I can think of another group of people, if we’re generalizing foolishly, who are desperately insecure, who see sex as way to prove or validate themselves. Who use sex in place of actual intimacy. Who have no trouble being dishonest and manipulative to get it, and who only care about their own pleasure over the more important values of sane, stable, committed relationships. Who are too damaged to actually connect with people and instead just go around fucking. We don’t call them mentally ill though. We usually just call them men.
America shows us that capitalism is a Pharmakon. The very concept, which dates back to Socrates, means something that when taken in small amounts, which is good for us — but which can kill us if taken in large amounts. In small amounts, a remedy, a medicine, but in large doses — a deadly poison. In that way, capitali…