If this is a new idea to you, I'd suggest diving into the more left-wing parts of YouTube, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeqMJGnVyQ https://www.youtube.

If this is a new idea to you, I'd suggest diving into the more left-wing parts of YouTube, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeqMJGnVyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeqMJGnVyQ Basically the problem with capitalism is that it assigns financial values to everything. This becomes readily apparent if you become self-employed as a freelancer or entrepreneur, especially if you follow the advice to "do what you know best" (which often means turning a hobby into a job). Are you reading that article because you enjoy it or are you learning to become better at your job? Are you showing off or are you maintaining your personal brand? Is this a holiday trip or are you staking out new business opportunities? Are you mindlessly immersing yourself in art and entertainment or are you looking for inspiration to fuel your job as a creative? Is that chat with an old friend leisure time or are you networking? You've already been watching Game of Thrones for two hours -- you're actively losing money because you could be charging people for that time if you did something work-related instead. Everything becomes a financial tradeoff, everything is assigned a monetary value until all remaining intrinsic motivation is lost. And unless you're lucky enough to be born into massive wealth or lucked out by being in the right place at the right time with the right skills and identity, you have no other choice than to constantly worry about financial values because your life literally depends on it. Even if you consider yourself somewhat safe and financially stable it doesn't take much to throw you right back into this grind.