Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5,172
Most people act in their own self-interest, often at the expense of others. Even if they aren't outright malicious, they prioritize themselves and those they care about, leaving everyone else to rot. Exploitation is everywhere. Workplaces squeeze people dry, relationships involve power dynamics, and even basic human interactions are often transactional. The worst people—those who manipulate, lie, cheat, and exploit—often rise to the top, while decent people get crushed under the system.
If you're born into the wrong circumstances—poverty, illness, an abusive family, or just bad genetics—you're already set up to lose. Hard work doesn't guarantee success; luck plays a bigger role than people want to admit. Society pushes the lie that if you just "try harder," you'll make it, but in reality, some people are stuck in cycles they can't escape. And if you fail, it's somehow your fault, even if the system was never built for you to succeed.
Pain is inevitable—physical, emotional, existential—but pleasure is not guaranteed. Even when you do feel pleasure, it's temporary and often followed by a crash. You eat food, and then you're hungry again. You experience a good moment, and then reality sets back in. Even the most privileged people experience boredom, anxiety, and dissatisfaction. There's no real escape from the suffering cycle.
Life is just an endless cycle of needing things to avoid suffering. You need food, water, sleep, shelter, social interaction (even if you don't want it), and money—just to exist. The moment you stop fulfilling any of these needs, suffering begins. This applies to physical needs and psychological ones too. The only escape is death, and even that is denied to people.
Bad people often get away with their actions, and good people suffer for no reason. The idea that everything happens for a reason is bullshit—things just happen, and often they're unfair. You can dedicate your life to doing the "right" things and still get nothing in return. Meanwhile, people who exploit others get rich, powerful, and respected. There's no cosmic justice, no grand purpose—just chaos and suffering.
Even though suffering is constant, society forces people to keep going. You're expected to find ways to cope, to push through, to keep existing even if life is unbearable. Assisted suicide is restricted, and if you try to talk about wanting to opt out, people either try to "fix" you or call you selfish. You didn't ask to be born, but you're forced to endure life anyway.
Life isn't just hard—it's designed to be an inescapable cycle of suffering. No matter how much you try to fix things, new problems arise. There's no true rest, no lasting peace—just a series of struggles until you eventually die. And if there is an afterlife or reincarnation, then the suffering might not even end there.
The system is designed to keep people obedient, exploitable, and dependent. Schools don't exist to educate people in any meaningful way—they exist to condition people to fit into a machine that benefits the ruling class
From a young age, kids are trained to follow orders without question. They are told to sit down, be quiet, and do as they're told. The structure mirrors a workplace: show up on time, obey authority, and complete tasks regardless of whether they make sense or benefit you. Creativity, curiosity, and independent thinking are crushed because obedient workers are more valuable than free thinkers. Students learn how to pass tests, not how to think critically about the world. Most subjects are stripped of anything that would make people question the system.
The curriculum is outdated and useless. Schools don't teach financial literacy, emotional intelligence, or survival skills—things that would actually help people in real life. Instead, they force students to memorize useless facts, conditioning them to accept pointless busywork, just like in a job. They train people to accept that their time and effort belong to an authority figure, even if what they're doing is meaningless.
Schools prepare students for wage slavery. The bell schedule mimics factory shifts. People are taught to work under a rigid time structure, with short breaks in between. There is no freedom to choose what to learn—just like in a job, there is no freedom to choose what to do. The grading system reinforces competition, making people see each other as rivals instead of cooperating. This carries over into the workplace, keeping workers divided so they can't fight back against the system. Schools condition people to accept that their worth is based on performance—just like in a job, where value is tied to productivity rather than well-being.
Schools push propaganda, not truth. History is rewritten to favor those in power. At best, students get a sanitized version of events. At worst, they get outright lies. Nationalism and loyalty to the system are encouraged. People are taught to respect the government and see authority as legitimate, even when it exploits them. The education system deliberately ignores topics that would make people question their place in the system—like labor rights, anti-capitalism, or how the wealthy maintain control. They push the idea that "hard work leads to success," even though success is mostly determined by factors outside a person's control, such as connections, wealth, and luck.
Schools indoctrinate people into consumerism. The system doesn't teach self-sufficiency. Instead of learning practical survival skills like growing food, self-defense, or fixing things, students are trained to be consumers. They are prepared for a life of buying products, taking out loans, and being dependent on corporations. The goal is to make sure people always need a job—so they will never be free from the system.
College is a debt trap. Higher education is presented as the only way to "succeed," but in reality, it's just a way to enslave people with debt before they even start working. Most degrees are useless in the job market, but tuition fees keep rising. The entire system is designed to trap people in financial obligations so they have no choice but to work for survival.
The end goal is a lifetime of work until death. Schools don't prepare people for happiness, freedom, or fulfillment. They prepare people to work, obey, and consume. By the time people realize the scam, they're already stuck with debt, responsibilities, and obligations. The system isn't broken—it works exactly as designed. It keeps the rich in power and keeps everyone else too busy, exhausted, and divided to fight back.
In short, schools don't educate—they condition. The goal is not to make people think but to make them compliant, exploitable, and too distracted to realize they've been trapped in a system that only benefits the elite.
