"The products are slicker, but the message hasn’t changed.
Gratitude will make you rich; alignment will cure your illness; your mindset creates your reality; and if it’s not working, think and believe harder.
None of this threatens power - it protects it. The modern self-help hustle keeps people focused on their vibrations instead of their bargaining power. It rebrands despair as misalignment. It turns systemic precarity into a personal growth opportunity.
When inequality hits a certain pitch, these fantasies become more than popular. They become infrastructure. They channel discontent into consumption. They monetize powerlessness. And they quietly whisper that if you haven’t made it yet, it’s your own fault."
# The Gilded Age Is Back. So Are the Grifters.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-gilded-age-is-back-so-are-the-grifters/
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