At scale no group is against its own personal interests. It sucks and it’s hypocritical and annoying, but that’s humans.
> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National...
Don’t you think they thought this was self-interest?
I’m sure they did!
But it clearly wasn’t.
Of course they are. That's the whole point of scapegoating: convincing people that their problems are caused by another group while actually working against their interests.
Why is it inherently good for a group to be against its own personal interests? Whose interests should a group favor instead?
Programmers are, because we keep encouraging AI to replace us.
> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National...
Don’t you think they thought this was self-interest?
I’m sure they did!
But it clearly wasn’t.
> At scale no group is against its own personal interests.
Of course they are. That's the whole point of scapegoating: convincing people that their problems are caused by another group while actually working against their interests.
Why is it inherently good for a group to be against its own personal interests? Whose interests should a group favor instead?
Programmers are, because we keep encouraging AI to replace us.