On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 17:23:22 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > El 13/10/15 a las 16:42, Lisi Reisz escribió: > >On Tuesday 13 October 2015 21:52:02 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > >>El 13/10/15 a las 14:55, Adrian O'Dell escribió: > >>>Never tell a business partner to change. > >> > >>One of the problems of society is that it is driven by economic > >>interests, and more often than not, the interests which govern behavior > >>are those of megacorporations (employers) instead of individuals. We > >>should resist corporate control. That means, among other things, > >>resisting the pressure of proprietary software developers. > >> > >>You may find yourself in a situation where you are muzzled of > >>complaining about things that you disagree with (because they *are* in > >>fact wrong) because of your job but that is just a symptom, the sickness > >>is that you have a bad job. The real way to fix that is to no to *place > >>yourself* in such a position where taking such a job *appears > >>necessary*; it is a matter of planning and making a conscious *effort*. > > > >And letting your children go hungry if necessary. Principles matter more. > > > >Lisi > > Having children in the first place when one is subject to a muzzling or > otherwise abusive job is a *perfect example of what I am talking about*. > People usually reason backwards in examples like this: First they *chose* to > have children, then they "justify" something questionable to themselves or > to somebody else with the excuse that they have children, as if it was some > fact of life like having to eat or breathe, while in fact, that is no > justification, because whoever does this has put himself by his own decision > into the situation where he "has" to do that questionable activity in the > first place, and therefore has chosen to do that questionable activity (or > is guilt of doing without thinking).
Good argumentation. Are we due for an in depth discussion on cognitive dissonance?
