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Stop Chasing the Leaves: Why the Consumer Matrix is Killing Our Roots

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Stop Chasing the Leaves: Why the Consumer Matrix is Killing Our Roots Let’s stop playing nice with the systems that are actively draining us. Everyday, we are bombarded with the toxic gospel of the hustle—told to stack another gig, download another finance app, and buy into external validation. We’ve been conditioned to trade our cultural inheritance for temporary, cosmetic luxury. We are out here changing our leaves to survive the corporate winter, but we are letting our roots rot in the process. The Amharic proverb explicitly warns us: "Don't abandon your foundation; even trees change their leaves but keep their roots." Our foundation is Ujamaa —Cooperative Economics. But we’ve allowed a predatory system to distort our vision, turning us into the ultimate consumers instead of the ultimate creators. Think about the old tale of the maiden and the magic fish. Her husband couldn’t stop demanding more—more property, more status, a bigger empire—completely devoid of gratitude...
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#qotdu Rant 2

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And another thing….Let's just say for shits and giggles that the latest victim of the police murder gang was not following orders. He did not comply with the orders from law enforcement (which he did) and was not cooperating. So fucking what!! We are human. We are Americans whether they like it or not. We have the same rights as the rest of the country. One does NOT deserve a death sentence for not complying. If you are being questioned, detained or even arrested by police officers then you have a right to know why. You have a right to ask why you are being detained. If there is no legal reason you also have the right to leave. If you are not breaking the law what makes people think that we are just supposed to quietly lie down and die? Why aren’t we allowed to ask questions, to retain our rights as Americans and as human beings? So a cop can just walk up with guns drawn and demand that I relinquish my freedom because it's Tuesday and he is having a bad day? Why were they ...
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#qotdu Rant 1

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… This has really been a trying week. I am tired so damn tired of reading or hearing the same story over and over. First somebody's child. Someone's baby, now someone's brother/father/son.  It's insanity. No let's call it what it is this is war! Only there is only one side allowed to participate. We are simply cannon fodder. So let me get this straight now in addition to driving while black, playing music while black, shopping while black, children playing while black, selling cigarettes while black we are also no longer allowed to exist while black. Car trouble just got a man killed. Why? Because he looked black or as the animal that shot him stated he looked like one scary dude. Right. Black like I said. Who do we think is coming to save us? Who can we call when we are under attack from those whose job it is to uphold the law? To protect us! We pay them with our tax dollars Oh Jesus? Hold up let me text him right quick. …. NO. That’s not the answer this time. ...
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