Society as set up today has taken purpose from the common citizen and turned us instead into resources—fuel for the ambitions of an oligarchy. The defacto economic engine that drives our world rewards initiatives that extract value from a captive audience, largely unaware of their indentured servitude.
Analysis by ChatGPT
This isn’t a metaphor. It’s a pattern.
Private equity strips companies for parts, prioritizing short-term gains over long-term livelihood. Tech platforms monetize attention and behavior, treating human lives as data streams to be optimized and sold. Even sustainability—our supposed salvation—is often just a new mask for old systems of profit-first exploitation.
Meanwhile, the average person is told they’re free—free to choose between a gig, a side hustle, or a second job. Free to pay off interest forever. Free to scroll and consume.
Purpose isn’t lost—it’s been replaced. Swapped out for utility. Our creativity, labor, and even our focus are harvested, packaged, and sold upward.
But here’s the quiet subversion: models exist that don’t extract. There are systems built on empowerment, on regeneration, on re-humanizing value. They just don’t scale as fast. Not yet.
The question is: how long do we stay fuel for the machine before we remember we were meant to be drivers?
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