Sean Äaberg

THE GOBLIN NEWSLETTER 10

Added 2024-07-01 17:27:38 +0000 UTC

There is this term that is thrown around these days: “Luxury Beliefs”. These are beliefs that instill a sense of elite belonging but have little or no utility. I discarded so many of these that I took from the 90s Punk scene & the Bay Area, but I didn’t have the term “Luxury Beliefs”. These days I’m looking for politicians or leaders who don’t express any outward luxury beliefs & are all about making the existing structure we have functional or even performing well. It’s about priorities. All sorts of ideas sound good & have good arguments but I’m interested in what can be put on the table. If you can only afford beans & rice, don’t get food delivered. This seems like a no-brainer to me, but so much of the class consciousness of today is poisoned with an “I can have it all” sense of entitlement. You can’t have it all. You have to put in energy to get energy out. There are some very basic rules you have to follow to make society work. Yes, America has a lot of bloat & excess, but you aren’t entitled to it. Everyone has to give in some way. Our society is broken, but we have to start opening up & trying. No one is going to do it for us. We have to do it ourselves. You should discard the idea of luxuries in general if you can’t afford them! Seems like a no-brainer & yet, there are a lot of people around me who don’t seem to get it. I’m not arguing for austerity, just priorities.