14. "This touches everything - so talk about something you know" In response to In response to 3
Capitalism takes up a lot of air because of its pervasiveness in our lives, but that means you have a lot of ways to talk about it.
For me, that way is history. It's easier to explain historical action based on material circumstance than it sometimes is in our own lives but I actually think that's because it's the easiest way for me to relate to it and so the easiest way to discuss it.
But if you have an economic system that impacts so much of the ways we relate to each other, it means you've got your own way to talk about it. Which means you should do that.
If you've got a job that a kid can get their brain around easily, you can talk about the relationship between you, your labor, and profit.
Maybe you live in a city/town environment where the specific tensions between making decisions for our collective benefit and making decisions for individual profit can be clear? Sometimes, I have a hard time imagining what it would be like if somebody in 2020 came up with the idea of a bus or a library or public school for the first time.
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"Walleye, a lot of things are going to go wrong in your life that technically aren't your fault. Always remember that this doesn't make you any less of an idiot"