Asleep
The protests are everywhere. The chants, the signs, the public grieving — we know this drill by heart. And yes, I’ll stand there too, but this is the aftermath. The fight was lost long before the marches began. The Supreme Court flipped because too many people stayed home when it counted. The warning signs were there — seats, appointments, nominations — and still, voting felt optional. Too complicated, too imperfect, too inconvenient. But that’s when the work happens. Power moves when nobody’s paying attention. And by the time the court hands down its ruling, all that’s left is rage. Rage is easy. The hard part was showing up when it still mattered.
We’ve become addicted to this cycle — paralyzed when we have leverage, performative once it’s gone. We march after we lose. We hashtag after the decision. We chant into the void and pretend it’s resistance, but it’s grief management. The house was on fire long before we started screaming.
Calculated
And corporate hell? It’s the same pathology. The man who hijacks his team, bulldozes meetings, takes what isn’t his — this isn’t accidental behavior. It’s deliberate. Calculated. And when he finally gets called out, here comes the show: the public apology, the vulnerability script, the “I’m learning” routine. He isn’t sorry. He’s cornered. And he knows exactly how to flip the narrative to buy himself a redemption arc. The damage stays while he gets credit for self-reflection.
We keep falling for it. We confuse rehearsed regret with accountability. But this isn’t growth — it’s strategy. They do it because it works. They harm, apologize, reset, repeat. And every time we congratulate their “progress,” we clear the runway for their next offense. They’re not repentant. They’re repellent.
This is the sickness. In politics. In corporate hell. Everywhere. Don’t act when it matters. Perform outrage after the fact. Expect applause for showing up late to the fire you helped start. I’m not clapping. And Bitches, neither should you. Call it while it’s happening. That’s where the power is. Everything else is theater.