#artificial scarcity

[odinsblog]

[theconcealedweapon]

In an apocalyptic society where there aren't enough resources for everyone and it's impossible to ensure everyone's survival, some people may have to be sacrificed.

And when that happens, your survival depends on convincing society that someone else should be sacrificed instead of you. Someone else just wanting to survive is a direct threat to your survival. Being able to convince everyone that you're superior to others is an important survival skill. Being able to find a convenient scapegoat is an important survival skill.

And some people never grow out of that. Even when the apocalypse is over and it becomes possible to ensure everyone's survival, those who mastered the "kill them and not me" skill don't want to let go of it.

So they actually feel good when poor people or disabled people are left to die. They actually feel good when people of color are jailed or murdered by the police. They think "if it happens to them, it won't have to happen to me". They'll gladly suffer as long as they have the reassurance that someone else is suffering more.

People with power then create artificial scarcity in order to make sure this continues happening.

[madamemarmot]

Yet it is capitalism, with its demands for unlimited maximization of profits and economic growth, that is fundamentally unable to protect the Earth's environment. Both humanity and nature become objects of exploitation under capitalism. Furthermore, the artificial scarcity created by capitalism renders large parts of humanity destitute. Slow Down by Kohei Saito

[artificer4396]

We have the resources to ensure that everyone has access to food, shelter, education, medical care, and transportation. Defending the system as it is now is effectively saying “you don’t deserve a comfortable life if you don’t spend most of it padding shareholders’ pockets”.

[petterwass]

I hate hate hate how Module Blocks are limited to 4/month!.

I just want to spend a month farming and get rewarded by getting half a dozen little fun tidbits of lore. But instead, since we only get 4, which is only enough to get a SINGLE 6* stage 1 module, this month I will upgrade two Sniper Modules to Stage 2,giving them some piddling and wholly uninteresting stat boosts, because with it being such a extremely limited resource I need to prioritize Modules for the people I actually use.

I hate it.

If this had been the case when Modules launched, I would never have gotten Glaucus' Module, since she's a objectively bad unit, which is one of my all-time favorite pieces of Arknights Lore ever.

Just let me farm the stupid things!

[lawyeronabike]

Small Improvements in Modern Life #1: Taco Tuesday is Liberated

The trademark on the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is officially surrendered.

Taco Bell and Taco John's settle trademark dispute. 'Taco Tuesday' is now free for everyone to use

Taco John's and Taco Bell have squashed their beef about 'Taco Tuesday,' the Wall Street Journal first reported.

[peachdoxie]

Artificial scarcity is the stupidest fucking thing on the planet.

[microtonal-screaming]

“yOU wOUldnT doWnLoAd a plaNt”

image transcription: a store sign reads “‘proplifting’ is picking up falling succulent leaves (or any other plant leaf) off the floors of garden centers or pinching off leaves and taking them home to propagate---IT IS THEFT! PLEASE DO NOT DO IT”