> I don't agree (although the systems-based paranoia is attractive) that society seeks to use individuals for its benefit by pressuring them to compete. I do t

> I don't agree (although the systems-based paranoia is attractive) that society seeks to use individuals for its benefit by pressuring them to compete. I do think it's like that, though. And it's not even "society", but the elite manipulating the majority into working for them. When you see a billionaire paying people to write articles saying single payer healthcare or free housing for the homeless would "reward the lazy", it's obvious they want people to be scared of not working. They say it openly.