Powering Through

 I saw someone eating orange boba in a cup while pretending it was Nemo’s siblings.

Weirdo much?

Moving on.

I don’t know what it is about the current version of me, but I seem to really like snakes with rounded features lately instead of the pointy V-shaped vipers and cobras. Apparently baby snakes are called snakelets. Like you couldn’t make them any cuter.

Sour watermelon Starburst is my favorite candy now.

Not too long ago I managed to cheer Muffy up with my Mr. Burns meme. I’m not sure what’s going on over there to have her feeling so down. I really hope it isn’t health related, though my instincts aren’t very hopeful right now.

Crow guy — retro ninja dude — checked in on me while I was at the library.

Thanks pal.

Apparently he lives off Monster too. I actually didn’t have any today. This morning I woke up ready to rage off of five hours of sleep. I could feel it in my spine, but I just stayed in bed waiting it out.

When I finally left, I had to keep locking the front door over and over again because I almost walked out in sandals without my glasses, my bus card, or breakfast.

Yeah… I was tired.

Thankfully the bus was late so I didn’t miss it.

Work went fine today. Nothing unusual there.

But while doing my job, I ended up thinking about something.

Why do the rich trample on the poor?

It seems like an easy question.

How else would a hierarchy stay in place?

If you don’t fight to keep the number one spot, you lose it. If you want the best position, you preserve it for yourself.

Most people associate money with power and access over others. Money gets things. Money moves things. Sometimes money moves people.

It reminds me of how the rich are like powerful parents with no one to control them, not even themselves. The child or populace's life is controlled by simply by owning the resources the child needs. Wealth works the same way on a larger scale.

If you own the resources, you control the structure.

Some of the confessions that circulate about the ultra-rich sound almost surreal — like people claiming they eat babies or use their foreskins as skincare. The Epstein files. I highly doubt that a parent like that would ever listen to what a child has to say when they could just dominate them. 

Much like how a  parent often has unchecked power towards a child's wellbeing is often like how I'd imagine a wealthy maniac that fears nothing. Now granted the wealthy don't really fear the laws made for others. They're the rule makers, so there's no talking back.

Dominance, money, and family structures tend to share that same pattern.