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I'll just say that the behavior while regrettable, fits a pattern I've seen in people under (actual) attack. Eventually it escalates to the point where the person can't distinguish friend and foe, which reliably creates a pretty ugly doom spiral.

But what stands out to me is that because of this and other things he is 'fair game' to be targeted with tactics the same people would never tolerate against other 'fellow travelers' and certainly not other tech projects.

In short I don't think the solution to (justified or totally imagined) persecution complexes is to reinforce them with retaliation.

@jae @feld

@sun the weird thing is that I do see the right doing the same dance you describe, just from a different angle.
They don't understand how inflation and the cost of living rising has effectively priced people out of human labor outside of highly profitable (and often anti-social) rackets.

This segment of the right wants the young and the non-rich to effectively eat the (financial and social) costs associated with all of the above and thank them for the opportunity to build character.

I've been thinking for a while that the next big "culture war flashpoint" is going to be old vs young.

@sun I'm not in progressive circles but i haven't seen them fighting for menial jobs at all but advocating for effective safety nets and cracking down on the overt corruption. Ironically it seems that UBI is the likely compromise between Progressives and power.
An exception would probably be customer service because people would much rather talk to an underpaid offshore human than an opaque and obtuse chatbot.
The Pope's encyclical talked about this, arguing that unions aren't enough to safeguard people in current times.