Creator shares ideas and philosophy on self-reliance vs consumerismfrom @bradley.thor

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If I only had ninety days, I'd probably post a math video that taught people how many times a million goes into a billion. That's not quite it. No. I'd try to get an app developer. To start an app that just objectively posts and shows you what each politician in our government best in on a day to day basis and make it just a very simple swipe and show. And then right next to their name, it would have a click button that shows you how they voted on each recent bill. No. No. I know. I would make a page that just shows you how much money it would take to end hunger or homelessness or solve health care in America and then list all the people that could afford to solve that. If I had ninety days I would find my favorite cooking better, tell her to do a collaboration with McDonald's, and then use the money from the collaboration to open up her own burger shop right down the street from a McDonald's. If I had ninety days I would teach all of my followers that we can easily change the two party system if we just vote in the primaries. It's really not much of a task. If I had ninety days, I would tell you that a chicken only worst $2.15, and I actually didn't know the price of eggs went up because of the bird flu. If I had ninety days, I would try to tell you that it's a way better idea to spend a year trying to buy some solar panels and never have to pay for my lights to be on again than it is to spend that same money you would have earned on the nicest newest car just to keep up with the Joneses on the block. And I would tell you that my garden stresses me out quite a bit, but my salads don't. You see, I'm flattered. A lot of people said, Thorn, we're so proud of you. We didn't know you had a voice. We didn't know you had these things to say, and it was so sweet, and I really do appreciate that. But you see, when I chop wood, it warms me the first time when I'm chopping it. It warms me the second time when I'm burning it inside of my home, and it warms my heart. The third tier, when I remember that my foundational needs are not in the hands of the US government. So if I had ninety days, I would spend the next eighty nine of them telling you that if we're forced to play this game of capitalism, please don't buy into the idea that the social aspect of wealth is important. Wherever we go, wherever you choose, whatever app you hop on, Can we, in some capacity, teach each other that wealth is not where you rank in the system? It's how far away from it you can get.