You heard me, CAPITALISM DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HAVE FRIENDS. What do I mean by that? I saw this Tik Tok about capitalism and community the other day and it really got me thinking. We are so ISOLATED as a community, but why? I saw another Tik Tok about people wanting a village but not wanting to be a villager. This got me thinking about how capitalism thrives off of us being disconnected from one another and teaches us to be selfish. They don't want us to have a friend take us to the airport or help us move. Capitalism tells us: You need to get an uber, you need to hire movers, you need to spend more money. As I sit in traffic on the 101 in Los Angeles, I look around and the first 50 cars I see have one person in them. An 8 minute drive turned into 35 minutes because 50 people are riding alone (myself included). It seems silly to me to think how we really normalized isolation and disincentived community building. In this episode, I’m exploring how problematic this is and sharing my solution.