Hello, world!

Hey there - it's Michael. This is my personal site.

I'm starting this for a few reasons. It's Biden's lame-duck era and there's a lot on my mind, just like so many other Americans. There's a lot to be angry about, scared about, but there's a lot to be motivated by, too.

Luigi Mangione is all over the news. Donald Trump's cabinet picks just keep getting worse. Elon Musk is... being Elon. The environment isn't getting any more livable.

Like I said, there's a lot going on in the world. To me, it sometimes feels like the walls are caving in from every direction. Sometimes because they are, but when you take a step back, you realize all–or most–of these symptoms are just that: symptoms of the same few problems.

We don't have to fight every symptom at once. That wouldn't be very productive spreading resources across so many battle lines. Instead, it would be the ultimate form of killing many birds with one or two stones if we, the working class, stay focused on the true illnesses that cause these symptoms.

Money. It's the thing that makes the world go 'round, but it is also the root of so many evils. Unchecked capitalism, for-profit healthcare, big oil lobbying your life away.

Humans' cravings to have the biggest stockpile of cash isn't inherently wrong in a vacuum. It's likely a byproduct of our primal instincts to stockpile resources for the future. However, there's a limit where money is no longer a good thing to have piling up.

Because we don't live in a vacuum, we have a complex system that is largely driven by our desire for money and power, if there is a difference. But at what point do we say enough is enough and money isn't the primary importance?

Would you feel guilty if you had to choose between putting $100 in your pocket, or putting that towards your best friend's vial of insulin?

If you had the resources, of course you would help your friend in their time of need. So why does our government - who was hired by and works for the people - have plenty of resources and chooses to instead turn their back on those who got them elected? Why do corporations turn off their morals when they dump thousands of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, knowing their grandchildren will have to live with those consequences?

These are the ideas I want to explore here. The false consciousness brought by corporations who have billionaire stakeholders to protect. The class of American's in the top 1% have quite a way with tricking the 99% - the working class - to do their bidding. But we aren't that dumb.

That's why we're here. To validate our desires for a more equitable United States. To inspire others to question the beliefs they've been raised with. To help us all remember the culture wars, and being "woke" are simply red herrings to keep us from chiseling away at the severe and growing class imbalance we've gotten too comfortable with.

Looking forward to diving deep into these issues.

Hope you do too.