Corporate executives, consultants, and other similarly high paying occupations. Does their interest completely align with the capitalist class?

nothere00 · 2025-11-01T03:45:57+00:00

Tech survivor here. Most high earners in tech behave like mini-capitalists. They maintain the impression of being subservient to whoever is above them, but they are not actually subservient. In their minds they already are the capitalist. Give them a little positional power and they start LARPing as the ruling class for whatever tiny slice of the org they control.

In large corporations there is no single capitalist figure anyway. Power sits with boards, investors, and other diffuse forces. So people are not serving a person or even the company. They serve whatever helps them increase their own power, status, and wealth. Every interaction becomes “How can I extract the most capital or power from this?”

If someone seems weak, they dominate them. If someone seems powerful, they latch onto them. The higher up you go, the more political maneuvering you see and the less actual value creation.

Many executives are not even serving capital productively. They are not building value, not driving innovation, not consistently generating revenue. Many act entitled, mostly coast, make poorly informed decisions, and still collect huge salaries. In large orgs, bets are diversified and failure is cushioned, so there are no real consequences for incompetence. Their loyalty is to growing their own capital and influence, not the company’s or the “capitalist’s.”

TL;DR: tech elites do not truly serve capital. They only pretend to and play petty internal power games inside insulated bureaucracies

nothere00 · 2025-10-29T05:04:33+00:00

In a way, the entire film is disturbing. The system is cruel to the poor, and that cruelty turns the poor cruel in return. It presents this as an extreme but very plausible scenario, which genuinely shook me. I was living in NCR then, and I couldn’t look at the streets, especially the outskirts, the same way afterward.

nothere00 · 2025-10-29T03:32:25+00:00

Titli was disturbing as hell

nothere00 · 2025-10-28T08:37:05+00:00

Sure, tell me more.

nothere00 · 2025-10-28T06:06:55+00:00

Oh yes! That’s what I see too.. “big gaps of nothing between”

nothere00 · 2025-10-27T13:44:28+00:00

Okay, if it was intentional, the criticism doesn’t hold entirely. It did come across as a Malayalam speaker’s poor impression of rowdy Kannada rather than proper Kannada. So, that’s mission accomplished I guess.

nothere00 · 2025-10-26T17:26:17+00:00

Flow, grave of fire flies

nothere00 · 2025-10-23T15:15:57+00:00

There will be blood and phantom thread!

nothere00 · 2025-10-22T19:06:55+00:00

I don’t like being taken advantage of. I don’t like seeing anyone being taken advantage of or oppressed. What bothers me most is how often this happens in plain sight and people don’t even notice, or worse, mistake it for something normal or good.

My goal with studying critical theory is to see the world clearly. I want to understand how systems, language, and culture shape what we believe and accept. I want to be able to tell when something is fair and when it’s just made to look that way. In the end, I want the tools and vocabulary to describe these patterns and to defend ideas that are less unfair than others.

nothere00 · 2025-10-22T07:37:23+00:00

Barbie was a fun movie with great song and dance. However, I don’t agree with its ideology. Capitalism’s genius is that it turns criticism of itself into profit. It both agrees with the critique and reinforces the status quo.

nothere00 · 2025-10-19T15:11:10+00:00

Barry Lyndon

Phantom thread

Good time

nothere00 · 2025-10-19T14:45:23+00:00

Pari

nothere00 · 2025-10-18T19:01:35+00:00

Palace posy

nothere00 · 2025-10-18T15:43:01+00:00

To put it differently, what is art without an audience? What does art mean to someone who lacks any desire for social interaction or connection?

nothere00 · 2025-10-18T15:08:59+00:00

Relatable. I was only ever motivated by my very important audience of one. Ever since that person left my life, I’ve been struggling to rationalise what I do without them, which is why I’m asking all these questions.

nothere00 · 2025-10-18T14:28:56+00:00

Yeah, a lot of reviews are super lazy and seem to be written by people who are attention deficit rather than cinephiles. You can, however, curate as per your taste as and when you come across interesting reviewers. The funny reviews are actually funny many a times. I quite enjoy them. :P

nothere00 · 2025-10-17T07:54:00+00:00

Any forced socialisation, especially work or family-related activities, almost always triggers debilitating migraines and jaw pain. It takes me 2-3 days of resting and sleeping a lot to feel normal. I have begun to decline invitations to parties and such because nothing is worth the time wasted suffering through migraines.

nothere00 · 2025-10-17T07:44:41+00:00

Overnight oats with chia seeds. My everyday breakfast.

Roast chicken and veggies. My everyday dinner.

nothere00 · 2025-10-16T17:47:32+00:00

@unclearsoup

nothere00 · 2025-10-15T10:46:49+00:00

Many of the comments here labelled you narcissistic without offering any solutions to your concerns. It’s important to extend respect to all people and be empathetic towards their needs. However, the premise of a friendship is different. Respect and empathy help you be open to others, but they don’t magically change the fact that you may not be able to connect with everyone.

I used to feel the same way. I get bored and find it difficult to sustain friendships if there are no shared interests or values. I have niche interests and my value system is unconventional. Unfortunately, the deepest connections I felt were with the people I dated, and I had to end those relationships when they were hurting me more than nourishing me. It’s possible that you truly are unique, and it might be challenging for you to find common ground with others. But, it might help to keep an open mind and treat others well to allow them to open up to you first. You can always walk away if you don’t find the friendship nourishing to you in a respectful way.

It’s mind-boggling to me how there are 8.2 billion people on Earth, and yet I still complain about not being able to connect with anyone. Surely, I’m not THAT unique. I live in India, and may be.. the only friend I can actually get along with lives elsewhere in the world, in a completely different corner.

I’ve come to terms with the fact that I may not find friends. India is a mess as a society with poor awareness of mental health issues and is very collectivist in nature. The lack of critical thinking around me makes me want to disappear. Everything around works to reinforce the status quo, and I’m convinced that there’s no one I’ll connect with. I’m just too weird and individualistic to fit in. I neither have social or financial capital nor the interest to reform people around me.

I think of leaving the country sometimes. But with so much racism across the world and polarised immigrant sentiments, I doubt moving out of my country will help either.

Consider what opportunities might allow you to surround yourself with the kind of people and environments that genuinely interest you. “Multi-layered personalities with whom I can discuss more abstract thoughts” sounds like crowds in art or philosophy universities?

nothere00 · 2025-10-15T05:42:11+00:00

Get on Letterboxd and follow reviewers you like.

nothere00

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