We are now living in the era of "quiet quitting." Millions of Americans are fed up with the rise of predatory capitalism and the way it victimizes working people. The pathologies of modern capitalism are captured well in the reaction from "Shark Tank" personality and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary, who offers the opinion that "quiet quitting is a really bad idea," saying that he expects his employees to put in "25 hours a day, eight days a week," and that people who insist on working a 9-to-5 schedule are "not working for me."
It should be obvious from those comments that Leary is a financial predator who victimizes his employees. People have a basic ethical responsibility to protect themselves from employers like that — developing sustainable habits for a healthy life requires spending plenty of time with your significant other, family members and friends, developing healthy eating and lifestyle habits, exercising and getting outside, and leaving time for other leisure and personal activities. Yet abusive investors like O'Leary are considered respected leaders in business and finance, which testifies to the degenerate nature of modern capitalism.
