About violence

We think in terms of someone losing their temper and hitting someone. But violence comes in many forms. Psychological violence, physical violence, financial violence, spiritual violence…

When we enslave people into so much debt and anchor them to a job–how is that anything other than violence?

If the choice is to work or starve–how is that even a choice?

There are a lot of ways to contribute to a culture than just for a paycheck. In fact, there are many more valuable ways to spend our time. But that is something that isn’t even a topic of conversation in our culture today. Because it is assumed that you need a job to be productive. Yet, deep down, many of us know that to be productive doesn’t mean working a job.