(although, as I’ve mentioned, the boundary is not always clear). A recognition of that relationship—“this shit is killing you, too, however much more softly”—is important for several reasons. Most fundamentally, it opens up the possibility of solidarity, in the genuine sense of sharing a common cause (“this shit”). But it is also a safeguard against the reaction that privileged people sometimes have to their own burnout: fortifying walled gardens of slowness, minimalism, and authenticity. At best, such a reaction makes it easier for people to forsake the world and leave the status quo
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