I agree with the above commenter. You write beautifully.
I don't know if it's possible to never sell out, at least not to some degree. I believe we are all living with the same underlying goal: survival. We'll do whatever it takes, and often there is strength in numbers, so we will conform. Of course there is also more competition in larger groups, so it does pay to be somewhat independent. It's all about finding a balance between the two.
I suppose that could be true. Outside of strength in numbers, strength could be found in solidarity. I have been grappling with the fact that as a journalist, and a highly political one at that, i may not make much money. but i do want to have a destiny in the way that new media is going at some point, i just have to figure out how to manipulate that in my favor.
i never want to sell out, at least not big time. i will not sell my soul for money. i'm opposed to our economic system, defiantly, i'm just trying to figure out a way to work around that.... hahaha.
I entirely agree with not selling your soul for money. I'm sort of in a similar position. I will never make much money in the field that I am going into (wildlife biology), but it is what I am passionate about. My father expected me to go to some Ivy league university and become a doctor or lawyer, anything that makes good money. Not going to happen. Why should money be worth more than my happiness? Our economic system may be unjust, but it is what we have to work with and I feel that the only way to avoid it altogether would be to live in total isolation.
Basic needs, however, instinctually override moral values and happiness. So I do agree that there is strength in solidarity, but it is a mental strength achieved through morality, and mental strength does not fulfill basic human needs. But there are many people who toss their morals out the window to fulfill wants, well beyond basic needs. That is what needs to change, in my opinion.
Nah, I don't think we need to live in total isolation. I guess that's why I want to spend my life overthrowing that system haha.
I don't think solidarity is achieved solely through morality. I feel that solidarity building can happen psychologically when people go through physical suffering together, such as being in poverty, which might often be why places in South America have the strongest labor movements in the world (obviously there are other factors, because not all poor people mobilize, but you catch my drift).
It's good that you aren't willing to do something you hate just to make a lot of money.
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You are such a beautiful writer.
I love you.
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I love you! I miss you, also, miss.
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I don't know if it's possible to never sell out, at least not to some degree. I believe we are all living with the same underlying goal: survival. We'll do whatever it takes, and often there is strength in numbers, so we will conform. Of course there is also more competition in larger groups, so it does pay to be somewhat independent. It's all about finding a balance between the two.
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i never want to sell out, at least not big time. i will not sell my soul for money. i'm opposed to our economic system, defiantly, i'm just trying to figure out a way to work around that.... hahaha.
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Basic needs, however, instinctually override moral values and happiness. So I do agree that there is strength in solidarity, but it is a mental strength achieved through morality, and mental strength does not fulfill basic human needs. But there are many people who toss their morals out the window to fulfill wants, well beyond basic needs. That is what needs to change, in my opinion.
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I don't think solidarity is achieved solely through morality. I feel that solidarity building can happen psychologically when people go through physical suffering together, such as being in poverty, which might often be why places in South America have the strongest labor movements in the world (obviously there are other factors, because not all poor people mobilize, but you catch my drift).
It's good that you aren't willing to do something you hate just to make a lot of money.
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