Like, yeah, I’m here, I’m in it, I gotta do it so I don’t starve or freeze…
But you’re never going to get me to say it’s a meritocracy. Or efficient.
Some people will though. I think it’s less about propeganda than it is about fear. Like if they take Zeus’ name in vain they’ll catch a lightning bolt.
Ironically, Stockholm syndrome is named after an event where hostages in a bank robbery were treated with contempt from the police and government. They spent six days having the police point guns at them and the prime minister telling them to be content with dying. The robbers treated them rather well, especially in comparison to the authorities.
Capitalism makes for a much worse captor. I think it has more in common with a cult, constantly spinning a narrative of how it makes your life better and without it you’ll live a wretched life. How people outside of it are evil savages, and how they’re coming for your peace and quiet. How life under capitalism is the best you can do, even if it isn’t perfect.
It’s like Stockholm syndrome.
Like, yeah, I’m here, I’m in it, I gotta do it so I don’t starve or freeze…
But you’re never going to get me to say it’s a meritocracy. Or efficient.
Some people will though. I think it’s less about propeganda than it is about fear. Like if they take Zeus’ name in vain they’ll catch a lightning bolt.
Ironically, Stockholm syndrome is named after an event where hostages in a bank robbery were treated with contempt from the police and government. They spent six days having the police point guns at them and the prime minister telling them to be content with dying. The robbers treated them rather well, especially in comparison to the authorities.
Capitalism makes for a much worse captor. I think it has more in common with a cult, constantly spinning a narrative of how it makes your life better and without it you’ll live a wretched life. How people outside of it are evil savages, and how they’re coming for your peace and quiet. How life under capitalism is the best you can do, even if it isn’t perfect.