A lot of young people are struggling with making friends and the loneliness epidemic and there’s a lot of blame game going round about why this is so.
However, capitalism, which is the dominant economic structure is the reason why more people are lonely, friendless and struggling with friendship.
Capitalism hates friendship because it is not profitable. That’s why we are seeing a rise in low maintenance friendships on top of the loneliness epidemic.
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00:00 intro
01:26 hamster wheel
02:44 everything needs money
04:18 retail therapy
04:53 sharing economy
08:07 challenging power
09:48 loneliness is profitable