Someone on this site probably has a good income in the software sector, and can afford a plane ticket out of the country to stock up on inhalers abroad.
Maybe you should try not getting outraged about every comment that doesn't propose somehow creating utopia.
Maybe because this is a website for American venture backed corporations who use the American intellectual property system to create and sustain powerful and influential entities in a newly digital world?
> Maybe you should try not getting outraged about every comment that doesn't propose somehow creating utopia.
Please don’t shame me. And if you do, think about this: why am I shaming someone for desiring a better world?
I think the fact that you are not angry about this situation means your golden handcuffs (whatever they look like) are causing you to be blind to underlying structural or systemic issues.
“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.” ― Toni Morrison
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A reason I post here is because I don’t know everything and I enjoy learning about different views. I have learnt a lot from reading the discussions people have on here.
Sometimes this also means that I produce counterpoints and weigh in with stories or some counter-arguments when the topic seems interesting/relevant to me. If you believe I react strongly (or as you described me: “outraged”), then I’m glad to know it and I will bear it in mind for the future, and try my best to be even more nuanced/curious.
I believe we are all beautiful complex humans who just happen to be pushing plastic buttons and sending our thoughts into cyberspace. I am grateful for the possibility to talk with you, and it is not my intention to hurt you.
You're the one picking on me for just handing out some advice to someone.
>I think the fact that you are not angry about this situation
Where did I ever say I was OK with the state of affairs here? You're projecting your own biases and assumptions onto me.
All I did was give some advice to someone who is a victim of a crappy situation. You lashed out at me for not coming up with some magical solution to fix all the ails of the American healthcare system, or instead just whining about how bad the system is, instead of offering constructive advice for his particular situation.
Suppose you need inhalers, and you're living here in America with our crappy healthcare system, and suddenly your inhalers cost $300 instead of $30. But you make $100k+ at a tech company, like so many people here. Someone suggests taking a vacation to Canada or Europe or whatever and stocking up. What are you going to do, so "no!! All the poorer people here can't afford that, so I'm going to pay full price for these inhalers even though I'm going to Canada next week!" Or are you going to take advantage of your ability to travel and save some money on inhalers? Personally, I don't see how it's morally justifiable to not stock up on inhalers on your trip to Canada, and instead enrich the domestic companies that are screwing you over.