Entitlement and Gratitude

This is my first video with homework assignments, let me know if you like the more interactive style and want me to make more workshop-style videos!
I forgot to give a credit to my newest patron JAMES FINLAY sorry buddy it wont happen again
References and Further Reading:
- Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown
- Emergent Strategy by Adrianne Marie Brown
- Why Does He Do That by Lundy Bancroft
- Columbus and Other Cannibals by Jack D. Forbes
Assignment 1:
In a journal or word document, answer the following questions:
1) What is something that you feel every human being should be entitled to that you do not have access to? (examples might be: leisure and rest, healthy food, access to nature, education, a living wage)
2) What is something that you have access to that humans in general are not entitled to? (ex: privileges that stem from social position, generational wealth, access to goods produced through labour exploitation)
Assignment 2:
Take 5 minutes (or more) and write down at least 12 things you can think of to be grateful for. Challenge yourself to think of things you don't usually appreciate.
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[@williamchristensen7354]

This is so wonderfully balanced!

[@Rawrz013]

thank you for posting this!! ive never really seen someone so mindfully connect how entitlement and gratitude can work together in different ways. its a v healing feeling starting point. i feel like i can share this w folks in many different ways. i have a gratitude journal ive been working on since the beginning of the year and will be adding lots to it today!! :))

[@sleepyzebra11]

Wow Lane, thanks so much for sharing this with us. Its so cool to see you grow here, each video is more kickass than the last, cant wait to see whats next ✌😉

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Thank you for this video. It's a lot to think about.

[@Lycandros]

Capitalism is Wendigo?

[@CircleATattoo]

I'm not an expert in Wendigo/Wetiko by any means, and I highly recommend reading Columbus and Other Cannibals to explore Forbes' idea of the Wendigo. But essentially his idea is that people who perpetuate violence, and especially people who administrate or oversee violence that they have others conduct on their behalf, are Windigos, or people possessed by a cannibalistic spirit. This is something I've seen referenced by other Indigenous comrades as well, referring to colonizers as Wendigo. But it's not a blanket thing like "white people = Wendigo," Wendigo as I understand it is the spirit that moves through the world and possesses people and turns them into Wendigos. So anyone regardless of social position can become a Wendigo if they are working in service of violent/cannibalistic interests.

[@Lycandros]

Also a song that touches on a lot of these thoughts by A Tribe Called Red that I love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZnPfKaVaLiloJI