Bourgeoisie is a parasite that is afraid because it is a minority, and yet it is present at the head of the private and public sectors. We must name the people and families who benefit from everything regardless of the situation, including a crisis. It steals our work through employment as well as our taxes through aid. The sub-bourgeoisie like journalists is at its service to relay information that benefits them and create a parasitic noise that makes the rest invisible. There is a war of language and it must be waged: collaborator replaces employee for example. Personal development is good but you cannot pull through alone, we need collective development. Social dialogue is broken, we must put our energy elsewhere and raise our voices rather than just challenge. Bourgeoisie has become insensitive. Social movements must be massive, but also uncontrollable like the yellow vests were, unlike the unions that have become big institutions at their beck and call. Social pride must exist for the working class that helps each other and does not put others down, especially since their relationship to money is different: what's the point of accumulating it? Be proud of who you are without being satisfied with what you have: wanting social progress without trying to resemble the bourgeoisie. Saying that you can get by by changing class is hard: is it shit to be a worker? Quiet-quitting is a good sign, it shows the greater awareness that there is no need to over-invest in work. We keep saying that things are going to blow up but it never happens because everything is under control. We can live without the bourgeois class, we are strong, intelligent, and autonomous enough to lead society without masters.
Nicolas FramontCapitalism isn't to blame for your lack of success. Both success and failures are exponential. A small proportion of people provide what has the most value: Stephen King sells half the book, a few best athletes have most of the attention, billionaires have thousands of small employees. Resources are distributed unequally over time. Do we really want equality? And not equality by all having nothing. Inequality goes deeper than capitalism, it was here before that and is linked to hierarchy. There are bad and good professionals in each professions thus a hierarchy is based on skill rather than power. Intelligence, skill, and conscientiousness matter the most for success.
Jordan PetersonWe are commodities on the labor market and use our time to generate value for a boss. 1/2 people experience loneliness and it worsens their health. The longer you stay alone, the worse you'll feel. It's not mainly due to technology and social media, but due to alienation (feeling disconnected from a group). Loneliness isn't an individual problem that requires individual solutions even though it help, but a common solution. Feeling like a cog in a machine is isolating and it gets worse if every cog is compared to others for competition. Hours worked per week are a structural constraint to social connectedness. To increase their profit, bosses will always try to make you work more for less.
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