every time i see someone post like the good place is some anticapitalist work of ethical genius i go joker mode for another week. it’s one of the most needlessly cruel shows i’ve seen. what if we invented the DWP of the afterlife to means test your soul

i recommend it as a fascinating study of neoliberal values there's little else that starts as a classic theological premise (what is morality in a universe ruled by an arbitrary God) and morphs into a process critique about how welfare must encourage individuals to fix themselves

one of the most revealing Texts i've ever seen