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Fear Wins in the End

Fear Wins in the End

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius In recent years, I’ve noticed an alarming existential threat gripping the world. While it’

Cannibal Consumerism

Cannibal Consumerism

As a society, we are entering into a new phase, a new era. The arrival of this change has caught all of us off guard. Instead of preparing for the shift, we fight to maintain the status quo or maintain a storied past.

'Dear White People': The Three Words That Divide

'Dear White People': The Three Words That Divide

Let's set the record straight: 'Dear White People' articles only serve to get clicks and agitate: both of which do not bridge gaps, but instead lead to further division.

Animals Need Advocates, Not Apologists

Animals Need Advocates, Not Apologists

No action is ever a personal choice when there is a victim involved — in this case, the victim is the animal.

Black Lives & the Futility of Online Activism

Black Lives & the Futility of Online Activism

> “If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.” - Angela Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle [https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/780-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle] > “Networks do not eradicate power: they distribute it in different ways, shuffling hierarchies and producing new mechanisms of