{"id":31,"date":"2026-08-06T08:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brentpeters.me\/wiki\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=31"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:25:38","slug":"feminism-is-the-future","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/brentpeters.me\/wiki\/knowledge-base\/general\/feminism-is-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminism is the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"s1\">Feminism, in its truest form, is simply the ethic of protecting rights for all life \u2014 a broad, egalitarian responsibility closer to the logic of veganism than to any narrow social category.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>We live in an age of cerebral\u2011masculine dominance\u2014an energy imbalance where hyper\u2011rational, controlling systems suppress intuition, emotion, and feminine wisdom. It shows up as disconnection from self and others, misogynistic structures, bullying, gaslighting, food\u2011or\u2011sleep deprivation, and coercive loops that keep the impoverished trapped in despair. Concrete signs include being swatted for honest expression, having privacy invaded, persistent undermining of basic needs, and a societal \u201cquickening\u201d that prizes speed and control over care and coherence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div draggable=\"false\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">The Wendigo is a mythological figure from Indigenous North American folklore, symbolizing greed, consumption, and the dangers of isolation. It is depicted as a gaunt, emaciated being with an insatiable hunger, representing the consequences of unchecked consumption and the loss of humanity. The Wendigo story warns against greed, overconsumption, resource exploitation, and environmental degradation.<\/div>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">The world needs feminism and socialism (including ecofeminism), ideas often resisted structurally within the United States. Modern society exhibits cerebral dominance: CNS over PNS, masculine-mode cognition over feminine-mode cognition. This imbalance resembles a distorted yin\/yang dynamic.<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The solution is heart\u2011mind-axis alignment: speak from the heart, see with the heart, let love abide, stay humble and dedicated.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><strong>Part I: A Guiding Framework for a &#8216;Post-Wendigo&#8217; World<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">(Feminist? Yes \u2014 but more precisely: Ecofeminist Systems Stewardship)<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">This is the philosophical antidote to patriarchal capitalism, cognitive overload, and the Wendigo.<\/p>\r\n<ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\">The Principle of Ecological Reciprocity. Consumption must be cyclical, not linear. Systems must give back more than they take. Human flourishing is impossible in a cannibalized ecosystem. This is the anti-Wendigo axiom.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\">The Principle of Cognitive Balance. A society that runs exclusively on masculine-mode cognition becomes brittle, extractive, and spiritually starved. A regenerative society uses the masculine mode for structure and clarity; uses the feminine mode for meaning, coherence, and relational intelligence; and designs environments where the feminine mode can emerge rather than be aggressively scheduled. This is the antidote to the \u201ccognitive city with tiny emotional parks.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\">The Principle of Embodied Sovereignty. People must have time, rest, bodily autonomy, emotional bandwidth, and freedom from constant surveillance and manipulation. Without these, humans become exploitable, distractible, and disconnected from intuition \u2014 perfect prey for Wendigo-systems.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\">The Principle of Anti-Domination. The domination of women, nature, workers, the subconscious, the body, and the future are all the exact same pattern. A regenerative framework dismantles domination wherever it appears.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,4,0\">The Principle of Relational Wealth. The opposite of capitalist scarcity is not abundance \u2014 it\u2019s relationship. Relational wealth includes community, trust, shared meaning, interdependence, emotional safety, and collective memory. This is the immune system of a healthy society.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,5,0\">The Principle of Slow Cycles. Human biology is slow, rhythmic, and cyclical. Modernity is fast, linear, and extractive. A regenerative society reintroduces slowness, protects downtime, honors cycles, and designs for rest, not just productivity. This is how you restore the parasympathetic \u201cpark\u201d inside the cognitive city.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,6,0\">The Principle of Stewardship Over Extraction. Stewardship is the opposite of the Wendigo. It means caring for the systems you depend on, designing for future generations, refusing to treat people or nature as consumables, and building structures that heal rather than deplete.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><strong>Part II \u2014 The Diagnosis (Why This Framework is Necessary)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The Legend of the Wendigo: The Wendigo is a mythological creature from Indigenous North American folklore, symbolizing greed, consumption, and the dangers of isolation. Often depicted as a gaunt, emaciated figure with an insatiable hunger for human flesh, it represents the consequences of unchecked consumption and the loss of humanity. It serves as a cautionary tale about the destructive nature of overconsumption, resource exploitation, and environmental degradation.