Imo, one of the most damning aspects of capitalism is that it encourages people to have consumptive hobbies over creative ones.

It actively seeks to bar people from doing things like cooking, or writing, or making pottery, or anything else of that nature. Activities in which you are making something

Things like that are made either too expensive (in terms of money, or time, or both) or framed as something not worth wasting time on, because you can't support yourself doing art/writing/etc

@Dayglochainsaw If you do have a hobby that produces -things- you’re pressured into monetising it as well

@Galdrakinn @Dayglochainsaw Yes! I play and record improv noisegrind, with a guitar and a drum machine, for myself, alone, with no intention of selling anything. It's intentionally uncommodifiable. It's just nonsense jokes for myself and a couple friends. AND YET, that weird internal voice is always there, asking me where I'm going with it, what I need to do next, how I need to improve to "get somewhere," etc.

It's horrifying how deeply ingrained that shit is.