/lit/ - Literature

>>16253530

I grew up in a very small and tight knit farming community, kind of like the mennonites mixed with the JWs.

I left in February, got a job, moved out, got my own car, and apartment. It's been about 6-7 months out of it now. I have to say for how much I chafed under all the traditional rules, secular american culture is far more authoritarian and oppressive, mostly in practical economic terms. In the church, everything was basically provided for: food stipend, healthcare, housing, and transportation. Whatever money members made was put into a pot and distributed as needed. It worked because everyone knew each other and fraud would be very hard to disguise. The system was cheaper, and had better outcomes than whatever you get outside. I'll write more about this tomorrow.

One quick thing to take away, is that if you are feeling alienated and like things aren't right with how the world is, your feelings are absolutely valid, and are the correct response to your environment. Don't let people gaslight you into thinking that the current system is one hospitable to human life

>>15928873
>>15928871
>large corporations regular claim to be pro human rights in the us
>regularly get found to be using slave labor in Asian countries
Yeah man they’re a bunch of faggots and people that support them are faggots too