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Modern life is overwhelmingly driven by masculine-mode dominance (linear, sequential, goal-oriented, logic-driven) at the expense of the feminine mode (intuitive, contextual, relational, embodied). We live in a &#8220;cognitive city&#8221; where the parasympathetic nervous system is relegated to tiny, scheduled &#8220;emotional parks.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">The symptoms of this systemic illness are all around us:<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">Algorithmic &amp; Tech Abuse: Neurocolonialism, big data surveillance, addiction to feeds, and algorithmic manipulation replacing genuine connection.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">Socioeconomic Exploitation: Hyperfinancialization, the commodification of time, patriarchal capitalism, and a &#8220;hand to mouth&#8221; existence designed to maintain control.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Cultural Fragmentation: A loneliness epidemic, manufactured culture wars, reflexive identity politics, and deep distrust as the default.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">Ecological Collapse: Cancerous pollution, increased microplastics, and the consumption of multiple planets&#8217; worth of resources.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">Psychological Toll: Ego fatigue, spiritual numbness, learned helplessness, and trading long-term health for short-term gain.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">The Objectification of Women: A byproduct of an out-of-control frontier mindset that enforces rigid gender roles and reduces human beings to consumable objects.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"17\">These are not separate issues. They are expressions of the same underlying imbalance: Masculine-mode runaway + Feminine-mode starvation + Wendigo-logic of infinite consumption.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\"><strong>Part III \u2014 The Solution Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19\">Here are the actionable pillars \u2014 the blueprint for building a regenerative society.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"20\">A. Rebalance Cognitive Modes &#8211; in Institutions Design workplaces, schools, and technologies that allow for nonlinear time, protect rest, reduce cognitive load, encourage intuition, value emotional labor, and slow down decision cycles. This is feminist systems design.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"21\">B. Rebuild Economic Systems Around Care and Regeneration &#8211; Align with ecofeminist and socialist principles: ensure universal basic needs, cooperative ownership, regenerative agriculture, circular economies, and the decommodification of health, housing, and time. The opposite of Wendigo-capitalism is care-based economics.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"22\">C. Restore Embodied Autonomy &#8211; Ensure time away from screens, sovereignty over attention, protection from manipulative algorithms, and environments that support parasympathetic recovery. This rebuilds intuition and emotional coherence.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"23\">D. Reweave Community and Collective Meaning &#8211; Counter loneliness and fragmentation by creating shared rituals, building local networks, designing communal spaces, and fostering genuine interdependence.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"24\">E. Re-spiritualize Daily Life Without Dogma &#8211; Foster embodiment, meaning, connection, and awe. This counters escapism, nihilism, addiction, and ego-driven consumption. It restores the atmospheric intelligence of the feminine mode.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"25\">F. De-weaponize Technology and Reduce Technological Escalation &#8211; Shift from surveillance to transparency, from manipulation to empowerment, from extraction to augmentation, and from addiction to agency. Technology must serve human rhythms, not override them.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"25\">G. Go Vegan and Do No Harm as a guiding factor<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"26\"><strong>Part IV \u2014 The Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"27\">Feminism is necessary, but as a standalone term, it is not sufficient for the scope of this crisis. The framework is Regenerative Ecofeminist Systems Stewardship.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"28\">This is a worldview that integrates ecofeminism, systems thinking, cognitive ecology, anti-ubercapitalism analysis, embodied autonomy, relational ethics, yin\/yang balance, and anti-Wendigo awareness. It is feminism expanded into a planetary, systemic, and cognitive philosophy.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"29\"><strong>Part V \u2014 Guiding Truths<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"30\">\u201cDesign systems where the feminine mode can breathe, the Earth can heal, and the human nervous system can return to rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"31\">That is the antidote to the Wendigo. That is the antidote to patriarchal capitalism. That is the antidote to cognitive overload. That is the antidote to loneliness, exploitation, addiction, and despair. And it is the foundation for a humane future.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Achieving true sustainability and collective healing requires more than incremental policy changes; it demands a moral and spiritual awakening. A feminist future fundamentally rejects the patriarchal model of extractive conquest, replacing it with a planetary systems worldview rooted in cooperation, stewardship, and a nondiscriminatory safety net. This is not a race to a finish line, but a human journey\u2014a dance of systemic transformation.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Fear-based governance inevitably leads to division, exploitation, and suffering. Integrating a practical political framework means recognizing societal dysfunction not just as a failure of policy, but as a spiritual illness that requires compassion, courage, and collective healing.