Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DarkOptimism</span></a></span> The myth of self " Independence "</p><p>Really like this post saw:</p><p> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/brettscott/p/the-archipelago" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/brettsco</span><span class="invisible">tt/p/the-archipelago</span></a></p><p>Some excerpts and picture remix of the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myth</span></a> as I see it to make you think about more real "independence"...: not just <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> style economics as " <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> " / economic hitmen.</p><p>#1 Economy is not voluntary<br>" ...the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> is seen as a big collection of individuals who voluntarily choose to trade stuff. "</p><p>#2 Not really connected<br>"As you walk through city streets past strangers who ignore you, or drift through shops looking at ten different brands of shampoo, there’s a general feeling of detachment."</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> doesn't exist. It's not a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/selfsufficient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfsufficient</span></a> island or even voluntary for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/emotional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotional</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physical</span></a> needs which should be the focus (not making <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> / manufacturing <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> / increasing prices instead of decreasing / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> it all / connecting <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> more on <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/emotional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotional</span></a> level for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/healthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthy</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a>).</p><p>===================<br>PIC Text / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a><br>===================</p><p>EMPLOYED: <br>not really social<br>or independent</p><p>depressed<br>over-worked..<br>workaholic-ism </p><p>not really <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/healthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthy</span></a><br>individual or society</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/primitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primitive</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/material" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>material</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a></p><p>as housing etc prices go up</p><p>UNEMPLOYED (just more detached)</p><p>( same as above but sometimes happier / less dragged into <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/unhealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unhealthy</span></a> system(s) )</p>