This is the battle cry of corporate control. It means: work harder stay later don’t complain don’t ask for boundaries don’t acknowledge burnout be loyal beyond what the job deserves And it implies: if you resign → you’re betraying the family if you set limits → you’re not a team player if you speak up → you’re creating drama if you burn out → you failed the family The metaphor is intentional. It blurs lines. It softens expl

The Sacred Version of The Devil’s Charity** If families are the first place we learn The Devil’s Charity, churches and communities are often where we learn to call it holy. Here, control is framed as obedience. Silence is framed as humility. Suffering is framed as sanctification. And exclusion is framed as discipline. These systems don’t just claim moral authority— they claim divine authority, communal authority, ancestral authority. Which means when they abu

If institutions can run The Devil’s Charity on a large scale, families can run it on the most intimate one. In fact, the family version is often the first time we experience it. The prototype. The blueprint. The emotional template. This is where most people learn: that love can come with strings that help can hide control that honesty can get you punished that gratitude can be demanded, not felt that silence keeps the peace that humiliation can

The Optics Economy is a system where image, reputation, and public perception carry more weight than truth, results, or the lived experience of the people affected.