Waking Up to the Bullshit

something quite magical and chaotic and wonderful and deeply frustrating happens when one awakens to the bullshit they've been fed since birth. you begin to see the truth behind the crap that's shoveled at you from the religious folks, who claim suffering ends once you accept that some mythical male died for you and who is now seated in some throne behind beautiful gates next to another male--the BIG male that is............from school teachers who claim truth is to be found inside outdated, biased textbooks..........from political leaders who claim "you can trust us. we have your back."..........from business leaders who claim capitalism is fair and just..........from those morons who love to "blame the victim"............from mental health professionals who focus on putting those who are different, often because they ARE awake, into a mold instead of focusing on "fixing" the insanity of the system.........

here's a yawn article i found this morning for those of you (us) who know we're underpaid. if you are awake, you won't buy into the bullshit. if you are still in 'la la everything is just fine' or 'it must be me' land, you'll likely (sadly) think "hmm, they're right. i'm not underpaid. i was wrong." as i told a former employer, who tried to pull the similar line of crap on me as outlined in this article, "it doesn't matter to me what x down the road, who has the same or similar job, is paid. 45% of my income is going towards my measly little one bedroom apartment. and being i have to help pay for my benefits, at the end of the month, i have some loose change leftover. stop looking at what everyone else is paying and focus on the reality of my life, the reality of housing costs in this area, the reality that income has simply not kept up with existing as a functioning, housed, clothed, insured human being."