People hate their jobs, but they get paid for it. Without the time or concentration available to develop a real hobby, or to enrich themselves with some kind of art and culture, or to connect and nurture real relationships, the questions of 'why do I work' and 'is this work worth it' are inevitable.

Retail therapy is the culmination of this. Why do I work if I am just scraping by with no way to develop myself? To make money. What good is money? To buy something. I should buy something I want or else none of this is worth it. Boom. Inevitable.

Thoughts?

  • Necco [any]
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    4 years ago

    All of America’s well-publicized problems, including obesity, depression, pollution, and corruption are what it costs to create and sustain a trillion-dollar economy. For the economy to be "healthy," America has to remain unhealthy. Healthy, happy people don’t feel like they need much they don’t already have, and that means they don’t buy a lot of junk, don’t need to be entertained as much, and they don’t end up watching a lot of commercials.

    The culture of the eight-hour workday is big business’s most powerful tool for keeping people in this same dissatisfied state where the answer to every problem is to buy something.