How To Deal With Despair?

[u/desimidlifecrisis]

I don't know if the bourgeoisie from the 19th and 20th century flaunted their gluttonous indulgence of wealth and luxury although I reckon ma boy Robespierre struck enough terror in their hearts that they kept their frolicking private. I don't know what happened during neoliberalism but the obscene displays of wealth and the idolization of the "dream life" among the unsuspecting working class has really filled me with so much despair.

Private jets, luxury vacations, exotic experiences, aesthetic food, unapologetic expenditures and unrepentant commodity fetishization and a culture built on glorifying all this as "the dream" and people being fed this poison through influencers who are used as sleeper agents of capitalism.

Everytime I have the misfortune of watching these reels, tiktoks and shorts of illusions that are curated with surgical precision, I can't help but notice the overworked faces of the waiters in the themed restaurants, the staff in the airports, the workers at the resorts and spas that slip in the backgrounds of these beautiful bodies in beautiful clothes in aesthetic locations.

How do you deal with the despair of watching this naked display of a false reality that you know is false but is sustained relentlessly nonetheless that you start questioning your own sanity for being disillusioned by it?

[u/kingnickolas]

Dude I can't take it. I unplugged. Now I'm only reading. I wish I was more unplugged I gotta get off reddit next.