Tessa Fights Robots (Philosophy, Health, Spirit)

Tessa Fights Robots (Philosophy, Health, Spirit)

Broken People, Isms, and Great Reset

I often get into conversations about isms.

Tessa Fights Robots
Mar 01, 2021
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Photo by Mick Haupt via Unsplash

I wrote this story about brokenness and economic systems as I was thinking about the Great Reset and the strange luck of living through a massive, global religious and economic reform, something I’ve never thought I would have to deal with in my lifetime.

I often get into conversations about isms. Some people believe that all evils come from capitalism. Some people believe that the Great Reset is evil because it’s communist.

My feeling is that the problem is much deeper. I have observed and experienced seemingly opposing systems that none the less maimed the spirit, and it seems like broken behaviors come from broken hearts—and that people tend to use any available ism or system to justify whatever they want to do. (Not to mention that “communism for broken people” is really just a super monopolistic “capitalism for broken people,” with more convoluted distribution models and clever marketing campaigns).

For instance, there are people who pursue scienc…

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