The race to the bottom

An economic system that rewards psychopathic personality traits has changed our ethics and our personalities

The Guardian
Neoliberalism has brought out the worst in us
Paul Verhaeghe

h/t Lars Syll

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Commodity fetishism
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics University of Notre Dame Notre Dame

h/t magpie

There are constant laments about the so-called loss of norms and values in our culture. Yet our norms and values make up an integral and essential part of our identity. So they cannot be lost, only changed. And that is precisely what has happened: a changed economy reflects changed ethics and brings about changed identity. The current economic system is bringing out the worst in us.

We're a race to the bottom spiritually as well as materially.