Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
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Economic Captivity
You're born into debt, not just financial but moral: "You owe your country. You owe your family. You owe the system your productivity."
You're told your worth is tied to how well you serve—not how well you live, feel, create, or think.
You can't stop to ask "Why?" because survival takes all your time and energy.
You're not free if your basic survival depends on selling your time and labor just to afford food, shelter, and healthcare.
Work to live
If you stop working, the system punishes you with poverty or homelessness.
This isn't freedom—it's a contract under duress.
If you're born into a system where:
You must work or suffer,
You are defined by your output,
Your basic needs are monetized,
And your dreams are postponed indefinitely—
...then your freedom is more symbolic than real.
We are taught to chase careers not because they fulfill us, but because without them, we cannot eat.
We sell our time—our most precious, finite resource—for a paycheck, just to survive in a world of artificial scarcity.
You've convinced us that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is noble. That being exhausted is virtuous.
That sacrificing our lives for companies, for taxes, for rent, is what it means to be good.
Through surveillance, laws, and norms, you are conditioned to self-monitor.
You ask, "Am I allowed to say this?"
You're not just watched—you've been turned into the watcher.
We police ourselves. We filter our speech and behaviors before others even intervene.
Am I allowed to say this? Will I be punished for thinking that? In this way, we become our own jailers—trained not just to obey, but to conform.
A captive who guards their own cell.
We filter our language. We dull our rebellion. We conform—not out of belief, but out of fear. We become our own jailers.
Existential Captivity
You're expected to live not because you choose to, but because society insists you must.
You're morally obligated to "keep going," even if you feel broken, lost, or trapped.
"Giving up" is not treated as a cry for help, but as a crime.
When a person takes their own life—not out of selfishness, but out of pain—society turns away.
But the truth is this: the government has blood on its hands. For every unnecessary, preventable suicide—caused by poverty, by shame,
by neglect—there is a system that failed. A system that valued production over people. Compliance over compassion.
the government has turn life from a personal choice into a moral duty living in captivity
the idea that a government, through its actions or policies, is turning what was once a matter of personal choice into a moral duty. where individuals are expected to behave in a certain way.
The phrase "morally bound" implies that the actions in question are being framed within a moral framework, suggesting a belief that failure to comply with these expectations is somehow wrong or unethical.
This type of control raises concerns about individual autonomy and the potential for government to overreach its role in dictating how people live their lives. It also touches on the broader question of the role of government in shaping individual choices and values.
the government has blood on its hands because of all the unnecessary painful suicides
You're born into debt, not just financial but moral: "You owe your country. You owe your family. You owe the system your productivity."
You're told your worth is tied to how well you serve—not how well you live, feel, create, or think.
You can't stop to ask "Why?" because survival takes all your time and energy.
You're not free if your basic survival depends on selling your time and labor just to afford food, shelter, and healthcare.
Work to live
If you stop working, the system punishes you with poverty or homelessness.
This isn't freedom—it's a contract under duress.
If you're born into a system where:
You must work or suffer,
You are defined by your output,
Your basic needs are monetized,
And your dreams are postponed indefinitely—
...then your freedom is more symbolic than real.
We are taught to chase careers not because they fulfill us, but because without them, we cannot eat.
We sell our time—our most precious, finite resource—for a paycheck, just to survive in a world of artificial scarcity.
You've convinced us that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is noble. That being exhausted is virtuous.
That sacrificing our lives for companies, for taxes, for rent, is what it means to be good.
Through surveillance, laws, and norms, you are conditioned to self-monitor.
You ask, "Am I allowed to say this?"
You're not just watched—you've been turned into the watcher.
We police ourselves. We filter our speech and behaviors before others even intervene.
Am I allowed to say this? Will I be punished for thinking that? In this way, we become our own jailers—trained not just to obey, but to conform.
A captive who guards their own cell.
We filter our language. We dull our rebellion. We conform—not out of belief, but out of fear. We become our own jailers.
Existential Captivity
You're expected to live not because you choose to, but because society insists you must.
You're morally obligated to "keep going," even if you feel broken, lost, or trapped.
"Giving up" is not treated as a cry for help, but as a crime.
When a person takes their own life—not out of selfishness, but out of pain—society turns away.
But the truth is this: the government has blood on its hands. For every unnecessary, preventable suicide—caused by poverty, by shame,
by neglect—there is a system that failed. A system that valued production over people. Compliance over compassion.
the government has turn life from a personal choice into a moral duty living in captivity
the idea that a government, through its actions or policies, is turning what was once a matter of personal choice into a moral duty. where individuals are expected to behave in a certain way.
The phrase "morally bound" implies that the actions in question are being framed within a moral framework, suggesting a belief that failure to comply with these expectations is somehow wrong or unethical.
This type of control raises concerns about individual autonomy and the potential for government to overreach its role in dictating how people live their lives. It also touches on the broader question of the role of government in shaping individual choices and values.
the government has blood on its hands because of all the unnecessary painful suicides
