I have real grief watching our country lose its integrity and soul. As any serious person should — watching democracy crumble, watching the most heartbreaking human rights violations unfold while comfortable people stay silent. Not even a word. Not even acknowledgment of those who are trying.

And honestly it tells me which of my friends would probably have my back in a crisis and which ones would quietly whisper to themselves “well, she brought it on herself” while voyeuristically watching my life unfold without lifting a finger.

The Human Industrial Complex didn’t begin in America, or Britain, or even Rome. It is very old. Older than Caesar, older than the Pharaohs, older than the ziggurats of Babylon. This is its origin story