For sure. That the answer. But that's a select group of people for everyone. And we don't all have people in our lives we feel obligated to impress.
That's part of it. The other part is who would actually benefit from being told this? Only someone who already wants to self improve and is motivated not to disappoint you.
Over their bankrupt bodies.
Be good. Stop being bad. Okay you can go...
Nobody is asking for a free pass, but mental healthcare and just a general recognition of the lack of free will that we all suffer in this deterministic universe does require us to think in terms of consequences that might actually work to make the world a better place.
I'm other words, when has saying, "be better" ever persuaded anyone?
What does that mean? Nobody gets out or in? Sounds familiar.
Raise revenue you say? There's plenty of disgustingly wealthy people who could do with less wealth.
Problem is those are the same people. There are no consequences, because those who would enforce the laws are complicit.
Yeah I'm out. Just got diagnosed with an inherited degenerative disorder.
People need to grow a fucking spine and say no to doing illegal things for Donnie dinkie diddle.
I'm not clever enough to do anything but let the meme speak for itself.
Someone glorious on Lemmy made this for me a while back, and it seems to be becoming more and more apt. Enjoy.
I wonder how many people you could feed and house for the cost of this pointless literally dividing infrastructure. Help South America improve conditions so people don't want to leave.