Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism

• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If your outcomes keep being unequal, you have two options:

  1. Concede that the opportunities weren’t as equal as you thought they were
  2. Convince yourself that the people with the worse outcomes are somehow inferior

  I prefer the first solution.

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  • Tamei@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I somewhat agree, but note that the inferiority you are describing is always only a relative measurement within the ruling system of economy, not necessarily some kind of (seemingly detached) moral measure which the connotation may imply.

    That being said, I tend to the second option, acknowledging that capitalism, besides every other form of economy, is more of a challenge to some individuals than to others. But my initial statement persists.

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    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      capitalism, besides every other form of economy, is more of a challenge to some individuals than to others.

      And you have no desire to change that?

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      • Tamei@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I do, but I don’t think it can be eliminated in any economic system. But the best approach to try to in capitalism would be to provide equal opportunities to everyone and promoting a society where this concept is considered a virtue, not artificially steering or even inhibiting career trends.

        By the way, this isn’t a discussion about compensation and overcompensation anymore. While compensation can be compared to E. o. Opportunity under those aspects, overcompensation can not be compared to E. o. Outcome in the same manner. The topic moved into a way more economic territitory than my initial statement intended to cover.

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