kids are indoctrinated from school to seek out “high skill” jobs and look down on anyone making less
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Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 10 hours ago
It’s kind of sad that people are so motivated by jealousy. Like why would I care if other people have it better?
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I think jealousy gets a bad rap. It tells you what you want, and what you personally or society could work toward.
iglou@programming.dev 9 hours ago
Jealousy and envy are not the same thing, although the nuance is subtle. What you’re talking about is closer to envy. You can be envious of something or someone without the hostility that turns it into jealousy.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
I disagree. I believe that you choose for it to be envy or jealousy by your definition.
iglou@programming.dev 15 minutes ago
It’s not my definition. That is the subtle difference between the two words. But, most people use both words for the same thing, and most people only use the word jealousy for both things.
podian@piefed.social 4 hours ago
What my friend was conveying is that envy is the want for something–usually that another has–and jealousy is the fear of losing something that one already has.
The interchangeable usage based on a vague understanding is just that (often normatively though they’re probably unaware of it).
Rothe@piefed.social 38 minutes ago
The US was build on the “fuck you I got mine” mentality.