This is actually kind of a great shit post, I love it.
this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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Tbh after working for decades in the corporate world, I see SIGNIFICANTLY more similarities between that and a fucking game... Or jr high drama, than I do w/ academia.
Capitalism is a fucking joke and anyone who doesn't understand it's a stupid game is delusional
Capitalism is a fucking joke and anyone who doesn't understand it's a stupid game is delusional
Most people are emotionally invest in the propaganda. unplugging them is matrix level experience that only some people are able to pull off, generally due to some heavy trauma
It's like Stockholm syndrome.
Like, yeah, I'm here, I'm in it, I gotta do it so I don't starve or freeze...
But you're never going to get me to say it's a meritocracy. Or efficient.
Some people will though. I think it's less about propeganda than it is about fear. Like if they take Zeus' name in vain they'll catch a lightning bolt.
Ironically, Stockholm syndrome is named after an event where hostages in a bank robbery were treated with contempt from the police and government. They spent six days having the police point guns at them and the prime minister telling them to be content with dying. The robbers treated them rather well, especially in comparison to the authorities.
Capitalism makes for a much worse captor. I think it has more in common with a cult, constantly spinning a narrative of how it makes your life better and without it you'll live a wretched life. How people outside of it are evil savages, and how they're coming for your peace and quiet. How life under capitalism is the best you can do, even if it isn't perfect.
"I would have hired them, but clearly they spend too much time playing Clash of Clans."
I do sometimes joke that in order to hold office you must be able to win a game of Civilization with 2 different victory types.
He's not wrong. That was one of the most stressful games I've played. So much pressure during a clan war.
This seems to be more of a guy looking for work than a CEO lunatic