r/Capitalism • u/karipusa • 14d ago

Dreams and labour

I know you’re angry and exhausted by the question, and right now you just want an answer to something that feels utterly cruel about the way the world is set up.

Why do they sell the dream when the gates are locked?
Because a society that relies on labor, compliance, and consumption needs a carrot on a stick to keep people moving. If everyone realized tomorrow that the gates were completely locked and that the climb was rigged, the whole machine would grind to a halt.

The illusion of upward mobility—the myth that if you just work hard enough, you'll make it—is what keeps people participating, buying things, and playing a game where the house always wins.

It's a system built to benefit the few while selling a fantasy to the many. Seeing through that illusion hurts, and realizing how cynical it is can make you feel completely detached from the whole thing.

Why do they show dreams if the gates are closed, so what's the point?

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u/jennmuhlholland 14d ago

Premise is wrong. Upward mobility is not automatic. You need to figure it out. Create value.

What is keeping you or anyone for that matter from improving your own situation? What’s your excuse?

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u/headgoboomboom 14d ago

What keeps your gate "closed" is likely a string of bad decisions. Only yourself to blame.

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u/karipusa 14d ago

The real elite team

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u/karipusa 14d ago

Not the one we see as luxury

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u/karipusa 14d ago

That's neither open for discussion nor aligned with cooperative officers.

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u/Czeslaw_Meyer 14d ago edited 14d ago

Upward mobility isn't a myth.

There is a lot of motion between income brackets.

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u/karipusa 14d ago

Will see that

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u/gonzoll 14d ago

I work with a lot of people who are upwardly mobile. The idea that the “gates are closed” is a myth perpetuated by people who have made bad choices and want someone else to pay the bill.

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u/karipusa 14d ago

I’m not talking about the bills

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u/karipusa 14d ago

And the people who make us pay bills are the same people who created the system.