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People who pay for conveniences in order to delegate their labor these days often confuse their class/caste privileges for a sign of maturity. What you're confusing for a sign of maturity (people cooperating with you because you are competent/ respected) is actually capitalism replacing your social connections with money. You'll notice that's also how they trashed the rest of your society, if you take two minutes and think about it.

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[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you grow everything you eat yourself or do you pay someone to do it for you?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No it isn’t, I’m trying to get OP to see some nuance instead of them just “hurt durr rich idiots pay others to do everything”

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Food supply in modern age goes from grocery store, food out, food in, delivery.

Grocery store is required in modern age...

But broke idiots keep ordering delivery

I think that's the OP's thesis

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you forgot that whole part before the grocery store. Food has to come from somewhere first, it doesn't just materialize on the shelves

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

You are being dense

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Mentioned in another reply I'm working on personal food and water security. I supply about 1/3 of my calories from gardening.

I did it myself with hand tools, took about 40 hours all said but most of that was up front over about a week. Potatoes are easy and I'm in a region where Tisquantum's method of sewing the three sisters works really well. My wife does tomato and peppers. Its a lot of potato. 6 ft x 10 ft trench yielded buckets full.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 hours ago

This kind of shows why people paying others to do time saving tasks are wise. Youve decided to go back to subsidence farming which will consume a significant part of your time while theyve just paid someone w small amount of money to do it.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So you’re privileged with great soil and still paying someone else for 2/3 of your calories? You see why people may pay others to do something they’d technically could do themselves.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's your gotcha? Holy shit sorry for taking your comment in good faith, hope you trip 🖕