Ngl, life before capitalism was the elephant in the room when it came to anxiety.
Wondering if the harvest would fail and your family would starve causes anxiety.
Watching your child die from a disease that is now cured with a cheap antibiotic is stressful.
Living without reliable heat, electricity, refrigeration, sanitation, or clean water feels hopeless.
Working from sunrise to sunset just to survive is exhausting.
Having no meaningful opportunity to improve your circumstances is depressing.
Burying half your children before adulthood is traumatic.
Capitalism didn't invent struggle. It inherited a world defined by it and made survival easier, healthier, longer, and more prosperous for billions.
It's no wonder so many people take that progress for granted. They never had to live without it.
Ngl Capitalism has always been the elephant in the room when it comes to mental illness. Living paycheck to paycheck causes anxiety. Not being able to see a doctor is stressful. Choosing between paying rent or having heat/electricity feels hopeless. Working multiple jobs and never being able to see our loved ones is depressing. Laboring for a wage is alienating. Marketing ourselves to capitalists for jobs that determine our worth as human beings is insulting. Capitalist life is a meaningless grind for most of us. It's no wonder we're all sick.