on this walk i thought about kids dogs and oligarchs. i thought, kids and dogs have a sense of fairness and the common good—not always, but way more than the oligarchs. there were always kids who had no concept of sharing, and some dogs who had to fight for food in their early life. i think the bullies suffer themselves too. they were corrupted by a system that corrupts the heart. but i wonder why we tolerate and even support the oligarchs who care only for themselves and get their kicks from cruelty and power over others. in neoliberal capitalism practically everyone is the other. is it a question of scale? i don't think so, the micro of the park and the playground is the macro of the world. that being said i want to believe in something beyond war and spiritual exhaustion and environmental collapse. i want to believe we can pick up the pieces and go home.