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I really like this angle on our lack of strong beliefs and preferences that Valerie calls - neoliberal neutrality.
"It comes from an economic worldview that treats the market as the most legitimate organizer of human life. In that framework, strong moral convictions are inconvenient. Morals introduce limits. They say no. They resist commodification.
So the ideal subject isn’t someone who believes deeply in anything, but someone who can endlessly choose between options on a shelf. Today I buy white bread, tomorrow I buy wheat bread. I am fluid, adaptable, and uncommitted.
Values are reduced to preferences. Beliefs become personal tastes. Nothing is sacred; everything is negotiable."
It often does feel this way in my life and certainly in discussions with others.
(also my first cast from Sopha desktop)
https://newsletter.valeriespina.com/p/stop-being-an-npc
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