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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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We live in a post information scarcity society and we still haven't moved on from capitalism. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Changed title to be more accurate.

Also here is the summary from Wikipedia on what Post-scarcity means:

Post-scarcity is a theoretical economic situation in which most goods can be produced in great abundance with minimal human labor needed, so that they become available to all very cheaply or even freely. Post-scarcity does not mean that scarcity has been eliminated for all goods and services but that all people can easily have their basic survival needs met along with some significant proportion of their desires for goods and services. Writers on the topic often emphasize that some commodities will remain scarce in a post-scarcity society.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think the argument is that creating these definitions ruins class solidarity. You are working class if you have to go to work every day to live period.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or you can present people with actual plans written in terms they understand and are comfortable with.

I used to work in public health. One of the first things I learned is that a patient needs to be approached on their own level. Some people can handle exact medical terms, and others blank out when they hear terms they don't understand.

If you have someone's ear for five minutes, are you going to waste three of them trying to bring them up to your level, or do you change your terms to fit their point of view?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends on how much distortion is required to get the concept to their level. If the concept doesn’t map to there, then giving them the impression that they understand is misleading them.

In those case middle class is just fine for petty bourgeoisie. But there’s always a distortion in swapping out terms for similar terms, and that needs to be paid attention to and recognized as a potential source of misunderstanding and trouble.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Read 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' Malcolm came from the streets and had been in prison. He could break down complex idea into terms the people could understand. Don't assume that because someone lacks your vocabulary they are ignorant. Like I siad, it's on the leader to reach out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Well, there’s the concept of group consciousness, and that definitely depends on a good working set of definitions.