NAXLAB

Overwhelming plastic garbage

Yeah exactly, for them it's about the culture, in which language is a huge factor.

My friend talked a lot about the forces at work. Not all of it was simple capitalism. Disabled people are notoriously hard to design for because each disabled person is different and has different needs. This kind of business is not scalable and disabled people are already a minority. Even proper hand wheelchairs are fucking expensive cuz only a couple companies make them.

I went to a NTID school, the community there does not consider themselves to have a "disability" literally. To them, it's just a language.

If by "not even hard" you mean "costs as much as a car", then sure. My friend also let me know just how costly power chairs are.

I'll echo the words of my friend, who is a permanent wheelchair user:

"Yes, I identify with my disability as part of who I am, but I would still take a cure without hesitation"

Yes, people with disabilities identify with their disability, so even in a fantasy setting I can see how their disability would be part of their character.

But every disabled person I know would figuratively leap at the opportunity to reverse their disability with magic. It is also basically impossible to use a wheelchair while holding something like a wand or a staff or a fireball in one hand, so if there's enough magic around to push a wheelchair, there's probably enough to make your legs work. That's why somebody has a good reason not to expect a wheelchair in a fantasy world. I can see how somebody who doesn't really know any disabled people would panic at the idea of a wheelchair being part of the narrative or something like that, and I can sympathize with it.

Change. Change is ruffling people's feathers. They want what they are used to, and the new thing is unequivocally evil.

Groups are just that fundamental to human psychology.

https://youtu.be/fuFlMtZmvY0?si=htB8ROCkPWWIer-A

This Kurzgesacht video actually touches on it.

"Minor inconvenience"

Of course not. The fingerless gloves are also niche, boutique, and premium.

Then you are extremely lucky, as am I. I have enough money saved up that I took a break.

However, something like 40% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and just don't have that option. The threat of poverty is constantly chasing them. When you're in that situation, you will take the best option available even if it's garbage or next to garbage.

The main argument is that we are in a system of people who are way more powerful than us, and have largely taken away our options until we agree. We're facing widespread protests and international strikes right now because we don't like the options they've given us, and we're trying to change the system.

Just because somebody takes away your options until you agree, doesn't mean they aren't forcing you. Just because you happen to be satisfied with what you have, doesn't mean that something better is not being denied from you, even though it is possible for you to have it.