We live in denial because it’s easier than facing our reality — for now. — There’s a brick wall around my high school. It wasn’t there in the 90s, but school shootings weren’t as prevalent then. I wonder if anyone realizes walls keep people in and out, and they won’t protect us from a broken society because we are the cracks within the foundation, but…

What if deficits and taxes are used to hold us hostage and there is an economic model capable of resolving all our issues? — The economic theories administered in the US, Australia, and the UK state a 3.5% to 4.5% unemployment rate is necessary for running an efficient economy. Sitting in high school econ class, even my dull teenage brain couldn’t fathom why an economic system requiring a percentage of people to suffer through…

All in all, is all we are and all we are is a commodity. When everything has a price, nothing has meaningful value. — “If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.”― Confucius Corporate entertainment’s purchasing power decided music’s popularity, but in 1991 technology revolutionized the industry. Collecting and compiling accurate consumer data revealed…

U.S. global wars don't exclude Americans, and our cultural delusions are killing us and the world. — A pandemic rages, California's on fire, human rights diminish, poverty explodes, infrastructure collapses, and our president flies to Saudi Arabia to fist bump the dictator. While families struggle to afford gas, food, and energy, the oil companies earn four times as much as last year, and the Federal Reserve punishes…

Contaminated baby formula, food shortages, price gouges, and the broken supply chain display the failed state's descent. — US democracy's descent accelerated in the 21st century when Americans democratically elected Al Gore, yet Republican operatives, staffers, and paid agitators stormed a Florida polling station to stop a lawful recount. The right-wing coup successfully handed George W. Bush the presidency and tyranny to the voters, and no one faced…

Wealth determines human rights because we can't imagine life without profit. — When human rights come before profits, everyone has a home, food, health care, security, and opportunities. No one worrying about homelessness, starvation, medical care, and personal necessities benefits society because people don't waste countless hours fearing financial uncertainties. Everyone has time to cultivate individual interests and focuses on idealism instead…

It’s no wonder the most capitalistic nation endures extreme violence, but we don’t associate economics as an indicator. — There was a time when a mass shooting shocked the nation, but now, they’re a daily ritual. Impersonal public executions harm innocent bystanders to gain infamy, yet the motives are vague. In Columbine, revenge instigated the 1999 murders, and in Buffalo, racism prompted the killing of ten people. However, in…

Our future is climate catastrophe and financial enslavement, or we fight. — I think about people trying to keep warm and dry while sleeping on the streets. I wonder when they last felt safe, and their belly was full, but the thoughts pass as spontaneously as they arrive, and I focus on the present. We fool ourselves into believing people choose to…

More than half of the US is pro-choice, but a minority rules. — We haven’t had a federal government representing us for decades. Our knight in shining armor, Obama, bailed out the banks and let us drown. He turned down the proposal to subsidize mortgages so homeowners could keep their homes and repay the banks because he didn’t trust us with the money…