Capitalism is a death cult. People could easily solve this with a cooperative living model. But no, we have to be good little family units working for our noble masters and paying off our mortgages.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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The same capitalist logic that explains the loss of splitscreen multiplayer videogames pretty much applies across the entire socioeconomic sphere.
The ideal consumer-worker is an isolated one that must be concerned with getting their own products, transportation, goods, and services in order to continue participating in society, and must struggle on their own to find a means to pay for those requirements that never seems to be quite enough.
Why sell one thing people can share and pass on when you could sell multiple licenses for disposable things tied to users' individual identities? Then we just gotta convince everyone that a "Real Adult" (TM) has their own personal everything.
It's also amusing how, at the same time, capitalists love to pearl-clutch about the erosion of the family unit, and blame it on some kind of perceived moral ills, when they're actively forcing everyone to constantly be at their jobs.
Jobs always seem to be at the cost of our humanity, and we keep getting coerced to give them more of ourselves than we ought.
Are you implying that modern loneliness is specific only to capitalism?
Loneliness is the buzzword, but the article specifically mentions
... poverty, loneliness, and abandonment as reasons for resorting to crime.
I do think capitalism exacerbates loneliness, but on the other points this also indicates to me that they're missing a social safety net that prison is providing. That's a gap in service.
One could imagine a co-op being started for people like this. Even from purely pragmatic terms, it would cost less than housing them in a prison.
I didn't imply anything. I was pretty clear about what I said. Are there any non-capitalist societies around in the modern world?
Ah okay, so you're saying you can cure loneliness with your socioeconomic plan, got it. It just seemed really off topic to me, was all.
There is a very strong cultural expectation of younger generations providing care for their related elderly. I suspect the stories of why they end up abandoned and desperate are more complex than reported.
A lot of it can as simple as kids not wanting to live in the small towns that their parents live in to far worse.
Japan has been undergoing deruralization for decades.
Millienials: Finally, a realistic retirement plan for the average Joe.
The issue is always wages. When people have high wages, they spend more time with their family.
I could spend more time with my family.... for money.
That's very oversimplified.
Yeah. If I'm poor, I spend my time stressing and working. But if I can afford blow I'm not gonna spend my time with family either.
I'd rather say that rich people tend to move around more to seize opportunities, but hey if blow is your game, go for it.
This literally happens in the TV show "Sunny," set in a near-future Japan. I didn't realize it was an actual trend.
That was my first thought. I deleted my comment to highlight yours. Didn’t know it was a real problem.
Elderly women use this one trick to make friends!
Shopkeepers hate it!
Ah man, this is going to make some great manga further down the line.