A little bit of allsorts

the audience: ohhh, this is deeply disturbing and upsetting

We see separation between spouses (Mark and Ms. Casey), between parent and child (Dylan and his son; Jane’s song railing against Lumon for “stealing her first love” aka her father, Pete), between new lovers (Irving and Burt), and between love for the self (Helly).

Instead, Lumon seeks to replace these natural and loving connections with unyielding fealty to the corporation, by subsuming natural love between people with “love” for Kier and the institution itself. Which is essentially how many mega-corporations operate today, expecting employees to forsake any and all outside connections in order to devote themselves to the work. To love the work more than other people or themselves.

Because if they only love the work, the corporation, then there’s nothing holding them back from giving all of themselves to it. Until people have nothing in their lives but the work and their “love” of it controlling their whole lives.

Evidently Lumon’s been blessed with a new wellness director. So I’ll be retiring at the conclusion of this session.