Bacano
@Bacano@lemmy.world
- Comment on Has the USA turned into an oligarchy? 2 days ago:
Lol this post made me appreciate Lemmy so much.
There was a question on dead-it asking something about why the American middle class seemed to suffer so much since the mid20th century and it was full of obvious bots pointing to the positive but temporary effects of WW2. It took quite some scrolling before I saw any mention of the stagnation of real wages since then.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 1 month ago:
I mean in terms of effect on population (which is kind of the point), the analogy still holds.
- Comment on Why are doctors so hands off and unhelpful in the USA? 3 months ago:
In the US, unlike most other countries, medical doctors are most at risk for suicide.
- Comment on Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech 4 months ago:
Ahh yes, the freedom loving state. Texas. That’s right.
- Comment on Why are so many leaders in tech evil? 4 months ago:
Yeah I feel you. To echo your last sentence, there’s that old study of money leading to increased happiness but only up to a certain point (I think it was like 75k USD pre-covid)
- Comment on Why are so many leaders in tech evil? 4 months ago:
To add to this, there’s been evidence that as an individual accrues more wealth, their empathy response lessens over time.
My arm chair psychologist hypothesis is that: as the individual sees their quality of life increase, they look at other human beings in deplorable conditions, and their empathy response atrophies in order to avoid cognitive dissonance.
There’s a concept in the study of wealthy individuals which goes over their desire to hide impoverishment from their view.