Thoughts on Jordan Peterson

[Desert Financial]

Class struggle is real. Don't kid yourself. It's predicated on terms set by the upper-class, who sit at the top because they keep people at the bottom. You cannot exist without getting sharked by someone richer, and the vast majority lack the education and foresight necessary to climb the ladder when the deck is stacked against them. Public education offers no mandatory financial classes, and most U.S. families live paycheck-to-paycheck (even including a good chunk of upper-middle class), so most must learn financial wisdom the hard way, which becomes a slippery slope with a harsh learning curve in our capitalistic, consumerist, materialistic environment. Lol, public education doesn't sufficiently edify us about loans, interest rates, credit, debit, asset depreciation, or predatory institutions - and most families are up to their asses trying to tackle related issues that they don't have time to effectively teach their kids.

Industrialized living poses existential concerns for the working class. The working class struggle to find fulfillment when all aspects of their jobs reflect the industrial concept of "interchangeable parts" - tools are interchangeable, products are interchangeable, services are interchangeable, the jobs themselves are interchangeable. So most workers are left with little personal, individual resonance or meaning to be found in their work. In contrast, before the bourgeoisie implemented this concept of "interchangeable parts" to ensure business efficiency for their interests of profit, workers had more freedom to craft and produce under their own terms. And working under one's own terms could include making meaningful contributions to society instead of slavishly working for the profit motives of disconnected CEOs.