That’s the thing though. That is the system we’re under. We can try to work against it, but we’re effectively fighting a battle against the socio-economic system we were reared in. If that’s the way any individual wants to choose to live their life, they can, but it’s just as tormenting as acknowledging/believing in the aimlessness of consumerism in a post-industrial 21st century capitalist society.
I haven’t read Civilization and it’s discontents in years, but I remember that iconoclastic feeling and excitement it gave me. Its premise and thesis rang true. But does that make life any better? Did it? Is that knowledge worth the price? That’s on us to decide as individuals. But if we’re even asking that question, or have the awareness to, we gotta be honest with ourselves. Meet ourselves where we’re at, and understand what being human entails. We can rage against the machine all we want, but we are fighting against ourselves too.
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That’s the thing though. That is the system we’re under. We can try to work against it, but we’re effectively fighting a battle against the socio-economic system we were reared in. If that’s the way any individual wants to choose to live their life, they can, but it’s just as tormenting as acknowledging/believing in the aimlessness of consumerism in a post-industrial 21st century capitalist society.
I haven’t read Civilization and it’s discontents in years, but I remember that iconoclastic feeling and excitement it gave me. Its premise and thesis rang true. But does that make life any better? Did it? Is that knowledge worth the price? That’s on us to decide as individuals. But if we’re even asking that question, or have the awareness to, we gotta be honest with ourselves. Meet ourselves where we’re at, and understand what being human entails. We can rage against the machine all we want, but we are fighting against ourselves too.