the price of community is not inconvenience

last updated 0 minutes ago tldr; ease is not the enemy of social progress. it’s actually kind of weird to put them in direct opposition like that; making things easier can often be good for people and the planet. the ways people have gone about chasing ease might be (and have been!) shitty but doesn’t mean that the concept is bad. what does "inconvenience is the cost of community" and "if you want a village, be a villager" even mean? sort of based on "feeding vs being fed" (i need to "feed" - give to, help, nourish - others, as well as be "fed" myself)/"putting cash in the bank vs cashing out" (i need to put "cash" into the system - help, support - to receive "cash" when i need it) models. both are ways of saying "you have to put in to get out" which i don't think stands up. i think part of my hesitancy with the whole thing is that some people just have loads of “cash”/”food” (or more ability to make, find or buy it) and other people really don’t. are those with more inherently more…