[sdevonoes]

Are you earning 10x too? You are just cheaper to your employer… and you seem proud of that. But naive

[UqWBcuFx6NV4r]

What if one’s entire existence doesn’t revolve around the role they play in capitalist systems? Comments like this make it blindingly apparent that this is just a VC’s web forum.

[sdevonoes]

My existence has as substrate: shelter, food and healthcare. Money provides these via jobs. Once that’s covered, sure, pleasure comes.

I don’t like it, but that’s how im playing the game of life

[cliglot]

> What if one’s entire existence doesn’t revolve around the role they play in capitalist systems.

Quit playing for a little bit. Quit working. See how quickly people derided and devalue you. If I don’t work, I don’t eat, I don’t get a place to sleep, etc. and “the role I play in the capitalist system” determines exactly how much of those things I can have.

I find it similar to “it’s not useful to compare yourself to others” adage. In society, you’re constantly evaluated or compared against others: when trying to find work, when trying to find a home, etc.

Sure maybe you can fuck off and try and live like Diogenes, but you’ll more likely to just collect a string of arrests or unwanted conflict with junkies.

You are entirely defined by your role in the capitalist system because you cannot exist outside of it.