Resisting the trap of Third-Order Suffering.
The first rule of Shame club (aka capitalist individualistic rational culture) is “Do not talk about Shame club”. The second rule is…
I mean, what do you think we are, Social primates or something? [Why, yes! Yes, I do!]
😆
Yep. Bad readings of evolutionary theory have done us dirty.
But complexity is hard. I just want a simple solution 😫
I'm so glad you asked!
Step 1: Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Step 2: Grow an empire that exploits workers by underpaying, not profit sharing, and justifies price gouging as "the invisible hand of the market."
Step 3: Accrue enough assets to pay for or attract the care and affection you need.
Step 4: Apply a combination of the following practices to sleep at night:
-Lean into any dormant sociopathic tendencies
-Give portions of your exploited wealth away to show how benevolent you are
-Tell yourself that you did it all yourself
-Self medicate if necessary
-Fall asleep on large piles of money surrounded by many beautiful people.
Hope that helps! Remember me when you're giving things away.
You forgot step 0: be born to wealthy parents
The first rule of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps is we never. ever. acknowledge step number 0. 😤
The first rule of Shame club (aka capitalist individualistic rational culture) is “Do not talk about Shame club”. The second rule is…
I mean, what do you think we are, Social primates or something? [Why, yes! Yes, I do!]
😆
Yep. Bad readings of evolutionary theory have done us dirty.
But complexity is hard. I just want a simple solution 😫
I'm so glad you asked!
Step 1: Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Step 2: Grow an empire that exploits workers by underpaying, not profit sharing, and justifies price gouging as "the invisible hand of the market."
Step 3: Accrue enough assets to pay for or attract the care and affection you need.
Step 4: Apply a combination of the following practices to sleep at night:
-Lean into any dormant sociopathic tendencies
-Give portions of your exploited wealth away to show how benevolent you are
-Tell yourself that you did it all yourself
-Self medicate if necessary
-Fall asleep on large piles of money surrounded by many beautiful people.
Hope that helps! Remember me when you're giving things away.
You forgot step 0: be born to wealthy parents
The first rule of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps is we never. ever. acknowledge step number 0. 😤