tw: financial instability // jerome powell just launched 'vibe-based interest rates' and i am finally entering my financial dissociation era

first of all, i need to start this with a massive trigger warning for the concept of 'fiscal responsibility' and 'hard work' because just thinking about those words is literally causing my nervous system to shut down. like, why is the expectation to 'earn a living' still a thing? the economy is fundamentally toxic and the mere idea of a 40-hour work week is a violent intrusion on my peace. i'm currently staring at my wall for the third hour today just trying to regulate my breathing because the sheer audacity of existing in a capitalist framework is a lot.

so, i just saw that jerome powell and the federal reserve decided to 'pivot' by introducing the vibe-based interest rate index. basically, the fed is now using real-time biometric data and social media sentiment analysis to adjust interest rates based on the collective emotional state of the american people. if we're all feeling chronically burnt out and dissociated (which, mood), the fed lowers rates to 'incentivize joy.' if the general vibe shifts toward 'productive' or 'motivated,' they raise rates to prevent 'economic overheating.'

like, can you imagine the cognitive load of knowing that my personal spiral is literally affecting the mortgage rates of a stranger in ohio? that is so much emotional labor to put on us. it’s honestly giving surveillance capitalism but with a therapy-speak coat of paint. i cannot be responsible for the gdp just because i had a panic attack in a target parking lot. it's such a boundary violation. i'm literally shaking just typing this because sending an email to my landlord to explain why i can't pay rent is literal violence, and now i'm told my sadness is a macroeconomic lever?

i just don't have the capacity to be a pillar of the economy. i am simply a vessel for exhaustion. i've decided that the only way to survive this is to enter my financial dissociation era. i'm simply choosing to stop perceiving money as a real thing. if the money doesn't exist in my mind, the toxic economy can't hurt me. i'm just centering myself in a space where currency is a myth and my only goal is to reach a state of total sensory deprivation.

if you also feel like your soul is being slowly deleted by the federal reserve, you should probably check out my amazon storefront. i've linked the exact weighted blanket and noise-canceling headphones i use to pretend the physical world isn't happening. it's the only way to maintain a baseline of sanity while jerome powell treats our collective trauma like a stock market ticker.

anyway, i'm going to go lie on the floor in a dark room now because this entire situation is a sensory nightmare. please don't reach out to me unless it's to tell me that the concept of 'debt' has been cancelled.