It's what capitalism makes companies do

"American Psycho pointed out long ago that the way many corporate jobs are structured, only the most vile narcissistic people will move up. It showed us that maybe those at the top aren’t smarter or better, they’re just more willing to step on others to get ahead." - @exi8550

Julius Caesar: Hero of the Proletariat - Michael Parenti’s People’s History of Rome Is TRUMP like a Caesar? The Rest is History star Tom Holland (Part 3)](https://youtu.be/Ntaemo_cQwU)

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https://www.cato.org/blog/81-say-they-cant-afford-pay-higher-taxes-next-year

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https://www.icit-digital.org/articles/malcolm-x-on-prospects-for-freedom-in-1965-january-7-1965

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To see the struggle for socialism as a long process of global transformation since the mid-nineteenth century is also somehow comforting on a psychological level for an old man. The struggle and suffering of millions of communists and socialists over the past two hundred years have not been in vain, but are contributions to this long process of creating a better world. To be part of this process—a tiny cog in the machinery of transformation—and to give it a little push in the right direction seems to be “the meaning of life.” This meaning is not founded in some religion or a belief in an afterlife, but in historical materialism and the purpose of life before death: to hand over a world that is more equal and in balance with nature to future generations.

The problem for the next generation, however, is that we are running out of time. Our task—as the subjective force of change—is to work toward a transformation of the system into a more democratic and equal world order, one in balance with nature, within the next several decades.

• The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism by Torkil Lauesen

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According to a recent Harvard Kennedy School study, only 13% of 18-29 year olds in the U.S. have confidence “in the direction the country is going.” By overwhelming majorities, the young people surveyed reject both bourgeois political parties and believe economic trends will leave them worse off than their parents. Support for capitalism has likewise dipped, from 45% in 2020 to 39%. (Harvard Youth Poll, Fall)

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“As for those anti-imperialists who don’t participate in this festival of xenophobia — and here I include myself — we have our own elitist consolation: we accept the tragedy of masses of gullible sheeple falling for cunning propaganda because having overcome it flatters our own intelligence. The more we condemn society’s stupidity, the smarter we feel in comparison.”
- Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of “Brainwashing” (2022)
Roderic Day, 2022-05-23

https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/