/lit/ - Literature

No one's said Capitalist Realism yet, so I'll say it, RIP Fisher, we needed you.

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Although everyone dodged this bait, I'll take it as a nice exercise...
I think OP's image of the expensive shoe is an apt illustration of the absurdity of our society, and that merely pointing out that "it's just a choice" to buy or not to buy luxury items, misses the point. From the perspective of a potential buyer, yes, the mere existence of these items does not affect you in the slightest. But no one is just a consumer. We are also sellers in the market. The infuriating thing is the thought that whoever owns the Jordan brand can make 1 (one) pair of shoes and sell it for one thousand dollars, while at the same time, a teacher say, is selling their services for a pittance, even while everyone generally agrees that their work is more important than fancy sneakers.
It's frustrating to live in a society where self-evident, universal human values don't factor into the actual running of our affairs. We all agree that our lives and our dignity is worth more than luxuries and amusements, but the price tags disagree. And there's no recourse, the market is this faceless monolith. No one to complain to. It's a race to the bottom between you and me for the scraps, while the speculation in the housing market races to the moon again, like 2008 never happened.
So yeah. I don't care about anyone "making a choice to buy" anything, I wanna know why they can sell their shoes for 1k, and why can't I sell my labor for 1k a day. a week, even.

Also, thank you for that incredible spelling of "autonomy"