues is right.

You’re doing the lord’s work.

I know The Dispossessed!

I’m generally supportive of the idea of feeding people. I’m further supportive of like people helping people. I think the part that makes me apprehensive is that the system you describe fundamentally operates on assumptions that sidestep the matter of beneficiaries knowing the source of the benefits, which seems very dubious. The idea seems to be quite kind and selfless, but I still think this is a scenario where folks will fail to appreciate the kindness involved because they’re simply unaware of the effort made by numerous folks involved

You make several compelling points.

My cynicism is based on my general view that anonymous strangers are often unhelpful, but to be more accurate, I would have to acknowledge my feedback would vary a lot based on region. For instance, I mostly grew up in TX (nearish I-35). However, I lived in Western Washington for years, and I can easily see a community pantry being appreciated there.

So if I were to revise my comment now, I’d seek to emphasize that some regional populations have been propagandized and are destructive. And like some people don’t mind contributing like that, but I see it like trying to fill a jug with a hole in the bottom.

Greetings, I do not seek at all to be rude – let me preface with that.

I think about this quite often, and I particularly bristle at suggestions like “create a free food fridge in a food desert.” I am all for helping people in need, to be sure, but that particular recommendation seems like something that would be ignored, marginalized, or abused/destroyed. The fact is, time is finite, so we gotta think in terms of maximizing usefulness. Trying to fill a bottomless pit does nobody any good. Or, as the expression goes, “give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for his whole life” (or something).

Who’s the president in 1985?!

Lol. Don’t suggest heroin tho!

I admittedly thought something similar when I saw this post (not to suggest heroin tho!). I thought, “write what you know!” I’m all for ppl learning to write better, but in a world/economy of hyper-fictionalized junk, I would like yo see more stories about people’s actual experiences and less like unconnected fiction. To me, miscellaneous fiction is like cotton candy – it tastes sweet, but it’s empty.

PS - stay away from opiates. Addiction is a supreme waste of time.

Agreed. I think of Wall-E often and think its vision of the future is more accurate, but Idiocracy makes for a more descriptive term to summarize it. And suddenly, I feel like I’m rehashing HS English class: “Does 1984 or Brave New World summarize society more accurately?” The premise being that in 1984, the government deliberately sought to shrink reality, whereas in “Brave New World,” individuals opted-in.

My perspective is that oligarchical wannabes are essentially giving people what they think those people want, but they’re clearly not following the ideas through to their logical conclusions. Like, AI in schools… OK… Why? Because thinking is too hard? Don’t be silly – that’s what brains do reflexively. And like, when did hard stuff get such a bad rap? IMHO, so-called friction is good, probably fundamental. This notion that everything should be all upside all the time is probably not even possible, much less desirable.

I don’t see it. I won’t dismiss that sort of thing entirely, but I think the logistics are just wayyyyyy too hard. Moreover, the American population can be disappointing, for sure, but they’re not docile. Somewhere along the way, someone would step out of line, and then you’ve got bedlam.

Noted, thank you for the tip.

And all customer service interactions have become annoying! In my book, it’s just businesses acting entitled, which irks me.

What caused the latency in that case?

I love that you ask “per year.” Tell me your clothes are dirty without saying your clothes are dirty.😜

I’m using GrapheneOS to type this and have been using it (periodically) for weeks. I just noticed today that it doesn’t have visual voicemail, and I haven’t the foggiest idea what my vmail PW is. But all in all, it’s solid (knock on wood).

Interesting. Thank you for responding

I don’t have trouble relaxing, per se, but I absolutely am a “I’ll relax when I’m dead” type.

That’s interesting you mentioned video games as a sort of solace amid late-stage capitalism. I can fully believe (so-called) capitalism as it has been known in the US is effectively over, but I tend to think it never really existed. Like, free market? OK, where do they sell heroin then? (Inb4 synthetic opiates at the hospital)

If (so-called) capitalism is ending, why is there no appetite to replace it?

Did the prior generations lose the skills necessary to operate civilization? Therefore, by the time we got to now, people only know how to play and consume?

Discuss (plz).

I thought “Web2.0” was roughly a synonym for 'Sites with AJAX" (XMLHttpRequestObject) which I thought was ~2006.

Will they not be incinerated upon re-entry?

In principle, sure. In practice, it seems like the ornery and the thin-skinned rise wayyyyyyy past the humble and the competent.

Is that true? How do we know that? Is it cuz you can’t vent it?

Thank you for responding. That–RPGs-- makes sense to me. I can conceptualize a game where you’re basically able to cram more into your actual life. I feel – nay, I’ve witnessed – a lot of businesses engage in practices that explicitly disempower their customers, and I see that practice a lot in videogames nowadays. That irks me. It’s ultimately treating customers like ATMs, and I am not on board!

Ah, OK. I didn’t realize Lemmy was designed to be similar to Reddit. That’s a relief.

I feel like Reddit has tried to “own” references to bacon, narwhals, some autumn month where men don’t shave, and various memes. I kinda don’t blame them for monetizing drawings and words, but as I’m sure they know very well by now, wall street wants that and.