Spring is here. I have been enjoying watching the flowers grow. I have been envisioning a world in which we can all enjoy watching the flowers grow.
Heaven only knows
Cause I don’t understand
Won’t you tell me please
What’s the master plan?
Dear Comrades,
One thing I have been thinking about is collective liberation. I have also been thinking about Universal Basic Income. What if we did not have a society which required us to set up our lives around the pursuit and hoarding of money?
What if our needs were met by society? What if society served us, rather than us having to serve society, as we currently do? What if we all had secure food, healthcare, and housing?
To what would we dedicate our lives? By which I mean, with our needs met, how would we tend to our wants and desires? I dedicate myself to my poetry and my writing, and I dedicate my life to collective liberation.
Everybody wants to scrutinize
Redefine who you are
But every person is a star
So let your light shine far
As we make our way towards collective liberation, we are still subject and subjected to capitalism. For me, this is the most frustrating part. I am required to direct my attention and work simultaneously in opposing directions.
I teach courses as a way to move in multiple directions at once. What if we could depend and rely on food, healthcare, and housing security? How would we shape our lives?
Would we return our sight to the environment? Would we return our sights to our communities? Would we return our sights to each other?
If you free them
They will start revolution and Babylon cannot defeat them
And they don’t want that
And they don’t want that
And they don’t want that
If you free them
They will start revolution and Babylon cannot defeat them
Mind revolution
Mind revolution
I abhor having to perform for money. I abhor that everyone around me has to do so, too. I wish we could all simply and just be free together.
I wish we would all realize that we can put it all down immediately. We can immediately pick up our freedom. It can be done in our lifetimes.
I would rather live for collective liberation than die for capitalism. I wish we could see how much power we have to free ourselves. I wish we would understand the first step to freeing ourselves comes from within.
Love, Ryan <3
We hold the key deep in our souls
But we are living a lie on the surface y’all
What's the purpose of living lies
Somebody tell me
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Slowing down allows me to more fully experience the small moments which make life worth living. I envision a world in which we can all slow down and experience such moments together. Let’s walk into a collectively liberated future together.
