Comment by JumpCrisscross
1 day ago
> for a moment of pleasure
The pleasure of being an Uber driver? Wouldn’t the better analogy be survival for most gig workers?
1 day ago
> for a moment of pleasure
The pleasure of being an Uber driver? Wouldn’t the better analogy be survival for most gig workers?
The majority of people have absolutely no foundational belief for their actions
it is simply how do I get more money sex property attention etc…
There are no monks door dashing
Are you serious? So when I drive Uber to pay rent and feed myself, it is actually because I want sex and attention?
Might want to remove the "Wizard" from your bio, it'd be far more accurate.
Yes that is correct
people want to get money so that they can have an “enjoyable life” very few indeed dedicate themselves to a virtue or an ethics above pleasure
“enjoyable life” as defined through pretty much the entirety of written human history consists of sex and play
So yes humanity is demonstrably composed of egoist consuming hedonists
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> The majority of people have absolutely no foundational belief for their actions
The majority of people have absolutely no choice for their actions
FTFY
Especially given that for an increasing number of folks the alternative to doing what you're told is starvation (food insecurity), homelessness, and death (from lack of healthcare).
> majority of people have absolutely no choice for their actions
The poorest Americans remain among the richest people in the world and across human history. Many people don't have material choices. Almost every American does.
If you can take even one action, you still have a choice
The fact of Harriet Tubman disproves your claim