I have -$2.19 in my Bank of America SafeBalance checking account. I just called Bank of America to reinstate the Overdraft Protection I thought I had previously deactivated so I could plunge myself deeper into debt to buy food for today.

The kind and realistic customer service person–let’s call them Steve–gave me my options. One of the options was a loan and the other was *not* reinstating Overdraft Protection as the Bank of America account I have does not allow for that feature.

After Steve gave me my options–which simply were not helpful–I took a big sigh and said, “Ah, no worries, we are all victims of capitalism.”

To my great surprise, Steve bounced back my anti-capitalist sentiments with an antidote about how they used to be where I am–and much worse off. Steve was so much worse off that they still have imposter syndrome to this day as they wear their suit and tie to work in the “belly of the beast”, as they put it.

As I grow older and consider how precious human life is, enough to say that I am against the death penalty (anti-abortion-rights losers, this is not for you), I find myself questioning whether there are different, less lethal ways to seek freedom. I wouldn’t say I’m more likely to wield a paintbrush or a sewing needle with war around me, but those avenues of aid would be my first choice and have been my first choice. Perhaps, when the time comes for the people of the world to finally imagine a path to freedom and seize it violently en masse, I’ll be a benefactor, a painter documenting the times, a sewist mending uniforms, a strategist, or a mathematician before I take up arms.

Bank of America Can Go To Hell

Under the Right Circumstances, We Can All Become Murderers, but We Have Choice in the Matter