What is sanity in America?

 My answer...nonexistent.

You have to be at the very least, some level of delusional to survive the US. In my opinion, racism should be in the DSM. The foundation of the country is depraved. The people who benefit directly from what the founding fathers created have to be equally depraved to uphold and continue it. The victims of oppression here have PTSD or Stockholm syndrome. White supremacy requires a unhealthy level of cognitive dissonance. America runs on narcissism, not Dunkin'.

We are an extremely mentally ill nation. Our homelessness problem is a perfect example of this. How do we witness this everyday and "normalize" it? The amount of manufactured lack in the world's "richest" nation makes absolutely no sense. We should not have a single citizen living without access to basic human rights. But what do we do? We shame and make fun of those who are suffering the most. We question their true motives. We look down on their existence and treat them as less than human. 

As we are all tuned in to the finale of The United States of America, we are seeing some insane shit. But remember, it was all made possible by the anti-empathetic people who started it all. It was their world, black and indigenous peoples were just some squirrels trying to get some nuts I guess. 

In my most sane moments, I often think about how love really is the answer. Kindness and honesty would take us so far. But if building an equitable society means that you have to share it with black people, and you'd rather not.....well that's why I believe racism is diagnosable.

We need to do better as a nation, but most of the work lies with white people. They are the creators and charges of this place. Most of the problems in non-white communities are the result of genocide and/or oppression. So, sit with that. Mull it over for a while...honestly though. No alternative facts.

Somebody pass the Lexapro 🫠