SaltSong

That's the thing. You don't have to pick up the phone. You don't have to answer the text until you are ready.

Anyone who acts like they are entitled to an instant response is wrong, unless you agree with them.

You may have to do a little expectation management, but you'll be happier once you've done a bit of it.

Tell me when the training module covers "penguin stages mutiny."

I prefer the real Enterprise.

And what happens when he does it anyway?

“I’m sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.”

And we want it to be the way we want it to be, and we are the ones who put money in your pocket.

I agree with you that the systems we have built keep the powerful in power. That's what they get out of the deal.

But the point of civilization has less to do with them, and more to do with interactions between regular people. If I have a dispute with you, for example, over some property, we can call on lawyers, police, regulatory bodies and similar to help us settle our dispute. We maybe don't like the resolution, but, by and large, we accept it.

Without those systems, I could just beat you up, and take the property for myself. You're only real option would be to kill me, and take it back.

Similar, we can do things like vote out our leaders, or move to other places. We have options besides burning down the castle, or setting up a guillotine.

Civilization is about giving us that alternative.

That's wife material, that is.

Not helping.

Nothing got hijacked, “civilization” structured around the threat of violence was exploitative from the start.

It's not a threat of violence, it's a preferable alternative to violence, for both sides. Revolts aren't great for those in power, but they are catastrophic for a significant number of those not in power.

And you are missing mine.