the economy of indifference

%%red%%we are surviving an economy of indifference%%. we must face economic cruelty on a daily basis. why? inequality and disproportionate care in the era of attention and empty performative gesturing. %%purple%%i keep wondering why, collectively, don't we consider influencers, travel bloggers, landlords, digital nomads, and capitalists cringe?%% my city has been gentrified by hoards of american cheapskate wannabe capitalist digital nomads who came here simply because of its instagramable charm. i mean the go home gringo is picking up steam, but those of us who have been displaced can't compete against our own local greed, the american dollar, and our own need to find a way to put food in our mouths. %%red%%blanket statement, yes, but i don't like estadounidenses.%% but more specifically the new colonial sort who come here for cute photos and supposedly cheap rent. cheap rent for whom? for them i suppose, although due to them, we now live in one of the most expensive cities (in the…