475 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 30 Jan freebie \ parent \ on: When you post/comment on SN, do you think about how many sats you will earn? meta
Ohh, yes, this so much.
Since I don't care so much anymore about being everyone's darling (that was previously the case at least IRL), I actually started to think more in monetary terms.
For example, it used to scare me more to get caught and having to admit that I evaded the fare then actually paying the fine. But now, I am less scared since I would either just admit that I didn't buy a ticket (and get it over with) or even try to "talk" my way out of the situation by stalling and then running out of the train when it stops and the doors open since they probably don't care enough to run after me. And if they would run after me, I think I have the moral high ground again lol.
Yeah, I think the fiat system really fucked our relationship with money.
"Money is the root of all evil", they say. But they don't know that the real quote was this:
-- https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/money-root-of-evil/
"Money is the root of all evil", they say. But they don't know that the real quote was this: For the love of money is the root of all evil
Is that what psychologists call "transference"? Maybe not, but what a great example of blame shifting. We collectively tuned out the part that carried some personal accountability and selectively heard the part that blamed an inanimate object.