#capitalist hell

[nando161mando]

If you want to know why people have lost faith in capitalism, this might help

[shannonpurdyjones]

One side effect of my research for this novel being steeped heavily in textile history is my swelling disgust with modern fabrics.

Firstly they're so thin? Like most things you see in Old Navy or even department stores might as well be tissue paper?? Even some branded sports t-shirts I've bought in recent years (that are supposed to be 'official apparel' and allegedly decent quality) are definitely not going to hold up more than a year or two without getting little holes from wear.

This side of even two hundred years ago fabrics were made to be used for YEARS, and that's with wearing them way more often because you only owned like three sets of clothes. They were thick and well made and most importantly made to LAST. And they were gorgeous?? Some of the weaves were so fine and the drape so buttery we still don't entirely know how these people managed to make them BY HAND. Not to mention intricate patterning and details that turned even some simple garments into freaking ART.

I know this is not news, the fast fashion phenomenon is well documented. Reading so much about the amazing fabrics we used to create and how we cherished and valued them, though, is making it hard not to mourn what we lost to mass production and capitalism. Not just the quality of the clothing and fabrics themselves, but the generations of knowledge and techniques that are just gone. It makes me what to cry.

I need to get a sewing machine.

[getvalentined]

[source]

Everyone ready to celebrate "get rid of your corporate surveillance device please for the love of god" on the 28th?

[miiju86]

let that sink in....

[shutinthenutouse]

[justacynicalromantic]

Musk too stupid to realise he's admitting to being a war criminal.

The "emergency request" was part of "close the sky" over Ukraine.

At that time, civilians all over Ukraine were dying IN HUNDREDS from ballistic missiles launched from those ships. As the allies were slow to provide anti-missile systems at that time and Ukraine lacked planes, our military were trying to find other ways to disable ACTUAL WAR SHIPS IN OUR OWN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED WATERS FROM MASS SLAUGHTERING US.

This is Musk plainly stating he is complicit in mass murder.

[daybringersol]

its actually insane how everything we buy now is just. unfinished. every clothes. every cloths. just. loose threads everywhere. ripped fabric. i should be able to get a refund, but i need this thing, i need something like it, something that will fulfill this purpose. what am i gonna get instead ? another crudely made excuse of a product ? an actual thing that will cost more than my rent and has a forty percent chance of being just as shoddily made ? everything capitalism has ever promised us is rotten, nothing more than mold dust & worn out wishes hanging by loose threads. im done.

[businessmemes]

if you interact with Jenessica you will be reassigned to the JAR.

[enbycrip]

[xxskyethetiredemoxx]

Capitalism is so depressing, cause like. What's the end goal to all this work I need to put in. It's always "once you get to the next thing (next year in school, starting uni, work, promotions, a new job, etc etc), it'll be like this, so this is how to prepare". But what's the actual goal in preparing for and doing the next thing? What do I achieve except for the ability to do smth else after that?

It's so individualistic, and there's nothing to live for but going up in the ranks. But there's also no end goal, you just keep going. For what. What sense of fulfilment does anyone get from the system? Like oh you could be a millionaire, but wait, what about becoming a billionaire, or a trillionaire? And other than a select few people, no one's gonna be able to do be a millionaire anyway, let alone have more than that.

There's no end goal. There's no purpose outside of yourself. There's no need for a community, cause everyone is in competition with everyone else at all times, and you'd best believe you're a failure when Timmy next door got that promotion cause you had to stay off work due to a debilitating illness.

And people wonder why there's so many people with mental health issues. Yeah, why the fuck would anyone be depressed in this damn system.

[nando161mando]

Gary Stevenson: ‘Economists have been all wrong about almost everything for 15 years now’

[sparksinthenight]

If the economy NEEDS workers working in degrading, dehumanizing, dangerous jobs where they have very little power, then you need to get a different economy. Any world that relies upon the exploitation and abuse of the workers needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt. We can make a society where no one has to work a job that’s physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, emotionally, or environmentally unhealthy or unsafe for them. We need to create that society.

[frontmansdefender]

Remember when all social media platforms were actually free because their sole purpose was for people to connect and post/talk about their interests?

YouTube without YouTube premium

Twitter without Elon Musk bullshit and X premium

Tumblr without Tumblr premium

Instagram without paid subscriptions and loads of ads

Good time

[pearlycomplaints]

I’ve been watching Leverage again so that I can engage in the fantasy that the rich and powerful can be defeated by a benevolent found family vigilante heist team. I wish they were real so bad.

[hobgobknowsbest]

[physalian]

IMO, at least as an autistic 26-year-old, the hardest part of job interviews for me (assuming I even get that far in this market) is pretending to give a fuck about the mission of the company.

“Why do you want to work here?” I don’t, I just want money.

“What about our company inspires you?” Nothing, you’re all frauds cutting corners and being cheapskates just like everyone else, but you pay well and you're not too far of a drive.

“What do you bring to our team?” Somebody who gets shit done fast and accurately. Could not care less about being part of your silly useless ‘team’ and water-cooler talk. I get the shit done that they're all too busy gossping to bother with, and someone, somewhere, should appreciate that for once.

“Which of our company values speaks to you?” Those values are as substantial as smoke on the ground level and you, hiring lady, are blissfully insulated from the shit you shovel onto the people below you.

‘Cause while I can make up fluffy nonsense, I am a truly awful liar when it comes to faking enthusiasm and unfortunately can see right through all the smoke and mirrors. I have only ever gotten two of the hundreds of jobs I’ve applied for over the years immediately, because I actually wanted them: A pet store, and a different position in my company to escape the bitchy clique I was trapped in, where I was already an employee and not some stranger off the street.

Take a second to ignore the job market, ignore the cripplingly low pay, ignore the rising uselessness of bachelor degrees, ignore all the shitty benefits and complications of just showing up in an office environment socializing the way you’re supposed to.

I wish I could shake my neurodivergent bullshit detector. I wish. But in this country you have to smile while you shovel it and weep graciously for your two-penny paycheck, and I am not a good enough actor to pull that off just to get through the door. Starting my first day pretending to be something I’m not to appease my corporate overlords is an experience so repulsive that it’s near single-handedly keeping me in my current, shitty, stable, underpaid position.

Meanwhile the jobs I do want are being gutted by the government. So there is that reality, too.

And god forbid I tell them I'm autistic, my frank rbf is a pre-installed bonus feature, not a bug. I'm not your yes man, I'm the court fool brave enough to call you an idiot to your face before you make a dumbass decision.