You’re being exploited the same exact way we see as inhumane for animals. You’re simply performing tricks to make your bosses money while you get the “reward” of scraping by with no opportunity in life for self fulfillment. They’re tossing you fish to survive while they live like kings.
Capitalism has dehumanized us. We witness intelligent animals commit suicide in captivity and it sparks such outrage that the practice is (rightfully) under immense scrutiny. We witness other people kill themselves, while billions of others have anxiety and depression stemming directly from how we live our lives and we consider that NORMAL. I know this post is a block of text but it’s honestly really important to remind yourself from time to time how desensitized people have been forced to become to not be constantly outraged at life under capitalism.
I often think about what life would look like if aliens abducted me and attempted to provide me with a high quality life, like provided me with all things the human animal needs. Would some fruit and berries be enough, with some sex and reading material thrown in? Or would they have to do a whole Truman Show on me, and give me a "career"?
Funny enough that some of the happiest societies on earth are those which do not exist under modern capitalism and they end up spending the least amount of time “working” per week compared to other groups. Check out this and this
This article is a cool piece on hunter gatherer life too. Also, I recently saw these clips of the Hadza people talking about their life and their impression of America, made me very envious. A good story at the bottom of the thread too about some Papua New Guineans.
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Definitely feel like a properly kept human would need to be in a group of around 100 or so.
damn we do got that societal need tho