<\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Eco Over Ego<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">True sustainability requires feminist and socialist policies\u2014ideas that have historically been resisted at a structural level. We must deliver universal basic services, including housing, healthcare, transit, and internet access, ensuring that people are empowered to live simply and freely. Ethical consumption becomes possible when the baseline allows us to live simply so that others may simply live.<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\">Economic Equity: Implement Universal Basic Income (UBI), Green New Deal jobs, and child savings accounts funded by reversing tax cuts for the wealthy. Eliminate student debt and provide free public education.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\">A New Economy: Support worker-owned, anti-extractive enterprises led by women and marginalized communities. Transition toward a closed-loop economic system.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\">Reallocated Priorities: Shift bloated defense budgets to climate resilience, diplomacy, community care, and abolitionist frameworks. A localized starting point would be launching a California Peace Corps to model nonviolent, cooperative civic interventions.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">We are fundamentally part of the environment\u2014a genetic and planetary whole. Moving away from reductionism requires embracing holistic, &#8220;whole-in-the-donut&#8221; thinking.<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\">Indigenous Wisdom: Center indigenous knowledge and sustainability practices, echoing the ethos of <i data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"98\">Braiding Sweetgrass<\/i>. This includes commitments to reparations, affirmative action, and native Land Back initiatives.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\">Climate Action: Replace fossil-fuel dependence entirely with closed-loop renewable energy systems, halt all new fossil fuel projects, and ban fracking. Appoint world-class environmentalists to lead the EPA, mandate &#8220;true cost&#8221; labeling to internalize externalities, and ban key pollutants.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\">Technology for Earth: Leverage AI for Earth and responsible climate engineering, maintaining strict alignment with planetary health.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">To build a feminist future, we must actively dismantle the architectures of toxic masculinity: the misogyny, irrational phobias, emotional suppression, and violent obsession with domination and ownership that yield dangerously low impulse control.<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"13\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\">Relational Healing: Provide robust support to help women escape abusive relationships, while simultaneously helping men out of conditions of &#8220;electroapathy&#8221; and spiritual isolationism.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\">Reproductive &amp; Physical Justice: Expand reproductive justice infrastructure and establish strict anti-objectification standards across society. Enforce universal healthcare, universal background checks, and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\">Physical Health: Restrict the marketing of processed foods and prioritize toxin reduction in our shared environments to safeguard both physical and psychological well-being.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">Our digital ecosystems are currently optimized for extraction. A feminist approach to technology requires algorithms designed for health rather than exploitation.<\/p>\r\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"16\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\">Digital Ecology: Dismantle the greyware traps, addictive loops, and manipulative advertising models that exploit human intuition.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\">Media Cooperatives: Fund decentralized media cooperatives that replace rage-bait with nuanced, optimistic storytelling.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\">The ultimate solution is a shift in how we experience our own agency. As Marianne Williamson notes, <i data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"100\">\u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19\">Living freely means taking the time to nurture yourself without the burden of artificial masters. It requires fostering a psychology of curiosity and awe, finding healing in engaging work and flow states. There is abundant hope in grounded neuroplasticity\u2014the understanding that both our neural pathways and our built systems can change. By connecting deeply with the environment and society, we avoid becoming &#8220;single-use souls&#8221;\u2014individuals rendered oblivious to deeper time, meaning, and their own soul trajectory. Instead, we can choose love as a way of life.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Modern life is overwhelmingly masculine-mode dominant:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">abstraction<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">optimization<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">scheduling<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">metrics<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">productivity<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">digital cognition<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">linear time<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">constant forward motion<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">The feminine mode does not thrive under scheduling. It is nonlinear, emergent, ambient, relational, slow, and cyclical. It cannot be forced into calendar blocks without losing its essence.