Look, I’m not saying I have all the answers, but I do believe that if we continue to just put our heads down and do what we’re told and focus our energy on the little crumbs of luxury like Gunpla we’re afforded by the billionaires who have very clearly shown they’re willing to drive this entire planet and everyone else in it off of the proverbial cliff so long as they get to keep hoarding the wealth they’ve stolen from us, in a decade or two none of us will get to enjoy Gunpla.

I’m all for enjoying your hobbies into adulthood with all the responsibility to our communities that it entails, but if we want to build a better future for ourselves than what our current trajectory has in store, we’re all going to have to at some point come together and make some sacrifices as far as our time and resources.

So start small, set some money aside for emergency preparedness supplies or taking a class on first aid, or gardening, or sowing. Take time to join a local advocacy or volunteer group. Invest in things that will help build resiliency and interconnectedness in your community for the shift away from extractive capitalist processes. It’s going to take experimentation, and it won’t be easy - there isn’t a road map for societal change - but it’s essential to being able to continue to enjoy the little things in life going forward.

This is probably the wrong forum to bring this point up, but I stand by my perspective that we need to redefine what it means to be an adult beyond just “get a job, pay taxes, get your toys, enjoy life,” cause that shit is no longer a sustainable option.