Literacy is becoming the new class divide. Not formal education, LITERACY. Many people can't grasp nuance, satire, or irony. Illiteracy limits how you read the world and the room. The gap between people who engage with complex ideas and those who consume clickbait is vast.
Black people are the biggest recyclers of plastic bags. So when you see a turtle choking, don't look at us. All of our plastic bags are in the cabinet under the sink 😭
Normal, caring, intelligent people have inherent dignity that pursues competence. The majority politician is a charlatan, whose real pursuit is validation of a dignity they do not possess or sense of control that eludes them. Hence the theater & ostentatious display of wealth.
Switching to Airtel & not looking back a year ago was one of the best decisions I've made.
Calls to other networks are cheap, Data is double that of "Your Data is below 2MB", you get money back as Airtime when you use Lipa na Airtel & most importantly I haven't been abducted
The vilest person you know also believes himself good. So who, then, is truly good?
Only the person who doubts his goodness is good. Because, by it, they acknowledge their capacity for evil, which then compels them to actively pursue goodness. Constant pursuit, not designation.
europe spent 400 years using slave labour in colonies to build their wealth, rebranded this extraction model in the 20th century and somehow their citizens still believe their social conditions is a result of some superior intellect rather than inhuman violence
The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows
After a while, people start to think oppression is just the normal state of things.
But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being unfree.
Keep your problems smaller than your life.
A flat tire is a flat tire.
A bad meeting is a bad meeting.
A canceled flight is just an extra two hours.
These things become catastrophes when you let them.
But they stay manageable when you remember the depth of your real life.
The people you love, the work you care about, the beautiful years still ahead.
Zoom Out.
Fit your Reaction to the Size of the problem.