Demanding optimism from someone in crisis is like demanding a patient recover by attitude while we hold back the medicine, backwards and, even when well-meant, cruel in effect.

caring shouldn’t just happen in isolated, private bubbles; it should be a collective responsibility. In a caring society, people support each other with mutual trust that everyone will do their part when they can. Tronto argues that we need to think of democracy itself as a system for distributing caring responsibilities fairly

Yes, I am fragile. I have been forced to survive things that should have broke me, but didn't. It would be concerning if I were not worse for wear after surviving what I have. My fragility is not a result of weakness, but rather evidence of my resolve to survive that which I had no right surviving.

What I asked was simple: If you believe in justice, start here. If you believe in access, help carry my case. If you believe in truth, stand beside my account. If you believe in care, risk being changed by what you hear. But Joe Ceci didn’t.

When the pain is intense enough, you cease to be someone in the world. You become a body against the world. The bench beneath you becomes strange. The air seems distant. Language cracks under the pressure. Even your name starts to feel like someone else’s.

Ever wonder how someone “snaps”? This isn’t about madness—it’s about process. Bureaucracy doesn’t just fail people; it sometimes creates the very dangers it claims to prevent. Here’s a breakdown of how dangerous people are manufactured—not by ideology, but by institutional silence and moral collapse.

It allows everyone involved to feel like they’re doing something—while ensuring that no one is responsible for doing anything.