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Failure to Cope "Under Capitalism"
In the achievement society, we suffer from an internalised pressure to achieve – to do more, to be more, to have more. Whether we are aware of it or not, we have internalised the capitalist work ethic to the degree that our successes and failures weigh heavily on our individual shoulders. The primary result of the achievement society is burnout –
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Having laid out at length the political problems with delegating the responsibility for coping with your own life to a political program, I must confess that my primary concern is personal, not political. I do not hate the knowledge workers at whom this type of essay is directed (I am one of them). I believe that large swathes of them are... See more
Petersen writes • Failure to Cope "Under Capitalism"
what if our distress is a perfectly normal response to a society that’s lost its way? What if unfettered capitalism is making us sick?