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LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 months agoYeah true. But like @jj4211@lemmy.world write it’s also that confident behavior is rewarded. And narrow minded focus on profit is more efficient than being focused on other things. And they need to compete with others on this “game” who pursue the calculus of power. So humility is a really hard sell to them. And media is not looking at politics or politicians in that way at all.
I sometimes feel this lack of emotional fortitude when thinking about reading a book, because books often break up your worldview and require you to adjust. There is a kind of intellectual pain of disillusionment.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Such compulsions are a function of lacking the kind of emotional fortitude I’m referring to.
Spineless people of poor character “need” to pursue upward movement along the gradient of power.
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The trouble is that they do need to compete with people who do pursue power (or wealth) relentlessly. So there are hard calculations. Those who don’t play don’t get power and won’t change anything. Those who do want to chance things and want other things than just power are at a (big) disadvantage. Even with the best of intention, the game plays you.
I believe the solution would be something like more rules or systems in place to focus on this kind of pursuit and call it out and dissuade it. Like develop social tools to change the rules of the game. No clue how though. Maybe AGI.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Once again, it comes down to material conditions.