why are we always pressured to feel like we’re behind
One reason is because of old Christian morale. You’re born in sin and have to work and obey to repent for that sin, idle hands are the devil’s workshop, that kind of stuff. Of course this kind of mentality got co-opted by industrial society to the point that work forms somebody’s entire status in society and obligation to the nation. Industry then does what it does best and mercilessly exploits this.
A second reason is because the entire monetary system and economy is built on growth. There always needs to be more goods, more services, more consumption. And if the population isn’t growing enough, then the people have to be made to buy more.
What brings us to advertisements, pushing to spend more, to compare yourself with the neighbors, always evaluating the status you’re projecting.
nah it’s capitalism. endless growth requires every advancement to be the bare minimum.
oh the best we’ve ever produced was 40 units in a year but this year we managed to produce 60 units? well next year we gotta produce at least 90 units or we will have slowed down.
no, the profit we made from the extra 20 won’t be reflected on your paycheck because the shareholders and/or your boss would literally go hungry if they don’t horde all of it.
One reason is because of old Christian morale. You’re born in sin and have to work and obey to repent for that sin, idle hands are the devil’s workshop, that kind of stuff. Of course this kind of mentality got co-opted by industrial society to the point that work forms somebody’s entire status in society and obligation to the nation. Industry then does what it does best and mercilessly exploits this.
A second reason is because the entire monetary system and economy is built on growth. There always needs to be more goods, more services, more consumption. And if the population isn’t growing enough, then the people have to be made to buy more.
What brings us to advertisements, pushing to spend more, to compare yourself with the neighbors, always evaluating the status you’re projecting.
nah it’s capitalism. endless growth requires every advancement to be the bare minimum.
oh the best we’ve ever produced was 40 units in a year but this year we managed to produce 60 units? well next year we gotta produce at least 90 units or we will have slowed down.
no, the profit we made from the extra 20 won’t be reflected on your paycheck because the shareholders and/or your boss would literally go hungry if they don’t horde all of it.
Hands that burn down churches are not idle at all.