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The way we live in the United States is not normal.
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?
Devon Frye • Is Capitalism Making Us Sick?
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 –
... See moreAlec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
Absorbed in comfort, we are restless. Drowning in excess, we are hollow. The statistics confirm what our souls already know: despair has metastasized, anxiety has become our natural state, and in the absence of real suffering, we have made a spectacle of our own discontent.