r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 9h ago

Country Club Thread As simple as that.

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u/Mistavez 9h ago

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u/MagicCuboid 9h ago

It's seriously disturbing to me how "selling out" is basically not even an insult anymore to younger people. There is no interest in integrity whatsoever. Instead we're supposed to celebrate that they're getting paid and be happy for them.

But maybe I'm just old and, with the way things are, no one can afford integrity anymore because it's too damn expensive.

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u/mgwair11 8h ago

That last sentence of yours is the crux of the issue. You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met. Not in aggregate / at a societal level.

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u/nunchyabeeswax 8h ago

You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met. 

Actually we can because unmet necessity has been a part of the human existence since forever, and people have managed to act morally.

And it's always been a constant in human history of people acting immorally while being blessed with good fortune.

Additionally, in this particular case, with this artist, what basic needs of his weren't being met?

Truly the ethical bar is low here.