I Lost Them
I lost them to "God".
I lost them to alcoholism. And then I lost them to the grift that is AA and Alanon.
I lost them to "The Secret", manifesting emptiness and more grifting.
I lost them to crystals, outdated planetary positions, forgotten signs in favor of trends, and "healing light".
I lost them to sickness and death because they didn't believe in science.
I lost them to racism.
I lost them to MAGA
I lost them to Capitalism, Patriarchy and the status quo.
I lost them to Zionism.
Sickness and Death are normal and as humans we learn to cope with the natural losses life brings.
Losing someone to harmful propaganda is like being surrounded by zombies capable of making one choice: to sacrifice their empathy and critical thinking just so they, as an individual living in a human society, can FEEL good regardless (and in some cases in spite of) of how it affects others.
I'm so tired of grieving the loss of other people's empathy, the demise of critical thinking and basic humanity around me.
