Engaged Liberation

Engaged Liberation

Why You're Mad

& A Private Space to Connect

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Christopher Rivas
Aug 20, 2025
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“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” T.S. Eliot

You’re not mad because someone else is more famous than you. You’re mad because capitalism has tricked us into thinking everything we do has to be a performance. A competition. A product. It drains the joy, the connection, the aliveness right o…

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