Filed under: Reactive Thoughts

It’s Time to Make our Own Way, Together

How’s the economy been treating you?

The rat race. The debts you owe. How much is maintaining your credit score worth? When you find out that you don’t drop dead when you suddenly lose that job, it’s a bit surprising, and quite a relief. Leverage it.

Do you recall having an uncomfortable admiration for Edward Norton’s character in Fight Club when he decided to leave behind the trappings of his “normal” life and exit the economy, blowing up his fancy apartment?

Well, in this case it’s been done for us; whether it was the virus, or uncaring corporations, the banks or whatever it was, the cause is becoming irrelevant — all you know is now you don’t have enough income and things are becoming difficult. You’re not sure how to pay rent. Hopefully you can get food for the week.

If your life has seemingly been pulled out from under you, you’re certainly not alone, because there are far too many people in that situation now. Their lives have been pulled out from under them, and some had finally just gotten back on track, after years of treading water.

What are the chances, really, of moving to a socialist government where people can reasonably get by, as more and more of us are between and out of work on a…