this always bothered me too. like, even if you think most conferences are geared towards men, “succeeding [implied: as a man] in tech” would not be a useful talk either!

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they get tens of thousands in social security payments from social programs and the property tax went up because their home's value went up by six figures

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I pay taxes for schools despite not having kids because I live in a society. The retired people who don't want to pay property taxes are weird. They still use roads and other public services. But the US is a deeply individualistic society run by Republicans hyper-focused on exclusionary policies.

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Yup. I think systemic change is possible, but we need a better articulation of what we're moving towards (the being in sales part) and the agenda and plan can't be set by organizations with billionaire funders that don't *actually* want to shift the balance of power.

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And for Bast's sake, don't let the agenda and plans be set by people who think of themselves as temporarily embarrassed billionaires, either.

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