The road to awakening is long

Ray 2022-11-21 14:57:12

01.

Human behavior and thought patterns are largely determined by the overall social formation.

Once the "habit" is gradually numb to the sensory nerves, how should people born and raised in such a "normal" environment wake up?

It is no wonder that the feudal autocracy continued to rule for so long in ancient China and the West.

02.

Having a job = having human rights is actually a very scary thing in itself.

Can you be respected by others only if you have use value and generate actual economic benefits?

What is the difference between forcing a woman who wants to work to return to the family, and forcing a woman who wants to be a full-time wife into work?

A full-time nanny and a full-time wife are obviously doing the same thing. Why should the former be considered legitimate work and the latter should be discriminated against?

Is it reasonable to pay labor for one's own family?

May everyone live the life they want to live.

03.

Although we are all just nameless people in the long river of history in the end, but at least in the moment we live, we have the name passed down by our family and live our own ordinary life.

Like Spirited Away, if you forget your name, you will forget yourself, and there is no proof that you have ever existed.

OfXX, a nameless slave who succumbs to the slave owner, no one cares who you are, only the benefits you can bring, what is the difference between this and a hog with a stencil?

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  • Moira: Hey, that shit is contagious. You want to see your baby girl again? Then you need to keep your fucking shit together.