I'm listening to a motivational speaker at a corporate conference when I realize... - eviltoast

Corporate America has programmed people to HUSTLE! BE THE BEST! ACHIEVE! MAKE MORE MONEY!!! for so long that they now need to pay someone to come and teach us how to relax, enjoy the moment and be happy again.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Depressing and true.

    I have been in the corporate desk jockey world for too long. So much of what people do every day in the white collar world is just performative bullshit. David Graeber wrote about it better than I can describe it.