I don’t think enough retellings of the Cain and Abel story make note of the fact that nobody had ever been killed or even died before when it happened. Cain had no idea beating his brother to death could possibly be a bad thing
Cain really did fuck around and find out
for future reference im literally just blocking anyone who comments “they killed animals! they know what death is!” on this post from now on
If you wanted to see how many people don’t know what taxes are or how they work, read the notes
I think my only problem with continued joke— tech bros just invented busses tech bros just invented renting etc— is that it assumes these guys are just clueless idiots who don’t know how the world works. The reality is these guys know exactly what they’re doing and what they’re doing is creating a lifestyle that deliberately excludes the poor. Re-invent the bus system so you don’t have to sit next to the poor. Re-invent renting to be even more exclusive.
Re-invent taxes so you be sure your money is only helping “your community” ie other wealthy people and then vote to lower actual taxes so that none of that money goes to help anybody else.
This is absolutely a purposeful plan. Nobody wants to drive on roads with potholes or walk on broken sidewalks but why should our tax money go to *those people* I know let’s create a “community startup” so we can cut taxes without personal inconvenience.
this, and also I feel like the term “tech-bro” is necessarily obfuscatory of the class dynamics of the situation here, since it can be as easily applied to a computer janitor who likes different pop culture than you (THIS MAN IS YOUR FRIEND, HE (COULD BE PERSUADED TO) FIGHT FOR FREEDOM) as to venture capitalist placing strategic bets on “exit”-based infrastructure (THIS MAN IS YOUR ENEMY)
all of these are neglecting to mention the startup in question wasn’t started by a “tech-bro” but a black man looking to help his community because his local government refused to
and then because that very important fact is going completely unexamined, the assumptions made in ignorance of it continue to pile up
