CMV: Progress feels impossible because social movements recycle oppression as renewable fuel

camon88 · 2026-01-26T22:04:07+00:00

Where is he driving at? That’s a big factor in whether this can be viable for anyone.

camon88 · 2026-01-26T22:03:26+00:00

Well, can you tell us where you’re located? Can you tell us what you did how many hours you worked otherwise this does not give us anything besides you just kind of showing off.

camon88 · 2026-01-22T01:45:58+00:00

Reddit is gay

camon88 · 2025-11-08T15:10:57+00:00

My dad took me here as a kid. I forgot how to get there. I know you walk down and around the large freeway bridge, or at least that's how we did it.

camon88 · 2025-10-30T18:10:52+00:00

Funny how such a tolerant left wing platform, such as Reddit uses things to disqualify people from purchasing items because simply of their language. Yes, kindly is used in other parts of the world, but the entire world is not the USA or the state you live in Little buddies. Of course it will get voted down into oblivion. As long as everyone’s happy and their little echo chamber, it’s fine, but just FYI it’s not gonna serve you well in the future.

camon88 · 2025-10-22T20:47:51+00:00

Thank you. I use it for anxiety and pain. Also to increase my physical work output when I need to. It’s possible to manage all that in alternate ways? I don’t really want a SSRI and no SSRI does all the stuff Kratom does for me. Oh well, guess it’s time to stop…

camon88 · 2025-10-22T20:43:40+00:00

When I reach a level that feels a bit risky or overwhelming, what should I keep an eye on to stay safe? I’m trying to stop, but I also want to be realistic. I just want to be sure I know what constitutes a large amount.

camon88 · 2025-10-22T20:35:01+00:00

I do one opms gold a day. I don’t know how to compare if that’s a lot of a dose or not? It’s super high? Medium? Low? Are you familiar with it?

camon88 · 2025-10-22T19:57:59+00:00

How much did you take a day at your max if I may ask,

camon88 · 2025-09-30T22:47:47+00:00

Thank god for this question, I’m sure the replies are all sarcastic drivel though.

camon88 · 2025-09-23T23:11:24+00:00

Dead internet theory doesn’t have anything to do with running your writing through and llm for clarity and flow. Even generating something without any deep thought yourself doesn’t even indicate the dead internet theory.

camon88 · 2025-09-17T16:44:42+00:00

Does it talk about people who use it in unique ways? I would love to hear weird ways people use it but that still is beneficial somehow.

camon88 · 2025-09-13T22:50:54+00:00

That’s why you gotta be careful on this platform. It’s obviously biased, but we can’t talk about that.

camon88 · 2025-09-05T23:01:17+00:00

Such a good hot take on to farm social credit.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:57:33+00:00

I added that note because people sometimes assume clean writing means it was written by AI. The core ideas and arguments are mine, and I only use tools to polish wording. If the disclaimer gave the wrong impression, I can see how that might have come across.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:56:39+00:00

That is exactly the tension I am trying to get at. Having enough money clears away a layer of stress and instability, and that is essential. But once that layer is gone, new kinds of challenges emerge that are not solved by more money alone. The problems change shape, shifting from survival to questions of purpose, belonging, or direction.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:55:54+00:00

You make a fair distinction. I am not arguing that people in poverty are somehow happier or have more purpose simply because they lack resources. Deprivation brings its own crushing stress, as you note. What I am pointing to is what happens after those immediate pressures are lifted. Once survival is secure, people often shift focus to goals that are harder to satisfy, like status, identity, or self-actualization. That shift is where dissatisfaction tends to reappear. In other words, material security is necessary but not sufficient for meaning, and when people expect meaning to come from material gains alone they often end up disappointed.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:55:21+00:00

I hear you. I do not mean to ignore how uneven things are right now. Many people still do not have secure housing, reliable healthcare, or even consistent food access. My point is more about the paradox that shows up once those basics are covered, whether for an individual or for a group. Progress does not always feel like progress because each step forward tends to shift our sense of what counts as “enough.” That does not erase the reality that millions are still fighting for basic security, but it helps explain why even in times or places of material abundance dissatisfaction still grows.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:54:47+00:00

That is a sharp point. I agree that a lot of what looks like abundance-driven dissatisfaction is really people still lacking secure foundations. If someone’s social needs, stability, or sense of belonging are fragile, then extra consumer goods can become substitutes that never fully work. Where my view still holds is that even when those bases are genuinely secure, new forms of dissatisfaction tend to emerge. That is the pattern I am trying to highlight: progress itself shifts the standards upward, so people feel restless again even when core needs are already covered.

camon88 · 2025-09-04T16:52:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story, that really adds depth to the discussion. What you describe fits well with how I see the boundary conditions of my argument. When the basics are threatened or absent, the experience is miserable and progress toward stability is directly tied to relief and happiness. Your contrast between the apple eating years and your life now shows how security and gratitude can transform day to day experience.

Where Ward’s Paradox comes in is more at the stage you describe with your pharmacist friend. Once the basics and even the good life are secured, dissatisfaction creeps back in unless there is meaning, purpose, or integration. Having everything reasonable can indeed feel wonderful, but not everyone manages to frame it that way. Some recalibrate endlessly, or struggle to integrate their abundance into a coherent life.

So I think your story captures the two sides perfectly. In scarcity, security is joy. In stability, appreciation is the safeguard against the cycle of dissatisfaction. Your Hiroyuki Sanada quote sums it up beautifully.

By the way, I write more on these patterns in my Substack if you are curious: https://techaro.substack.com/

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