2 October 2022
NOTE: I know nothing I’m saying here is new or profound. I’m only writing this down because it’s something we all know deep down but we probably don’t think about it enough. Or maybe we do think about it enough and I’m writing this just to have something to write about. Whatever.
We exist merely as subjects of the system. Practically from birth we are conditioned to grow up to be subjects of the system. During that growth period (childhood), if you show at any point that you’re not on the path to becoming an obedient subject of the system, you’re met with ridicule and beratement.
An adult person who is unemployed and does things only for their own benefit or amusement all day is regarded a parasite to society because they don’t do anything that the system can benefit from. They don’t pay taxes, they most likely can’t afford rent or a mortgage, and they have only a minimal amount of money for goods and services.
Being integrated into the system means to operate as a cog in the societal machine. Someone who is deemed well-integrated into society is someone with an income adequate enough to pay rent/mortgage, insurance, goods, services etc. All the things a well-integrated person pays for is how they contribute to society at large and keep the system running.
Going to school, getting good grades, graduating college/university and entering the workforce is the general path that society lays out for subjects of the system because, from the perspective of the system, that is the optimal way for a person to contribute to the system. There are other ways, but that’s the way that benefits the system the most, and so it’s a common measure of success in life.
The bottom line is this: if you earn enough money for yourself to pay for the things a well-integrated person is expected to pay for, and the way in which you earn that money is approved by the system (in other words, legal) then you are a successful and well-integrated member of society. If you can’t achieve that, you’re worthless to society and in the eyes of society you might as well be dead.
Any employee of a company is of course judged by their obedience to the tasks required of them and how well they can do those tasks. If the employer decides that the value an employee brings to the company doesn’t compensate for any detriments they may bring to the company, they are fired and replaced with someone who is more valuable.
Aside from people we have unconditional love for (e.g. family members, friends) nobody (including myself) cares about anyone else unless they can use that person for their own personal benefit. When I get on a bus, I only care about the bus driver and his well-being because he has the ability to take me from point A to point B.
The company that employs that bus driver only cares about him and his well-being because he has the ability to perform tasks that benefits the company and allows them to make money. If someone who doesn’t know how to drive a bus applied for a bus driving job, the company will immediately decline that candidate, and going forward they will not care if that person lives or dies unless they gained the skills needed to be integrated into the company and behave as a cog in the company machine.
If you went to a restaurant and sat down at a table without ordering anything, you would eventually be forced to leave. You’re taking up physical space in the building but you’re not providing any financial benefit to the establishment in return. Therefore, the establishment will send you out the door because you are of no use to them. And if you walk out that door and die two minutes later, the establishment will not care in the slightest.