PhoenixKing said:
I try to. But I think I've really come to hate capitalism as a whole. I can't even help it anymore. I'm not saying that I advocate socialism since that leads to even more genocidal behavior. But, I'm just so tired of forcing myself and all I see now is people wasting their lives away for fake comfort. |
I don't think you hate capitalism ... it sounds like you just hate the jobs you have had because they were either A. Unfulfilling B. Didn't pay well enough C. Had bad management that you clashed with. D. Were just not good a match for your skills/ambitions.
Let me put it another way ... whenever I had gym class as a kid I used to say that dodgeball was a terrible activity that no one should play. Is dodgeball a terrible activity for kids to engage in? Maybe ... but it might have had something to do with the fact that I enjoyed other sports and I really had no talent when it came to dodgeball ... I even pretended to be sick a lot or used a medical excuse whenever we played it I hated it so much. This doesn't mean that dodgeball is bad it just means it was a bad fit for me ... like the jobs you took.
Some people actually enjoy climbing through retail (my old manager was one of them) and being a paralegal may not be a bad job for others, but it was obviously not for you. My advice would be to try many different jobs (not a crazy amount that would make you look risky to hire, but a fair amount). Chances are, you will find something that you enjoy. You don't necessarily need a degree ... even if you do you could always try to get financial aid and at least get an associate's degree in something ... would try to make it quick though if I were you since school is such a soul crushing experience imo.
Capitalism is not about exploiting others for your own benefit ... that is socialism (a mad grab for power between politicians that want to control the wealth they stole from an entire nation). Free market capitalism (which we don't have but still...) is all about trade. You trade your labor to an employer and they pay you ... no exploitation involved. If you don't like one employer just move on to the next one (harder and harder to do in this economy but you can thank the government for that).
As an atheist, I would, naturally, advise you to not expect answers to your problems to come from God, or from anything not grounded in reality. Problems in your life will not fix themselves, you have to fix them ... and that is a challenge for all of us. It is much easier to just wait for a solution to all of your problems rather than taking a risk and trying to fix them yourself, but a magical solution, much like God, just does not exist.
