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Stress and Capitalism ft. Andrew

It Could Happen Here

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The Uncanny Aspect of Self Care

Hollarism is a solution to capitalism. Within capitalism, a solution doesn't actually alleviate the conditions of stress but lines pockets and fuels the economic system that creates it in the first place. Hollarism basically two sides of the same coin - preserve yourself so you can produce more. It's like tha system telling you to calm down, while it continue to denegrate an exploit you. None of these things address stress systematically. I'm not saeing that it's necessarily bad to address stress individually, because evereay has their own personal conditions. But without dealing with the broader material conditions, without address and people's lack of freetime, lack of access to social connection

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