Best answer. The more violent options miss that violence without solidarity will never work out. But solidarity means you might not have to use violent options in the first place.
It only becomes an opportunity if you're in a position to start a brand new business. I'm not in a position to start one business, let alone one for each of my obstacles.
And even if I pitched it to the business i work for, why would they listen to me? And even if they did why do you think I'd get any credit? Now I've just got a other monthly bill.
And it's a very bold assumption to think that every non-unique obstacle can be monetized, or that it's ethical to monetize. Maybe a charity, but even then it can get pretty sketchy.
Pick an average job like mechanic and an average obstacle like access to mental healthcare. How do you think a garage is going to spin off a mental healthcare business? Why do you think they'd want to? Why do think their boss would even listen to them, let alone appreciate the pitch?
So not at work then, how do you think a mechanic would get access to the knowledge of running a business? Where do you think they'd get the connections to raise capital with the average person's credit?
If you work somewhere that you could pitch your own obstacle to your boss as a business opportunity, you're in the 1% access to opportunities.
If you have the ability to start your own business to solve your own obstacle, then you're in the 1% access to opportunities.
The advice just doesn't apply to the vast majority of obstacles for the vast majority of people, and telling people that their inability to capitalize is a moral failing is evil, and actively helps evil people.
I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you're being.
It's about expectation management. If you're taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you're unable to then you'll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it's feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we're setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don't believe it's healthy to take that "positive" perspective, because I don't really believe it's positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
33 Comments
Godort@lemmy.ca · 80 pts · 363d
I stubbed my toe against the table and am now filled with great purpose
Infrapink@thebrainbin.org · 29 pts · 363d
Whenever I apply for a job, I just get a whole lot of resilience. How can be get less resilience?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 362d
You just need more perspective. Have you tried landing a job? That always helps me feel less resilient.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 363d
Corruption = networking with benefits
Theft = Self-gifting
Murder = reducing the competition
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 363d
Management harassement -> motherfucker, I love being tortured.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 363d
My obstacle is CEOs enriching themselves at the expense of the workers. What would you say the opportunity is?
atomicorange@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 363d
Solidarity
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 363d
Best answer. The more violent options miss that violence without solidarity will never work out. But solidarity means you might not have to use violent options in the first place.
Jojowski@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 363d
Reviving old technology? Free food and/or fertilizer? Climate action? You name it!
Likwidkat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
Luigi
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 363d
I saw this pop up on my "all" feed and I was very annoyed until I saw what community it was posted in.
LinkedIn is getting too close to reality, the people there almost seem real.
donuts@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 363d
Your purpose is PAIN
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 362d
I've kind of suspected that tbh.
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 9 pts · 362d
Pain is the purpose? unsupervised ai slop
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 363d
My wife decided to be spontaneous yesterday, and I felt a great deal of purpose!
athairmor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 363d
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 363d
I tried to lift 100kg but didn't have enough Struggles. That's how the formula works, right?
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 362d
No pain, no gain!
christian@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 363d
I think masterclass posts like this are an opportunity to feel happy about the state of the world today.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 362d
Tell me you only know five words that start with "S" without telling me that you only know five words that start with "S".
plyth@feddit.org · 2 pts · 363d
And yet it's not bad advice.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 363d
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 362d
It is, because it discourages you from making things better for yourself.
You're being told that being miserable is actually good, and that if you're not satisfied with it then it's your own moral failing.
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 362d
To me it means the opposite. Obstacles remain obstacles until you create opportunities.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 362d
They're not telling you to go seek or make opportunities, they're telling you to consider your obstacles as opportunities.
Its like saying being robbed is an opportunity to make as much wealth as you previously had.
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 362d
Every non-unique obstacle can become a problem that you solve as a business and sell the solution to others who become your customers.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 362d
But that's not a reasonable expectation.
It only becomes an opportunity if you're in a position to start a brand new business. I'm not in a position to start one business, let alone one for each of my obstacles.
And even if I pitched it to the business i work for, why would they listen to me? And even if they did why do you think I'd get any credit? Now I've just got a other monthly bill.
And it's a very bold assumption to think that every non-unique obstacle can be monetized, or that it's ethical to monetize. Maybe a charity, but even then it can get pretty sketchy.
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 361d
Do you see how you avoid seeing an opportunity? Pitching to the business you work for can create other benefits, like making yourself visible.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 361d
Do you see how delusionally optimistic you are?
Pick an average job like mechanic and an average obstacle like access to mental healthcare. How do you think a garage is going to spin off a mental healthcare business? Why do you think they'd want to? Why do think their boss would even listen to them, let alone appreciate the pitch?
So not at work then, how do you think a mechanic would get access to the knowledge of running a business? Where do you think they'd get the connections to raise capital with the average person's credit?
If you work somewhere that you could pitch your own obstacle to your boss as a business opportunity, you're in the 1% access to opportunities.
If you have the ability to start your own business to solve your own obstacle, then you're in the 1% access to opportunities.
The advice just doesn't apply to the vast majority of obstacles for the vast majority of people, and telling people that their inability to capitalize is a moral failing is evil, and actively helps evil people.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 360d
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 360d
Lol I'm not sure which of the perspectives that'd fall under, but I'm not sure that's a great long term strategy either in the current job market.
Reality and ideality (is that a word?) are unfortunately pretty divergent
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 360d
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 360d
I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you're being.
It's about expectation management. If you're taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you're unable to then you'll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it's feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we're setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don't believe it's healthy to take that "positive" perspective, because I don't really believe it's positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 360d
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 360d