Well… a picture is (allegedly) worth a thousand words, so I guess it makes sense that this lil 45 second video has me sorting through multiple thousands of them to try and explain what I’ve been going through. And how I’ve been getting through. And who I’ve been seeing through. (And damn! That’s a bar.) Ultimately, I’m just… weary. Not at all of well-doing, but very much so of all the commentary from the well-actually commentators who have literally made it their business (their actual factual job) to spend their lives talking about how other people are living theirs.
We are being distracted to and from death.
I this theory… if you wouldn’t do what you’re doing if less than 10… wait - let’s make this biblical and say 12. If you wouldn’t do what you’re doing if only 12 (or less) people consistently supported you - you’re doing it for the capitalism AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FINE, but be for real and be honest. First, foremost and especially with yourself. Because there are a lot of people cosplaying as aspiring world changers right now — pretending they’re doing what they’re doing because they really want things to be different, but every time they get the chance, as soon as they get it, they do things the old way. They softball the questions and soften the language, they try to find middle ground with election deniers and PDF hiders, they give air to and circulate hateful rhetoric under the guise of “commenting” on it, they talk about what Trump’s probably gonna do next, then shrug their shoulders and keep talking, talking, talking - because they don’t want to be revolutionary, they just want to be on the record.
I don’t believe anything is true because it’s in the bible, I believe a lot of things are in the bible because they are true. Life AND death are in the power of the tongue. Both. All the time. So all that talk you’re talking — what is it bringing to life? And what is it putting to death?
I’ve got other stuff I have to get done today, so I’m not gonna get all the way on my soapbox, but I will say: Likes and follows are the crypto-currency of social capitalism. Woe to you content creators who are unprepared in all ways for the day when the internet goes dark. Who aren’t gonna know who you are, what to feed your ego or how to measure your worth when there are no likes to be counted.
And who are gonna find yourselves stranded with people who don’t share your worldview because you got so caught up in getting as many people as possible to like you, that you never got around to getting connected with the people like you. Because that’s what this time is about. I’m sure of it. We’re supposed to be strengthening our root systems. Moving closer to our core, away from the surface.
And that’s what good people is all about. Getting to the core, traveling away from the surface. Because a lot of y’all are bullshitting and wasting time. Purposely having the same arguments today that you’ve been having FOR YEARS and claiming that it’s purposeful. It’s not. There’s no purpose… well, no good purpose in arguing with anyone about whether or not Christians can be Democrats. You might as well argue about whether or not the earth is round. In fact, I’d rather speak with and spend time with a flat-earther because — who cares? What is this obsession we have with making sure everyone agrees on stuff that has zero effect on day-to-day life? Just let it be. If you don’t believe Christians can be Democrats, bless your heart. And stay away from me. Because you’re an idiot and I don’t need or want you on my team. In fact, the only thing I would ever want less than you on my team, is for me to be on your team. Because it’s just labels. And at this point, all the sticky is gone, so it’s just tiny sheets we use to paper over all the truth that’s just underneath. And just underneath is exactly where good people lives.
good people
the name of the game and the only folks who can play
good people take turns placing choice cards into 2 worlds. // Each choice shifts the balance, as neither world ever gets more than one ahead. // Along the way, action cards, disrupt things, shifting ideas, resources, and alliances. // When the worlds are complete, all good people decide which world they want to live in and why.
I make games, y’all! And this is the first one I’m sharing. So get over to janicelagata.com/goodpeople now, so later, you can reminisce about you were one of the first to recognize its worth when it first came out.
