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Awareness means nothing when you're living under capitalism (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The closest I ever came to suicide was when I was unemployed, living with my parents, and had about $150 left in my bank account. I was too embarrassed to ask for money, and too ashamed to even ask for a loan. My parents would not have judged me at all, but I was too proud to admit I had no money. Capitalism had me conditioned to believe that if I wasn't productive I wasn't worth keeping alive. Never again.