Collective Resistance Requires Healing: Taking Our Power Back from the Parasite Class

The United States has never had a real reckoning with power. Not in any meaningful way. People talk about revolutions, resistance, and change, but at its core, the country remains in the grip of a parasitic class that feeds off collective submission. What we are witnessing today—people hanging onto every word from men like Elon Musk and Donald Trump—is a symptom of a larger sickness: a nation suffering from collective Stockholm Syndrome.

Musk, the so-called “innovator,” recently called poor people parasites—an ironic statement from a man who has sucked billions in taxpayer money, profited from government subsidies, and exploited labor at every turn. Yet, people still worship him. Trump, a man born into wealth, has convinced the working class that he represents them—while making sure the rich get richer and the poor get more desperate. These figures, and others like them, do not care about the masses. They never have. Their wealth depends on the continued obedience, distraction, and cowardice of the population.

Why Has the U.S. Not Fought Back?

It is easy to look at other nations that have risen up against oppressive systems and wonder: Why not here? Why do Americans tolerate this abuse? The answer is layered, but it boils down to: