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Framing abuse and alienation as heroism is how capitalism extracts value from the most precious resource in our decadent lives: time and energy. Within the con

• kergonath 3y ago
  > Framing abuse and alienation as heroism is how capitalism extracts value from the most precious resource in our decadent lives: time and energy. I think it’s broader than capitalism. It’s a tool of coercion. If you manage to gaslight people and make them feel bad about their performance, then it’s easier to make them do absurd things without resistance. Nothing the stakhanovites would not do and while they were living in a kind of dystopia, it had nothing to do with capitalism. > Within the confines of my insignificant job, I appreciate more the professionalism of a properly work-life balanced management, which should provide more than enough wiggle room for the weird hours people without fetishizing their volunteer work. Indeed!