Why I will now charge for my classes

The truth and nothing but the truth

I’ve always provided my classes and courses to the public for free. As an anti-capitalist Indigenous Hindu woman with ancestors who never charged for teachings, it felt wrong to put a price on my work.

I’ve had to work on my feelings for many reasons. The first was that I realized they were incompatible with reality. My ancestors never charged for teachings but that’s because through most of history, those around them compensated them for their labor without asking, understanding the value of their work and honoring their wisdom.

As I went deeper into my studies on imperialism, I also realized that leftist narratives about capitalism being the root of all evil were faulty. Capitalism is a symptom of imperialism, not the root of it. Capitalism must be dismantled, but so must all other imperialist systems of power, of which capitalism is just one. Want to know what the other imperialist systems of power are? Then do my courses and you’ll learn. I no longer offer this information for free.

The truth is that as year after year went by and I saw how people reacted to my classes being free, I saw miles into the true nature of the “social justice” movement. This is what I saw: