Individualism and the relentless quest for self-actualization as determined by zeitgeist is great for capitalism.
A woman that puts off marriage and kids and continues staying alone in a 5-bedroom detached house, working 80 hour weeks and commuting in a SUV contributes to the /1

economy greatly. When she finally freezes her eggs and uses a sperm donor and surrogate to procreate, she has effectively decoupled the task of finding personal intimacy from the task of procreation and outsourced pregnancy.
Similarly, a man that goes through two decades of /2

multiple relationships continues to consume all the requirements of a household and in addition, consumes all the services and goods required to maintain a presentable appearance and conduct a social life active enough to keep finding relationships. Self-actualization through /3

carpentry or bike maintenance does not result in net savings for the individual. Rather, it creates demand for newer products that cater to the hobbyist's whims rather than improve a professional's efficiency. Hobbyists in performing arts do not provide entertainment /4

at a cheaper price point by increasing supply of entertainment. They mostly engage in this in a solitary fashion for their own pleasure.
Relationships with objects rather than with people is more diverse, but does not make for durability.
When a clock was just a clock, it was /5

made to last generations. When a clock is among the 20 items of bric a brac that you arrange in a home to demonstrate your sense of self, how does it matter how long it lasts?
It is no wonder that the new tycoons encourage unbridled individualism. It is shaped in ways /6

that encourage atomization of the human. Atomized humans are more susceptible to propaganda, can be manipulated and directed better.
'Generation Wealth' documents a woman who engaged on camera in sex with 50+ men in order to challenge herself and be famous. It was made by a /7

woman that left her 2 week old child with her husband as she went on assignment to the other end of the globe. She finally realizes that the excess she was seeing other people commit was something she is guilty of herself.
She has however, not been able to pierce the veil /8

and see that the cult of 'Me' is what drives all of these excesses. And that this is encouraged so that the politicians can slice and dice their voting blocs, the businessmen can get disconnected individuals willing to work with question and the State gets a steady /9

stream of cadre willing to do it's bidding. This is a level of mind control Mustapha Mond would be proud of /END