#atomisation

[ellisdee161]

Entfremdung אימערטים

(Alienation Everywhere)

[probablyasocialecologist]

The new forms of capitalism emphasize short-term labour and institutional fragmentation; the effect of this economic system has been that workers cannot sustain supportive social relations with one another. In the West, the distance between the elite and the mass is increasing, as inequality grows more pronounced in neo-liberal regimes like those of Britain and the United States; members of these societies have less and less a fate to share in common. The new capitalism permits power to detach itself from authority, the elite living in global detachment from responsibilities to others on the ground, especially during times of economic crisis. Under these conditions, as ordinary people are driven back on themselves, it's no wonder they crave solidarity of some sort - which the destructive solidarity of us-against-them is tailor-made to provide.

Richard Sennett, Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation

[whentheynyan]

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

[perceptuality]

Yvaral, Atomisation, 1966, Galerie Hans Mayer

[hennethgalad]

what's the difference between astrology and saying 'boomers v gen z'?

it must be written in the stars 🤦

[hennethgalad]

What is social health? The little-known idea that could make all the difference

Research has proven that social health – wellbeing that comes from connection – is as essential as food and water, but it is vastly underapp

"However, not one mentioned anything about relationships. People don’t realize that connection is a health habit because it’s missing from the prevailing narrative of what it means to be healthy. Even major, reputable sources of health information and experts in the health field tend to undervalue it or disregard it entirely.

At best, this is a missed opportunity. At worst, it is deadly."

"50% increase in dementia risk"

divide and conquer is rule number one,especially in the war of the far right against everyone. it is a crime against humanity. search "alienation".

also the US Cahambers of Commerce in the middle of last century. it is a forever war.

[thelevinelowdown]

FREEZE

Our lives are frozen. Although we’ve been in lockdown now for over 2 months, things have still been changing. Lockdown restrictions have constantly been changing (albeit in the harsher direction) each week as NSW aimed to get control of the COVID-19 outbreak. Although this news was disappointing and frustrating, things were still changing. Now, everything has stopped. We have to wait in…

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[the-dewdrop-read-deep]

"Better to live the compartmentalised, the disorganised life and feel the dark stirrings of creativity, than to dwell in civilised unity, racked by the impulse to destroy." - Rachel Cusk 'Division is also an aspect of unification,' writer Rachel Cusk at the beginning of her memoir, …