Why does a food bank need a grant to feed people, but a bank never needs one to make money? Philanthropy isn’t generosity filling gaps; it’s capitalism’s confession, proof that care, repair, and dignity only survive when someone profitable decides to notice them. At the heart of modern giving, extract first, repair later!
Privilege is often invisible to those who posses it because it represents the absence of obstacle. A collective of unearned advantages, social buffers and systemic benefits that pave an easier path through life.
Congress shall make no law respecting …or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…while powerful, we must move from being against to standing for!
There are times in life we have to make sacrifices, choices to support our kids, parents or a dear friend. Maybe there are 2 events happening at the same time and there is only 1 of me! What we don’t often see is the sacrifices we make automatically because we don’t know we have other options.
The current narrative around how AI is going to change the nature of work is really just exposing an illusion we have yet to name. Those who are being paid the most are doing the least valuable work and those being paid the least are not valuable because they are easily replaceable. The system is inside-out!
Ironically, we sit in the silence of our aloneness, not realizing that the answer is obvious… we need others to achieve anything great in the world. It’s time we notice what’s needed, ask what we can do, and most importantly, find those who can help us.
Supply and demand, marketplaces or advertising specials…how do prices get set? More important what does something really cost? In our current system there are many hidden and deferred costs. Yet amongst them all, there is a cost that we except as natural without ever questioning it…that cost DEBT.
In our current world our economic system siphons money out of local communities and into a financial system that’s primary purpose is to generate more money. It doesn’t create any value! What if it’s possible to build a system that works feeds the local community first.
Our current monetary system is organized around debt-based fiat currencies. What if the failures we see in society are based on this design.
We seek content and information from a variety of on-line social media influencers and podcasters. What if this is just a way of avoiding the hard work of claiming our agency and actually having an impact in the world?