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Cultural distress (and consumerism)
"A lot of people no longer do work that has any meaning to them, since humans are productive creatures... we are meant to create. When we do work that is not creative, that doesn't reflect who we are, that imposes depression, anxiety, a sense of meaninglessness. When we have a sense of meaninglessness, we will want to substitute the meaninglessness... See more
Gabor Mate • Dr. Gabor Maté - Toxic Culture | Bioneers
I used to blame advertisers for that restlessness and dissatisfaction, but I don’t think that’s right. We were already restless; we always have been. The advertisers just figured out how to nurture, tend, exacerbate, and capitalize on the pre-existing condition, that innate restlessness, promising that something new is going to set all to rights. W
... See moreKurt Armstrong • Repair and Remain
the affects that predominate in late capitalism are fear and cynicism. These emotions do not inspire bold thinking or entrepreneurial leaps, they breed conformity and the cult of the minimal variation, the turning out of products which very closely resemble those that are already successful.
Mark Fisher • Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?
A capitalist society benefits from you feeling insecure, from you being lonely. The more lonely and insecure you feel, the more you believe the idea that you need those new skincare products, that big house, that flashy car. Maybe, if you look like that movie star, people will flock to you and provide that feeling of being wanted that we all crave.
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