Neoliberalism, like the self-absorbed dictator, keeps telling us: I am your parent, let me take care of you; or: you are capable of taking care of yourself, alone.
It not only distances us from others, but also from ourselves. We live in socialized isolation. We become reliant on a complicated system of transactions. We are enslaved by all types of institutions, by our struggle to have institutional ties that promise to shelter us away from insecurity and grant us a public recognition that our life is not worthless, that we are wonderful contributing members to society. What is this illusion of contribution and effect made of? What is this illusive popularity we are all running after?
Take care of yourself, neoliberalism says, because we need you.
thoughts by @linaelshamy 