JOURNALING with JOSH

Conservatives : "we know what's best for you according to god, and you're a child abuser if you disagree with us, don't tell us what to do. Also, fuck foreigners! Liberals are SATAN!" Liberals : "here are peer reviewed scientific studies as evidence on what we should be doing, most everything else is really up to you, just dont pay attention to what we're doing to those pesky brown people overseas, please. Haha, let's bring conservatives to the table!!"

Are you a piece of shit? Or are you just not monetizing your strengths that those with all the capital have decided are valuable enough to warrant an economic position that affords you the chance to thrive. Economic success can be the death of empathy. That's one unifying trait among those who say "people care too much" Our empathy stands in the way of capital generation, what they ultimately mean. When we adopt the narrative of "your success is dictated by your hard work" despite some of the hardest workers in the world barely being able to scrape by, the true between-the-lines is you aren't serving the system efficiently enough. And who dictates what is "efficient enough" ? Those with all the capital, of course. Their one ultimate interest is maintaining a system that validates their excessive hoarding of wealth at any cost.  Up to and including creating chaotic distractions for us to squabble over while they continue to justify extreme wealth ho...