<\/div>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">Masculine Mode:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Linear<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Sequential<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Goal-oriented<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Boundary-setting<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Logic, structure, classical computation<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\u201cMove forward, define, decide\u201d<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Feminine Mode:<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Intuitive<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Contextual<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Relational<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Pattern-sensing<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Embodied, emotional, atmospheric<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\u201cFeel into, connect, integrate\u201d<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<div draggable=\"false\" data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><strong>Observed metatrends and concerns:<\/strong><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Distrust as default; algorithmic manipulation; prediction and surveillance; \u201clease on life\u201d dynamics tied to class struggle and mobility<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Big data used for invasive advertising; &#8216;neurocolonialism&#8217;<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Fear, selfishness, ignorance; problems seem unsolvable; post-truth era<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Inbuilt, systemic, infectious greed<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Capitalism stresses humans; signal overload<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Systems that make people selfish about survival; artificial scarcity<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Negative views of technologists as well as the religious resulting from predatory capitalist class dynamics<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Hyperfinancialization; needs and wants competing for time<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\u201cThe quickening\u201d &#8211; an area-to-point class of issues<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Commodification of workers; time treated as a resource<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Us vs Them dynamics; identity politics; meme warfare; culture war<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Trading long-term health for short-term gain<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Reduced scale of perception; escapism<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Mundane work leading to antispirituality; addiction to feeds<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Sacrificing health for gain; high stress; waste; low energy<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Living under surveillance<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Pollution; microplastics; disproportionate cancer rates<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Ego fatigue; low patience<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Passive attention; constant distraction<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Concern over fiat currency; feeling of feeding abusive patterns<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Worker-employment divide; quasi-enslavement; dependence on low-quality jobs; pointless work<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Patriarchal capitalism and entrenchment; pettiness.<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Fostered dependence; learned helplessness<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Operating under Mutually Assured Destruction<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Pushovers, &#8216;useful idiots&#8217;, and &#8216;group betrayal&#8217; often motivated by personal ego and greed<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Loneliness epidemic<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Wendigo dynamics; pursuit of ego rather than something greater<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Bureaucrats designing unwinnable wars. Financialization of conflict.<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Concerns over free speech; censorship; lack of hope<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Women reduced to sex objects; harmful objectification; enforced gender roles; &#8216;out-of-control frontier mindset&#8217;<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">People tricked into overlooking externalities; Wendigo as figurative and literal cancer<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Constant stress; no time to introspect; increased manipulability<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Convenience becoming dependence; reinforcing patriarchal capitalism<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Capitalist socioeconomics keeping people dependent on abusive providers<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">\u201cLiving in the moment\u201d tied to living hand-to-mouth; exploited by capitalists<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Manufactured addictions as a hallmark of ubercapitalism\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li draggable=\"false\">\r\n<div draggable=\"false\">Consumption at a rate requiring multiple planets\u2019 worth of resources<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feminism, in its truest form, is simply the ethic of protecting rights for all life \u2014 a broad, egalitarian responsibility closer to the logic of veganism than to any narrow social category. 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