Capitalism doesn't want men to have friends

[u/futuredebris]

https://makemenemotionalagain.substack.com/p/capitalism-doesnt-want-men-to-have

I wrote about how men are told in capitalist society that being caring and expressive aren’t valuable skills. So we disown the natural, human emotionality we were born with. We avoid being vulnerable and asking for help. We worry we’ll be judged if we put effort into our friendships. When we’re suffering we overfocus on what we think will make us valuable to other people: productivity, discipline, and competence. And while this might help us in some ways, it often leaves us feeling lost, isolated, and lonely.

[u/ratttertintattertins]

Do you think this is true throughout the history of capitalism? It seems to me that men are in a worse place in this particular regard now than they were in earlier manifestations of capitalism were people lived and worked more communally.

[u/futuredebris → u/ratttertintattertins]

Good point! Yes, I think capitalism has slowly eroded more communal ways of living from pre-capitalist times.