Introduction: Lentils, Instagram, and the Illusion of Progress There comes a moment when the veil slips. For some, it’s in the soup aisle, performing humiliating mental gymnastics over whether to buy lentils or toilet paper. For others, it’s after scrolling past a tech bro sermonizing about “leveraging your value” while you wonder how to survive … Continue reading The System Isn’t Broken—It’s Working as Designed: How Wealth Inequality Became the Soul-Crushing Religion of the Modern Age