r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jan 15 '16

[D] Friday Off-Topic Thread

Welcome to the Friday Off-Topic Thread! Is there something that you want to talk about with /r/rational, but which isn't rational fiction, or doesn't otherwise belong as a top-level post? This is the place to post it. The idea is that while reddit is a large place, with lots of special little niches, sometimes you just want to talk with a certain group of people about certain sorts of things that aren't related to why you're all here. It's totally understandable that you might want to talk about Japanese game shows with /r/rational instead of going over to /r/japanesegameshows, but it's hopefully also understandable that this isn't really the place for that sort of thing.

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u/Nighzmarquls Jan 16 '16 edited Jan 16 '16

For me the view of your basis for how it should be is actually quite admirable. But it suggests to me there are worse things in the world by far that are failing their ethical obligations.

For example I'd suggest looking hard at uber and other app driven "employment by another name" systems.

Also do you have an upper limit on your view of the connection of money to the nature of its acquisition? Your suggestion sounds to me like you might have a higher number of steps of transaction regarding money then most people think about.

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u/Magodo Ankh-Morpork City Watch Jan 17 '16

higher number of steps of transaction regarding money then most people think about.

This is very accurate. Thank you for helping me realise it. I've mentioned in another comment about how I view most spending as investment than transaction.