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This exchange triggered me: I'm so sick of the "market" paradigm. It's seeped so deeply into every cultural value we have blinded us to many parts of life. Ev
by rland 7y ago
This exchange triggered me:
I'm so sick of the "market" paradigm. It's seeped so deeply into every cultural value we have blinded us to many parts of life.
Everything is a market now. Every waking moment your time is on the market. Every thought you have is either contributing to "value" or worthless. Every social interaction is an exchange of value. Every relationship is "optimized." Everyone is an atomized economic actor.
This idea has completely outlived its usefulness and is like a sort of cultural grey goo that corrodes humanity from the inside out.
Sorry, rant over.
- ardy42 7y ago> Everything is a market now. Every waking moment your time is on the market. Every thought you have is either contributing to "value" or worthless. Every social interaction is an exchange of value. Every relationship is "optimized." Everyone is an atomized economic actor. You might want to check out The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi. I'm about 3/4 of the way through, and it's been eye-opening.