McMindfulness: When Capitalism Goes Buddhist

Buddhism is sometimes charged as the ideal religion for upholding unfair systems, encouraging practitioners to meditate ostensibly without acting on injustice. But is there more beneath the surface of Buddhism as taught to us under capitalism? And is this quality of "mindfulness" being, in fact, misused by neoliberals to continue exploitative economic systems?

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00:00 introduction
03:22 co-optation
10:05 contradiction
18:53 compromise
26:20 conclusion: collectivization