Post #1479472

2026-01-04 15:39 UTC

@bunny it's not elitist to say that there's a balance between expecting the world to fix all your problems for you, and having some agency and being able to help yourself. By all means, reduce the monopolies, improve opensource software, create the environment you want to live in, etc but in the end, it's up to people to stop buying iphones and samsungs and windows desktops etc. If that takes a moment of discomfort, so be it; it's not impossible, there are plenty of existing good alternatives.

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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz 2026-01-04 15:45

@bunny I also much loathe the comparison to healthcare here. I am 100% for socialized healthcare. But if people keep buying privatized healthcare because "that's what they're used to" and they refuse to take part in the systematic improvements that underpin the changes you seek, then it simply won't happen. And that's not because there's no attempts to improve the world, but you can't just pretend that 'the world has to fix this'. You ARE part of that world, you should work towards the fixes.

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@bunny@mk.absturztau.be 2026-01-04 15:56

@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz That's where I have to disagree. Berating people for not having agency is elitism. Lack of agency is exactly what marginalization is about. Agency is what privilege boils down to. :abunhd:

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