Queer Eye, Jordan Peterson and Depressed Men

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The thing about capitalism is its naked self interest. The Govt may be calling for ‘a return to offices’ but if business can make the same returns by employees working from home then they will happily leave them at home.

Capitalism is a pure base line, almost egalitarian and is the enemy of social conservatism. Gay marriage is a positive economic return, more big events, halls being hired, florists and cake makers etc have more business. Women working means more people with spare cash to spend, again a positive economic return. Social conservatism hates these developments. Social conservatism hates any developments that sees those that have little, have more. Especially if those that have little ’look different’.

Repressing a class of people is not a capitalist move, it’s a social conservatism move allied to racism. Having an underclass of people is not in capitalism‘s interests. Capitalism is powered by the free circulation of money, people, goods, services etc. The more people that ‘have’, then the more people you have spending and spending is capitalism.

Brexit is anti-capitalism, its aims are restrict trade and people. It’s isolationist and protectionist, hence the big argument with the EU over State Aid, although France and Germany are aiming to extend furlough schemes whereas we are still on course to end ours, and if that’s isn’t State Aid I don’t know what is. Part of our conflicting messages over Brexit is the war over competing instincts. The desire for free and open trade vs our dislike of foreigners. Capitalism vs Social Conservatism.

Hi Bob, I've read this and agree with most of what you say, but the footnote is there are levels of capitalism that simply outstrips all before it. The private health industry (ie, the US) is a decent example, but mostly Amazon doesn't care where you are in the scale of capitalism, afforded or not.

It leaves behind the 'little people' and deals with other units in similar space. It's more than a goliath or a behemoth. It's in an unchecked stratosphere of its own standing and is proof that capitalism can become Frankenstein's Monster if not reigned in.

So, in this sense, 'happiness' is subjective to those that earn, those who are forced to work in the conditions in order to earn and those who are forced to work and earn in conditions that are garned 'unsafe' to continue the capitalistic drive compromising health and happiness for money.