If you're born into the wrong circumstances—poverty, illness, an abusive family, or just bad genetics—you're already set up to lose. Hard work doesn't guarantee success; luck plays a bigger role than people want to admit. Society pushes the lie that if you just "try harder," you'll make it, but in reality, some people are stuck in cycles they can't escape. And if you fail, it's somehow your fault, even if the system was never built for you to succeed.
Pain is inevitable—physical, emotional, existential—but pleasure is not guaranteed. Even when you do feel pleasure, it's temporary and often followed by a crash. You eat food, and then you're hungry again. You experience a good moment, and then reality sets back in. Even the most privileged people experience boredom, anxiety, and dissatisfaction. There's no real escape from the suffering cycle.
Life is just an endless cycle of needing things to avoid suffering. You need food, water, sleep, shelter, social interaction (even if you don't want it), and money—just to exist. The moment you stop fulfilling any of these needs, suffering begins. This applies to physical needs and psychological ones too. The only escape is death, and even that is denied to people.
Bad people often get away with their actions, and good people suffer for no reason. The idea that everything happens for a reason is bullshit—things just happen, and often they're unfair. You can dedicate your life to doing the "right" things and still get nothing in return. Meanwhile, people who exploit others get rich, powerful, and respected. There's no cosmic justice, no grand purpose—just chaos and suffering.
Even though suffering is constant, society forces people to keep going. You're expected to find ways to cope, to push through, to keep existing even if life is unbearable. Assisted suicide is restricted, and if you try to talk about wanting to opt out, people either try to "fix" you or call you selfish. You didn't ask to be born, but you're forced to endure life anyway.
Life isn't just hard—it's designed to be an inescapable cycle of suffering. No matter how much you try to fix things, new problems arise. There's no true rest, no lasting peace—just a series of struggles until you eventually die. And if there is an afterlife or reincarnation, then the suffering might not even end there.
The system is designed to keep people obedient, exploitable, and dependent. Schools don't exist to educate people in any meaningful way—they exist to condition people to fit into a machine that benefits the ruling class
From a young age, kids are trained to follow orders without question. They are told to sit down, be quiet, and do as they're told. The structure mirrors a workplace: show up on time, obey authority, and complete tasks regardless of whether they make sense or benefit you. Creativity, curiosity, and independent thinking are crushed because obedient workers are more valuable than free thinkers. Students learn how to pass tests, not how to think critically about the world. Most subjects are stripped of anything that would make people question the system.
The curriculum is outdated and useless. Schools don't teach financial literacy, emotional intelligence, or survival skills—things that would actually help people in real life. Instead, they force students to memorize useless facts, conditioning them to accept pointless busywork, just like in a job. They train people to accept that their time and effort belong to an authority figure, even if what they're doing is meaningless.
Schools prepare students for wage slavery. The bell schedule mimics factory shifts. People are taught to work under a rigid time structure, with short breaks in between. There is no freedom to choose what to learn—just like in a job, there is no freedom to choose what to do. The grading system reinforces competition, making people see each other as rivals instead of cooperating. This carries over into the workplace, keeping workers divided so they can't fight back against the system. Schools condition people to accept that their worth is based on performance—just like in a job, where value is tied to productivity rather than well-being.
Schools push propaganda, not truth. History is rewritten to favor those in power. At best, students get a sanitized version of events. At worst, they get outright lies. Nationalism and loyalty to the system are encouraged. People are taught to respect the government and see authority as legitimate, even when it exploits them. The education system deliberately ignores topics that would make people question their place in the system—like labor rights, anti-capitalism, or how the wealthy maintain control. They push the idea that "hard work leads to success," even though success is mostly determined by factors outside a person's control, such as connections, wealth, and luck.
Schools indoctrinate people into consumerism. The system doesn't teach self-sufficiency. Instead of learning practical survival skills like growing food, self-defense, or fixing things, students are trained to be consumers. They are prepared for a life of buying products, taking out loans, and being dependent on corporations. The goal is to make sure people always need a job—so they will never be free from the system.
College is a debt trap. Higher education is presented as the only way to "succeed," but in reality, it's just a way to enslave people with debt before they even start working. Most degrees are useless in the job market, but tuition fees keep rising. The entire system is designed to trap people in financial obligations so they have no choice but to work for survival.
The end goal is a lifetime of work until death. Schools don't prepare people for happiness, freedom, or fulfillment. They prepare people to work, obey, and consume. By the time people realize the scam, they're already stuck with debt, responsibilities, and obligations. The system isn't broken—it works exactly as designed. It keeps the rich in power and keeps everyone else too busy, exhausted, and divided to fight back.
In short, schools don't educate—they condition. The goal is not to make people think but to make them compliant, exploitable, and too distracted to realize they've been trapped in a system that only benefits the elite.
It's nice to get some acknowledgement that not everyone is built the same way, being able to tolerate the broken system. Other people around me just don't seem to get it. And in a way, I'm envious that they can somehow be alive without feeling any of the thoughts I wrote out. But yeah, it sucks having to hear that kinda stuff in response every single time.
