The trick here is simple and old. You starve the public systems until they’re so weak that anything looks like relief. Then you let a billionaire deliver a drop of water and call it a miracle. Americans have been trained to applaud the spectacle. They forget to ask why one of the richest men in the country gets to decide how twenty-five million children experience their first introduction to money. They forget to ask why the richest people get public praise for giving back pennies compared to what they extract. They forget to ask why children need investment accounts instead of stable housing, food, medical care, and schools that aren’t falling apart.

What a shame to live in a country where this is becoming normalized.

“Vice can bring people out of themselves to be with others, even if that means coming together to do what they probably should not.”

Here’s to putting down our phones and vicing with others!

Let's get organized! We have fought for (and won) our rights before. We can--and must--do so now. The people united will never be defeated.

Side note: I don't know why ReadUp copied it twice...maybe it's worth reading more than once ;)

This certainly gives you a lot to think, er, feel about. I hope more research comes out which will help us understand how all the different parts of us are connected. Even without peer reviewed papers I believe a lot of this can be practiced intuitively, albeit incredibly difficulty given our upbringing, social conditioning, etc. Here's hoping for an eventual upward spiral for us all!

I believe I found this author via ReadUp and I'm so glad I did! I've been getting his emails for a bit and they are great.

Re. this article - it's good to remember we have a choice in what we think about! It's not always easy to do, but we are in control of our thoughts.

I've never thought about the "tax" that broken things levy upon us for an unlimited accumulation of suffering. I'd write more but now I need to go fix a few things!

Love to hate to say I told you so. I am proud to have been on Bernie's staff in 2016 and I am terrified for the future of human rights in the US. Welcome to the oligarchy.

If you’re scrambling around in the junk drawer to find the scissors, life feels mildly annoying until you find them, because you just want to get the scissors in your hand and go off to the next thing. If instead you open the drawer, and treat the hunt for scissors as a tiny mission that currently sits at the center of your life, it feels just fine to look for the scissors, and pretty great when you find them.

What fun to think about tasks as little missions!

yikes