Summary of The Existential Terror Of Amazon Prime

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The YouTube video "The Existential Terror Of Amazon Prime" discusses how capitalism is detrimental to society as a whole. It points out how people in the West have access to more resources and opportunities than those in the East, and how this has led to increased levels of poverty and inequality around the world. The video finishes by saying that we are still very close to reaching "new territory."

• 00:00:00 The author of the video discusses how, under late stage capitalism, any want can be satisfied, even if needs are not. This experience, he calls the "opiate of the masses," feels like taking a drug deal where you get all this junk you know like like William S Burris talked about heroin- you get this little "dopamine hit" from wanting something and then obsessively researching it. The author says that this internet-enabled process of wanting and getting what you want quickly "ruins your life" and "fixing" it hurts you a bit. He compares this to what colonialism is- bringing in all this stuff from all over the world and using people's labor to make more complicated things.
• 00:05:00 This YouTube video discusses how globalism, or colonialism, has led to increased levels of poverty and inequality around the world. It also points out how capitalism is not able to provide people with the basic needs they need to survive, such as housing and healthcare.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses the existential terror of living in a world where everything is privatized and where there is no longer any need for basic needs such as healthcare, education, and food. It then references an article about a man in the UK who died from diabetes because he could not afford to buy insulin and how his death serves as a stark contrast to the luxurious lifestyles of people in the West. The video finishes by saying that recycling is not doing enough to prevent harm to the environment and that we are still very close to reaching "new territory."
• 00:15:00 The video discusses the existential terror that many people feel when they realize that they cannot escape their fate. It references Amazon Prime, which is an example of capitalism appearing to work, but the cost is that public goods disappear and the individual is left with a surplus of consumer goods while public services become less available.