Reminder the Nazi put “work sets you free” (Arbeit macht Frei) on the gates of multiple concentration camps. Don’t let capitalism treat you like a camp prisoner of Nazi Germany.
(not so) fun fact: my mother unironically said that to me as a kid. she said it’s important for her to work a lot (and also do some unpaid overtime) because “arbeit macht frei”.
yes, she’s very conservative.
Ouch. That’s awful.
How, exactly? You got some cure-all for the toxic intubation we’re all but born into? What’s the catch? How much are you charging? Why is it such a secret? Where’s the off switch to this endless bullshit?
Pointing at the monstrous conditions we all scramble to stay ahead of and calling it disgusting, horrific, unfair, etc. does nothing of value to any of us. This is a redundant spinning of wheels that’re already flying off their axles. What’s your prescient suggestion, o’ wise one?
Comrades of all stripes, stethoscope and fish hook theorists, we stand united in hatred of the capitalist death cult. No downvotes!
Your submission “Protect your mental health from capitalistic thought as much as possible” was removed since it’s not a meme.
While true, there’s a little more nuance to it than this.
Unchecked capitalism has one key tennant: exploit everything.
This doesn’t stop with equating work to worth. It’s more like “create an environment where people have no recourse but to surrender their time.” Compensation is merely a necessity brought on by so many potential employers competing in the labor market this creates. Beyond that, your every other resource and basic need is also under target for exploitation; both the need of a thing and for merely having it.
