> โBut we are seeing a great fragmentation of society, really caused by the economic theory that weโre operating under of neoliberalism, where everything is a commodity,โ he [psychiatrist prof Patrick McGorry] said.
> This global emphasis on individualism and competition is destroying social bonds, eroding public welfare and services and is empowering harmful industries and corporations, he said.
I see a lot of talk about "privilege" as if in disgust of those having "spare time" to help others. And I get it. Privilege is stacked in layers. From the low state of lying in a ditch dying, up and up, right to Mars where billionaires live.
Was I privileged when I quit job, started doing community work? Hell yes! Frugal lifestyle saw me some savings in the bank, most now gone.
From then on I was also sacrificing. Burning privilege at the altar of the Commons to shed my sins of individualism.
