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Published: 2008-01-20 23:46:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 989; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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the standardized testing systems that push us towards management/service job placements in order to fill the ranks and keep our great and terrible society exactly the way it is. in a society of little substance beyond buy/sell we've no choice but to abuse substances.Related content
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I'm not sure if I got the message of this work, I thought it was about the general state of consumption in society and the things people consume because how society "standardize" behaviors such as drinking alcohol, smoking, going to see movies and so on and I feel that because of that people loose prospective of their lives.
And things like alcohol, cigarettes and drugs are completely irrational. More harm comes from that consumption that the ephemeral joy they bring.
I do feel like hypocrite because even though I restrain my consumption to minimum (compared with most people I know) I still consume some stuff.
Sorry for rumbling.
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i don't think you're far off at all. my point in the piece is that high schools set people up to be emotionally unstable addicts because there is little training in high school to teach people how to be happy. either you are smart, and you go to a high-level school and become an executive, you do ok, and you become some kind of office worker, or you do poorly but they still give you the math and writing skills to work in a store. high schools are tooled that way to make sure that we keep filling the roles we need for the economy to continue.
but that doesn't teach you anything about life. so people at all socioeconomic levels turn to these substances that excite us or make us numb or make us able to be somebody completely different, because no teachers will ever teach us anything better. to the extent that society "standardizes" these behaviors, i say it starts with advertising, then filters to small groups of friends or co-workers who all agree that the best way to cope with life is to muddle it into nonsense. there are still activist organizations within society that criticize drugs, smoking, and alcohol, so you can't say that society at large is pushing addiction on us.
So in the end I'm saying that the American education system (and i'm sure this is mirrored in many countries) filters us into employees instead of building us into stable people, which leaves only opportunities in our free-time to become addicts to pretty much anything, drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, shopping, sex, anorexia, and anything else you can think of.
and for the record, there have been several periods in my life so far where i'd end up in a bar with friends 4 nights a week or more. nobody's perfect.
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