i’m no fan of victimhood culture and learned helplessness, but the answer isn’t to go full send into social darwinism and eugenics. the idea that everyone needs to just pull themselves up by their own bootstraps lacks both compassion and sense. it doesn’t account for reality and leaves many to die
i do believe that humans are innately powerful, but that doesn’t mean we arrive into the world fully autonomous, ready to deadlift, buy guns, and start a commercial real estate business. and we don’t stay that way until we die. the human experience is not so black and white
there must be a solution where we are all given both agency and compassion
we must move beyond artificial scarcity and the toxic productivity it requires
we must learn to see that everyone is innately worthy of a good life—including ourselves—and that no one should be excluded, whether through systemic oppression, victim mindset indoctrination, eugenics disguised as meritocracy, gatekeeping of resources, or anything else 2 replies
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