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“Under predatory capitalism, the average American’s life has no inherent worth to his society, his neighbours, his peers, his colleagues — he is just an instrument, a tool, a device for earning profit. So he is constantly told that he is nothing, nobody, no one, unless he wears, says, buys, owns, has the right things — but acquiring those takes being a predator, cunning, ruthless, heartless, and merciless. And yet there is a terrible dilemma here. Even if he understands himself in the end, he will see something psychologically devastating — he is just a cog in the machine of his own ruin, because he can either be someone, or no one, but he cannot be his better self.”

Why America’s Latest Crisis Is Suicide