Once called Homo sapiens (e.g., human beings, people, folks) referred to en mass for corporate greed or political greed as the "homo economicus".
The value and or worth of individuals only equal to the amount of money/currency they will provide or consume. A persons worth only in terms of money. No value as a human except in terms of money. Worthless unless they spend.
How much money can the people homo sapien homo economicus contribute to my campaign? How much money will this advertisement of our upgraded smart phone generate from the population the consumer the dim witted masses of... homo economicus ?
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”