Hey, just a reminder that “hard work” is a myth; “hard work” and the “right attitude” do not secure you a prosperous or even mildly comfortable future; “pulling one’s self up by your own boot straps” is a classist and ableist concept; a college degree and/or a job does not guarantee an escape from poverty. Anecdotal anomalies about family members ( Read more... )

Capitalism really only gives you two options unless you’re born into money: wage slave or bum. Statistical anomalies happen, sure, but those are really your only options. I chose bum because it required the least amount of effort. But I hate being a bum. I’m also unwilling and/or unable to be a wage slave. And unfortunately, I wasn’t born into ( Read more... )

I adore Greta Thunberg, but her rise has devastated me in two ways since she’s had such an effect on the conversation around global climate change ( Read more... )

I don’t want to invalidate or understate the incredible progress we’ve all made just in the last couple of years in our efforts to fight for animal rights and save the planet from total destruction, but I honestly at this point do not believe there's any hope left. I have fully accepted that I will almost certainly see the collapse of our ( Read more... )

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