“I remember as a child, from high above, the world looked like a magical kingdom. When we came across a system of pools, each sparkling as if alive with fishes, I thought with excitement they must be fish farms. However, when I asked, I received a proper education from my amused Uncle, Jerry.

No, he said, laughing. Those are not fish farms, they are sewage farms. The sparkles are not fishes. They are turds.

I was momentarily overwhelmed. There were endless turds. In endless pools.

And thus it was that I was first introduced to the concept that, in our culture, sh*t rises to the top, fast. And it sparkles. Madly. And it’s popular. Hell, it’s everywhere. It shines like gold… from a distance.

And as long as we have a culture where we base what we believe, do, think, and ‘learn’ on what floats to the surface of waters of popularity, well, I think you’ll see that we’re going to have a really sh*tty time.”

— an anonymous reclamation informant