The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed
The real concern with the system isn’t that it’s broken. It as it turns out works exactly as designed Produce disciplined workers Reward obedience Discourage risk And convince everyone that this is the only manner life can be lived
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Obedience isn’t rewarded. Obedience doesn’t guarantee you anything. Disobedience is punished. Disobedience while being powerless just about guarantees that your life will be more difficult.
That’s actually a good way to put it. The system doesn’t necessarily reward obedience with success it just makes sure that disobedience carries a higher cost for most people. When people have responsibilities, bills, families etc the safest option becomes staying inside the sy...
I mean yes and no. Its working exacrly as designed right now, and in the shoet to medium term. But there's a cliff in sight down the road. Endless growth based on increasing exploitation is going to be over soon. People are so over worked and hopeless that they arent having ...
They don’t need customers. They need a value extraction engine that turns our power into their power. Capitalism is not the only tool for that. Even now they are using slavery in the USA via prisons. They will use whatever works best for value extraction.
I think that’s the big question. Most systems look stable right until they reach a point where they have to change. Economies have reinvented themselves multiple times in history, so it might evolve into something different rather than just collapse. But the pressures you men...
All the way from the towers, high above glass ceiling tombs Tell themselves that they've earned this By working hard and playing by the rules But this is only part-true A dangerous trick played on me and you And so, like a practical joke We've pulled on these bootstraps so ...
Agreed. Sociologist?
honestly this is why so many ppl feel stuck… work hard, follow rules, stay safe… but the system rarely rewards risk or independence. kinda depressing when u think about it 😅