Otávio: Our system is designed to keep people living on the edge of a pathology. Basically, I think the ruling elite wants us living on the brink—or even in the midst—of mental health issues like depression, burnout, anxiety, and so on. It’s all so people act like a "herd" that lacks the mental strength to rebel against the elite in power, thereby perpetuating their control. The advent of social media, the constant comparisons, the pressure on young people to have a perfect, "Instagrammable" life—maybe it’s all planned so that people exist only to sustain this elite, without the strength to push back.
William: "System" is such a broad word. Without overcomplicating it, we can say it’s a synonym for method or organization. Cuba has a system of government, my car has a heating system, I have a writing system, Flamengo has a tactical system... For those further to the left, "the system" is a synonym for "bourgeois capitalist society." Something to be fought tooth and nail... 😉 I’m center-right; the more middle class (bourgeois) a society is, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
I won’t drone on about it, but I’ll give you a quick example. A Lula supporter once came to me with this talk about elite domination. I asked him if this "elite" elected Lula three times. He said no, that Lula was the will of the people. In other words, the "elite that controls everyone and everything" only exists when it fits the guy’s ideology or doctrine.
Besides your parents and close relatives, do you really think your neighbors are that worried—or putting that much social pressure on you—to succeed at anything!?
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