hiya. i like topics and conversations that expand my thoughts and beliefs about reality and the unknown. like how consciousness works, or if time actually exists, or what happens before life, or who are the forces that control the world, things like that.
do you have any recommendations by black authors that have expanded or challenged your perception of life and reality? fiction or non fiction.
you would think the cognitive functions we have as human beings would make it harder to be brainwashed but when i look around at the state of the world, the things people believe, the way we treat each other…i can’t help but wonder how it could even get to these levels.
therefore reinforcing and keeping the system alive. capitalism is ass but i must admit i do like buying things. music, food, traveling. spending money is fun and it allows me to have experiences that make life more joyful.
but why can’t i find that same amount of joy or more without the desire or need to buy “things”? but then there’s the problem…you literally can’t properly live and survive without money in some way. or can you?
every little single thing costs money, it’s insane. the joke that, if they could find a way to charge for air they would is so true. i wonder what life would be like without money, if everything was just free and we just were.
and i just don’t buy the “well who would do this and how would we get that” argument dude if everyone just had the mindset of wanting to help and care for each other and making this the most fun place ever we’ll figure it out! and we already have so many solutions to many considerations, like solar paneling
this place could be so beautiful and peaceful. i know it’s possible. i just dk how to get there and honestly, if it even matters