Why play by the rules when we can make them ourselves?

“You think you know better, don’t you?” is a phrase that I’ve often heard from authority figures in my life, whether it be my parents or past managers. Given my independence that only grows as time goes on and having shrugged off a “normal” job working solely for other people, I find the answer to that question is more and more obvious. Yes, I fucking do know better, and not for lack of trying.

Make your competition compete with you, rather than you compete with your competition.

We love to be fucked. Plain and simple. By our government, by our jobs, by our so-called friends who take us for granted. We want to be told want to think because critical analysis is too hard--let someone else do it. We want to be told what to do because this way we can avoid responsibility, that if we fuck up, we can just blame the person who instructed us. What a load of bullshit.

I never understood what’s so scary about having ideals, wanting to take something and make it better, to want to change oneself and the world around you. Then again, people take comfort in their routines, and all too often I’m told I ought not to rock the boat.

We live in a world where instead of people listening to understand, they listen so that they can reply.