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Posted on 2024-12-26

Performative leisure, tradwives, and vebelen goods

Saw this video from Professor Neil and it has a good explanation of why tradwife social media content doesn’t show them doing unpleasant, necessary tasks; rather, they are performing aspirational optional tasks, like “making cereal from scratch. For toddlers.”

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The book he referenced: Theory of the Leisure Class, by Thorstein Vebelen.

Posted on 2024-11-25

Lobstering is an actual free market?

I just watched this video from the lobster guy. Apparently in Maine all the boats have to be owner operated, and pay for the crew is done by shares of the total boat’s profit. That’s really good, and IMO very fair. More businesses should be run like this.

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