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>Western industrial culture was based on substance - getting real shit done. There was always a lot of scammery around it, but the bedrock goal was to make phys
by llm_trw 2y ago
>Western industrial culture was based on substance - getting real shit done. There was always a lot of scammery around it, but the bedrock goal was to make physical things happen - build things, invent things, deliver things, innovate.
For a very short period between 1945 to 1980 while the generation who remembered the great depression and WWII was in charge. It's been longer since that's not been the case. And it wasn't the case for most of history before then.
- hgomersall 2y agoI'm not sure it isn't a reflection of the rise of neoliberalism.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoWho says these are mutually exclusive? Hard times make strong men, strong men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times.
- rexpop 2y agoSo weak men make hard men? You're welcome. How graciously the womenfolk leave us to our tragic autopoiesis.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoSure, by way of traumatizing an entire generation. Nobody thanked you.
- rexpop 2y agoI'm being sarcastic. This entire concept is bogus.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoHah! I'm certain a lot of people want to believe it's bogus, mostly because of what that says about their character. Observed reality suggests there's some truth here. An example in miniature would be the frequency with which family fortunes are lost within a generation or two.
- hgomersall 2y agoNobody, but the focus on individualism as the driver of everything might cause a breakdown in social objectives.