Those in the Imperial Core will never understand that what they consider unbearable hardship and boredom is actually a life of luxury that the vast majority of people on Earth cannot even imagine.
The international division of labor is 1000x more important and impactful than the domestic one.
People are calling it dystopian because of the sad music. Switch the music out and you could sell it as "a day in my life! :))" kind of video and you could even get some stans. :shrug-outta-hecks: Editing is very suggestive.
Watched it without sound and could only think “what’s the problem, this guy has it fucking made” - I didn’t know this was supposed to be dystopian? Like I get that corporate/office work can be monotonous and grey but this dude seems to get a ton of time off, lives in extremely nice conditions, has a car and a dog, is healthy…
Legit thought there would be a twist half way through and they would compare his life favorably to someone in real dire conditions but no, everyone is boo-hooing about this?!
I think people being sad makes them buy impulsively more. Video probably just exists for random product placements lol.
Change the music to "All Star" by Smash Mouth and suddenly it's an uplifting dudes rock video
I watched it with the sound turned off and that was the vibe, lol
Tantacrul calls this “Autosad”. Gained a lot of popularity with the rise of American Idol and reality TV
I still think it's dystopian I hate white walled suburban people cubes. Like look at that place, it's a box for storing your P-zombies. That man has no connections to life or culture and probably owns rock climbing shoes but doesn't drink PBR. Like he's not suffering, he has biceps and pants that fit. He may not be capable of experiencing angst. But huge numbers of people are suffering to make that specific kind of subjective void possible.
Source; I am related to these people. They seem happy and I find that both uncanny and distressing. The Stepford Wives was a documentary (about spousal abuse weirdly enough, featuring a Disney engineer as the primary villain. Great movie, definitely worth watching for insight about middle class feminism in the 1970s)