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Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small,
by kgwxd 2mo ago
Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
- bananaflag 2mo agoSpace exploration.
- harimau777 2mo agoI think that's true of NASA. However, I've got a pretty negative view of SpaceX due to the whole "owned by a Nazi thing".
- speed_spread 2mo agoHahem, Wernher von Braun... What is it with nazis and rockets anyway?
- ymolodtsov 2mo agoTons of people believe it's a waste of money though (I disagree).
- worldsayshi 2mo agoAnd yet all this power in the hands of the very few are only there because the rest of us don't know any better than coordinating for their benefit rather than coordinating in any other way.
- vrganj 2mo agoThe problem is capitalism and the injustices it creates. The hated industries are just symptoms.
- automatic6131 2mo agoThe problem isn't capitalism, well it's not JUST capitalism. If you give any group of individuals that level of wealth control, the same pattern repeats. They can be shareholders, board directors, or commissars or general secretaries of the people's party, a prince or a duke, or the first citizen. It doesn't matter, all you need to replicate the same problems is concentration of wealth and power and the ability to direct it.
- vrganj 2mo agoIndeed. It's just that capitalism produces immense concentrations of wealth as a core feature of the system.
- automatic6131 2mo agoSure, so did the Roman Republic and Pharonic Egypt and Imperial China and Communist China So you're going to need a more accurate diagnosis than simply capitalism
- vrganj 2mo agoI have to tighten your earlier point a bit first: it is not just absolute concentration of wealth that causes this, it is high levels of inequality, e.g. lots of people in misery with a few folks that have ridiculous riches. I'm pretty sure the commoners (and even more so, the slaves!) in Rome, Egypt or Imperial China didn't love the system either. However, I think the average modern-day, communist Chinese person has seen such a rise in standards of living (one billion people pulled out from poverty!) that they don't really hate the system despite there also being high wealth concentration amongst party and business elites. The gap is the problem, not the peak.
- dsego 2mo agoDo you have any social accounts? By the username I'm guessing we're from the same country or region.
- luco17 2mo agoHairdressing/beauticians
- l337h4x0rz 2mo agoKindergartens
- ymolodtsov 2mo agoNobody enjoys paying for one though.
- jknoepfler 2mo agoI mean sure... but I vote for education tax levies whenever they come up and choose to live somewhere where they pass. I wouldn't call my emotions about it negative.
- petcat 2mo agoIn the words of Hank Hill, "some people are meant to go to college, and some people are meant to go to beauty school."
- red-iron-pine 2mo agoThis specific quote actually belongs to Luanne Platter "I learned something really important at college today. I don't wanna be there! Some people are meant to go to college, and some people are meant to go to beauty school. And I'm in beauty school!" (who says AI is useless?)
- YetAnotherNick 2mo agoIs this a sarcasm? I hate them trying to upsell their stuff or lie about the products(almost all of the product marketing in beauty industry is a lie) or oversell their services. If I were to guess, I think what you mean interacting with them not the money extraction part?
- Jtarii 2mo agoRestaurants, gyms, cinemas, Hollywood, sports leagues, book publishing, amazon. People will have some criticisms of each of these but the average person probably appreciates them more than dislikes them.
- windward 2mo agoI don't think we, as common engineers, can absolve ourselves of all blame. For a time we were in incredible demand and all we've made of it is: some people earned enough to retire early, buy nice cars, or start their own business. But that demand could have been turned into real power. Now it's too late.
- dsego 2mo agoSome of us even pledged to work ethically and practice integrity. Not sure what the original english version is. Found this online: https://order-of-the-engineer.org/about-the-order/obligation/ https://order-of-the-engineer.org/about-the-order/obligation...
- GuB-42 2mo agoI'd say farming. Not agriculture in general, Monsanto is one of the most hated companies, so is John Deere, and farmers hate them too, but the ones working on the field, preferably crops over livestock. I think that farmers are somehow immune despite having their fair share of evil because we all understand that without them, we would all die.
- peterashford 2mo agoI'm a New Zealander. Farmers here are disliked by a large percentage of the population
- bananaflag 2mo agoAgriculture is pretty much the antonym of industry.