A Latte a Day

Keeps our heart rate up while we're trapped working within an unchecked capitalist system, but they're damn good 

[alatteaday]

Money controls the world

Humans control money

Sex controls humans

[alatteaday]

Stoner Corporate Employee Tip #1

Coffee before the morning bowl. BEFORE. Timing could not be more critical here.

[justasadlittledoctor]

One of the most insidious ways capitalism has manipulated people is by convincing everyone that Americans are lazy. All of them. Just as a people. Apparently it's just a universal character flaw. And it's not just Americans who believe this about themselves; it's a global stereotype: the fat, lazy American that just can't be bothered.

When in reality, most people in America are over-worked, over-exerted working class being exploited by the bourgeois, and they shouldn't be mocked, belittled, and made to feel guilty for the relatively minuscule actions they take to make their lives just a little bit easier, like buying pre-cut and pre-packed fruit, or ordering an automatic can opener off an infomercial.

[alatteaday]

[alatteaday]

Paternalism

/pəˈtərnlˌizəm/

noun

The policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates' supposed best interest

[alatteaday]

A Latte a Day

Makes me happy for about an hour before I crash and remember we're all miserable, existing in a late-stage capitalist hellscape. When the existential dread comes back full force I try to focus on the small things that actually bring me joy: a latte, my favorite movie, a joint, a good workout. Anything to release those endorphins. Or to numb myself? Is there a difference?

I have struggled with depression in the past, but that's not what this is. It feels like every young person I know is experiencing this collective existential depression based in the sheer difficulty of living a life under these wildly oppressive systems. Being a human being was never supposed to be this difficult. Why don't older generations understand this? Human beings are not supposed to exist like this. None of us asked to be here, and we're all just doing our best.