Purchase substitutes
Once we have sacrificed our time to the extractive economy, there is even more money to be made, because we now must use our…
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Simply a tool
Money is simply a tool. We use money as a proxy for our time and labor—our life energy—to acquire things that we cannot (or…
Read MoreAt a loss
Without a supermarket, fast-food joint, gas station, prescription drugs, shopping malls and television, many Americans would be at a loss for how to meet…
Read MoreNothing can be changed
Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin “As Much Truth as One…
Read MoreI want justice
I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your…
Read MoreThe opposite of dreaming
When you get bleak about things and think, Gosh, is there an end to this? Yeah, there is, it just takes lots of work,…
Read MorePermanent, unceasing
At the present day, civilized opinion is a curious mental mixture. The military instincts and ideals are as strong as ever, but they are…
Read MoreWage peace
Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and…
Read MoreState of being
Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word love here not…
Read MoreBackward steps
It is said on the Statue of Liberty that America is a home of exiles. It doesn’t take us long to realize that America…
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