#autistic queers can never thrive under capitalism

[pisshandkerchief]

not to be a drama queen but it's the end of an era. it's so fucking over.

[cassidyreturns]

Original Miss: A War on Hope

TW: Capitalism, Patriarchy & Sin

"No, I am not who you think I am. I am so much more, I am One with Source. I am Limitless, Infinite, Powerful, Abundant, Complete from the Start, Creator of All. I Am that I Am." -Fia

The idea of "Original Sin" is so prevalent in American culture.

I have never been a Christian, or follower of any Abrahamic religion, but I have been rooting out their teachings all my life.

It is the foundation in which our Western society was built upon: the idea that there is something inherently wrong with you, even at your birth. (Sidebar: Doesn't this sound GREAT for commerce?)

If we are not born Good, then the rest of our lives are spent trying to find Redemption, correct?

And if we are all born with a Moral deficit for simply Existing, who is to Blame for that?

And what does an Effective Punishment look like in the Material when the possibility of the pits of Hell are still waiting for you?

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Capitalism, Patriarchy and Sin are all attempts to remove Divinity, especially from marginalized groups. To remove the Divinity from something is to remove Dignity. (Others call this their 'Humanity.')

These three are a DEADLY combination used as an agent of control over the masses. It is so effective, that even the citizens will police each other on the day-to-day because underneath it all is the assumption that they, and their neighbors, are not Good.

We see this in books, movies and other stories of heroism--if something is Bad, it deserves punishment, usually at any means necessary. The ends justify the means, so to speak. And don't most of us fancy ourselves the hero?

Under capitalistic governance, we use the other two (patriarchy and sin) to justify how we make our laws and our cultural rules. We use these governmental and cultural decrees to allocate our artificial and organic resources. For example, it is a governmental-backing that if someone needs something, they should have to work for it. (Money).

We all KNOW we have basic needs that HAVE to be met in order to continue living. But with commerce and government dictating even our basic-level needs, creating a life in which we are free to thrive almost seems comical.

If you do not have the Freedom to Live, (basic needs = survival) you do not have the Freedom to be your most Authentic Self.

If you do not have the Freedom to be your most Authentic Self, you do not have the Freedom to pursue Happiness.

And without the pursuit of Happiness, there is no Hope.

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The culmination of these, and other forms of oppression, are designed to only amplify and enhance themselves and each other with their entanglement. The goal is to have our morals and our actions jumbled up so intently, it resembles a mess of cords with no direct starting or ending place. Get your hands on it, follow one all the way through to its origin--then three more tangle, and it somehow looks worse than before.

There is war going on - for your Body, Mind & Spirit.

We can no longer treat Hope as a luxury; we simply cannot afford it.