The meritocratic and winner-takes-all world order is gonna make us all self-optimize to death. In her Jacobin article, "You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss," Meagan Day writes that the hyper-competitive neoliberal world is leading millennials (like us!) to experience debilitating perfectionism, including an ambient societal version that causes us to expect constant productivity and correct political takes from ourselves and one another.
But how does this tie in to Terrace House, and Summer House, and Real Housewives? Only Ljubica & Adam can say.
"Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss," Meagan Day -- https://jacobinmag.com/2018/01/under-neoliberalism-you-can-be-your-own-tyrannical-boss
Closing song -- Cigarettes After Sex, "Keep On Loving You"
Kyoko Okazaki, River's Edge -- easily downloadable scanlations, just a google away
