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the United States has a culture of competitive individualism fostered by our winner-take-all economic system. Here, things that might otherwise be considered entitlements are almost always commodities instead. Every element of a decent life, from health care to shelter to education, is sold on the private market. The richer the person, the higher the bid, the better the living. Relaxation is a failure to grow wealth, which is in turn a failure to live well. It’s a remarkable perversion: capitalism has actually weaponized the concept of “the good life” against the notion of doing what we want with our time.
✏️ US capitalism culture.. everything is a commodity, nothing is given. Do you want the good life or do you want to suffer/do what you want with your time? 🔗 View Highlight
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The Scandinavian countries got this way through sustained class struggle. Workers’ movements wrested control of productivity gains from capital, refusing to accept that increased efficiency should only benefit shareholders and executives. Ending unnecessary toil requires expanding economic democracy, not just relying on market rationality.
✏️ If you want better lives for people, you need economic democracy. 🔗 View Highlight