It is enough to make one wonder if it was all just political theatre to distract the masses while the ultrawealthy and megacorps laughed all the way to their offshore accounts and tax havens.

The interesting thing about becoming invested in victim mentality is the victims develop the same attitudes and weapons as their abusers. Shifting from victim to victor mentality is simple, but oh-so-often not easy.

https://archive.is/iJi1v

That billionaires would spend so much more time, effort, money, reputation to crystallize their power should frighten the masses into mobilization. That it doesn't is a testament of multigenerational, visceral emotions- based propaganda. Ed Bernays was the epitome of the high priest of evil genius and the actors in this article (and those not mentioned) are his acolytes. The gods, I suppose, are the occasionally mentioned.

Really?

Yes you can have it, but choosing the less painful option for yourself right now is allowing corruption and fascism to win, possibly for generations, inflicting greater ~~ain't~~ pain not only on yourself, but fellow citizens as well.

Eta: a pox on autocorrect

I tangibly feel the agony in this comment. What if I told you this false hope is an opiate that allows the situation to continue, but the pain of lancing that boil opens an opportunity to (yes, painfully) to sever and extract the root of the putrid infection that will keep recurring, if undone?

We're headed straight for an economy substantially consisting of work that doesn't matter,

This part was achieved in the 1980s.

https://www.northernamericannordicsociety.com/post/orlog-hamingja-and-why-we-live-honorably

Aka the easy choice of continuing multigenerational trauma, including projection, or doing the hard, tedious work of the personal responsibility of healing society by healing ourselves.

Also, lying on wrinkly sheets is inherently uncomfortable.

And can cause bedsores.

No questions, just want to thank you for this post. I've never been off the mainland USA, and while things are definitely interesting right now, I have to say, I've come to recognize over the last few years how incredibly good life really is, and focusing on what I have and what's right has been incredibly mood-altering, mind-changing, and in small but distinctively notable ways, life changing, for me. It took a lot of me getting in my own way, to learn to get out of my own way, and I'm still learning; and more importantly, unlearning, not following up bad paradigms of "everything is a catastrophe, woe is me!" that are super - abundant right now. I notice things, obviously, I just choose to redirect my energy and attention to how much I really have, and how incredibly fortunate I've been, all things considered.

Toxins released from burning plastic can “disrupt neurodevelopment, endocrine, and reproductive functions” and lead to cancer, heart disease, and many more serious health conditions, according to the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

“And I, of course, deal with the dust and smoke and the burning,” said Abu Ajwa, “this all goes into your lungs and makes you cough all night. It’s exhausting. It wears you out completely. The work is tough—not easy. It’s fire, and we all got burned here. We’ve all been burned by this fire.”

Making hard sacrifices, for the greater good of everyone.

Oh well, glad to see your posts again, you're welcome and thank you for making me laugh!