Burnout and depression are natural responses to a disconnect between what you do and what you care about. Their psychological/physiological purpose is to get you to stop and rethink your life at a deep level. There are many questions that you don’t typically think about, like “why am I still participating in this economy”, “is it ethical for me to pay taxes”, “do I need to prepare for civil war”, or “how do I build up contacts in underground railroads” that your body knows have non-trivial answers in this scenario.
Chimpanzees have politics and tyrants, which means that our ancestors have had to deal with tyrants for at least 10 million years or at least 400,000 generations. We can feel in our blood when other tribe members are scrounging for sharp rocks to bludgeon us to death in the night, and it is only natural to withdraw from business as usual and rethink our options.
While I don’t disagree with most of what you said, rocks don’t need to be sharp for bludgeoning. Heavy rocks for bludgeoning, sharp rocks for slicing/stabbing.
I have wondered about setting up/participating in an underground railroad. I have friends who are people of color and may be targeted for one of those illegal “deportations.” I have started thinking about how that system would work and what we’d need to do/have. In the meantime, I would advise them to have a go-bag ready.
Have you seen Noem’s commercial about “illegals” registering and leaving? It scares me.
Burnout and depression are natural responses to a disconnect between what you do and what you care about. Their psychological/physiological purpose is to get you to stop and rethink your life at a deep level. There are many questions that you don’t typically think about, like “why am I still participating in this economy”, “is it ethical for me to pay taxes”, “do I need to prepare for civil war”, or “how do I build up contacts in underground railroads” that your body knows have non-trivial answers in this scenario.
Chimpanzees have politics and tyrants, which means that our ancestors have had to deal with tyrants for at least 10 million years or at least 400,000 generations. We can feel in our blood when other tribe members are scrounging for sharp rocks to bludgeon us to death in the night, and it is only natural to withdraw from business as usual and rethink our options.
While I don’t disagree with most of what you said, rocks don’t need to be sharp for bludgeoning. Heavy rocks for bludgeoning, sharp rocks for slicing/stabbing.
I have wondered about setting up/participating in an underground railroad. I have friends who are people of color and may be targeted for one of those illegal “deportations.” I have started thinking about how that system would work and what we’d need to do/have. In the meantime, I would advise them to have a go-bag ready.
Have you seen Noem’s commercial about “illegals” registering and leaving? It scares me.