ProperCoochie posted:

insane neoliberal late capitalism has both sheltered and destroy an individual's ability to identify with the world.

that's why people are obsessed with poo poo that tells them what they are

See also: astrology, horoscopes, great-grandparents country of origin, natal charts, planets in retrograde, consumer items, palm reading, numerology, tarot, feng shui, One thousand facebook polls that tell you what transformer you are, what disney princess you are, what lollipop flavor you are, what animal you are, what harry potter character you are, what your eye color says about you etc etc

myers-briggs is so popular because it also has a foot in the insane data-mining and quantifying craze

anything that will inhibit people from realizing they are an oppressed, exploited wage-slave is cool and good.

HTH