WE ARE A MANTRA. ALMOST A PRAYER, BUT TO NOTHING REMOTELY BENEVOLENT OR MAGNIFICENT IN THIS CONSUMER CULTURE. IT’S ALL CYCLICAL, NOTHING MATTERS AND THE SUN WILL STILL RISE IN THE MORNING. ITS THE BACKGROUND AMBIENCE THATS ALWAYS SNEAKING AROUND THE CORNERS OF YOUR MIND. WE GET UP AND WORK. WE BUSY OURSELVES WITH THE DAY TO DAY. WE GO TO SLEEP AND REPEAT IT OVERANDOVERANDOVERANDOVERANDOVER

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OR YH5D IS A COLLECTIVE THOUGHT CARTEL AND INSTEAD OF HELPING YOU ADAPT TO A BROKEN SOCIETY WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE IT. YOU ARE WELCOME AT YOUR OWN RISK.

A FEW DEFINITIONS:

CARTEL: A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT MARKET PARTICIPANTS WHO COLLUDE WITH EACH OTHER TO IMPROVE THEIR PROFITS AND DOMINATE THE MARKET.

MARKET PARTICIPANTS: THIS IS YOU, THIS IS ME. WE SELL OUR LABOR, WE COMMODIFY OUR PSYCHES, THE PRODUCTIVITY MANTRA HAS US TURNING EVERYTHING INTO A HUSTLE. WE CANT BREAK THE MARKET YET BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE PARTICIPATE IN IT.

COLLUDE: THE FORMING OF A NON-COMPETITIVE, SECRET, AND SOMETIMES ILLEGAL AGREEMENT BTWN RIVALS WHICH ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT THE MARKET’S EQUILIBRIUM. INSTEAD OF COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER WE CONSPIRE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GAIN AN UNFAIR MARKET ADVANTAGE. (THE MARKET HAS NEVER BEEN FAIR TO US, WE KNOW THIS, WE FEEL THIS AND NOW WE PLAY BY THE RULES OF THOSE AT THE TOP)

MARKET: THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION READS: A REGULAR GATHERING OF PEOPLE FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROVISIONS, LIVESTOCK AND OTHER COMMODITIES.

YH5D MARKET IS ONE IN WHICH WE REGULARLY GATHER TO BUILD COMMON WILL, EXCHANGE UNDERSTANDINGS, FRAMEWORKS, STRATEGIES ETC. TALKING IS EXCHANGED WITH LISTENING, LEARNING IS EXCHANGED WITH ACTION. THE INTERNET IS A FUCKED UP YET HOPEFUL PLACE SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN.

PROFIT: A FINANCIAL GAIN, ESPECIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BTWN THE AMOUNT EARNED AND THE AMOUNT SPENT IN BUYING, OPERATING, OR PRODUCING SOMETHING.

PROFIT, FOR US, IS AN INCREASE IN PSYCHIC AUTONOMY, MEASURED IN THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE BUILD INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY WITH OURSELVES AND OTHERS. EMPHASIS ON QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. THE MORE OUR RELATIONSHIPS DEEPEN ON THE THINGS THAT MATTER THE MORE WE PROFIT.