Nikki Baird

It is so crazy because that sentence acknowledges that she knows that the only reason she can have those things is because there's billions of people without those things. And I think we see this a lot with Piper when she sort of gives this speech to her mom about how she felt like she could live this life but couldn't because these material things were actually so important to her.

It is so crazy because that sentence acknowledges that she knows that the only reason she can have those things is because there's billions of people without those things. And I think we see this a lot with Piper when she sort of gives this speech to her mom about how she felt like she could live this life but couldn't because these material things were actually so important to her.

She only makes eye contact with her mom. If you really go back and watch that scene, like she feels so much internal shame, yet the only person she knows she can look at is her mother, who she knows is this out of touch and is kind of like, you know, not forced but baked that mindset into her upbringing. Then we get to Saxon.

She only makes eye contact with her mom. If you really go back and watch that scene, like she feels so much internal shame, yet the only person she knows she can look at is her mother, who she knows is this out of touch and is kind of like, you know, not forced but baked that mindset into her upbringing. Then we get to Saxon.

Saxon is meant to be this personification with everything wrong with our society. This idea that happiness in our life equates to wanting things and getting them. And then if you get them, you're going to be happy. It is this oversimplification of what brings joy in life. And that actually makes him feel very unsatisfied by the end.

Saxon is meant to be this personification with everything wrong with our society. This idea that happiness in our life equates to wanting things and getting them. And then if you get them, you're going to be happy. It is this oversimplification of what brings joy in life. And that actually makes him feel very unsatisfied by the end.

juxtaposed to Piper's journey, where she goes in thinking she is going to seek spiritual enlightenment, and she's so ready and excited to give up all these material possessions, following this Buddhist philosophy, yet at the end, she realized she is just a spoiled little girl, and that she cannot live without this life that she had become accustomed to.

juxtaposed to Piper's journey, where she goes in thinking she is going to seek spiritual enlightenment, and she's so ready and excited to give up all these material possessions, following this Buddhist philosophy, yet at the end, she realized she is just a spoiled little girl, and that she cannot live without this life that she had become accustomed to.

And what's so fascinating about Piper and Saxon is that by the end of the season, their ideologies completely flip. Saxon meets people like Greg and he sees his own life play out. This philosophy of if you go after what you want and you'll get it, you'll be happy. So to him, the things he wants are wealth and a hot wife and the cool thing.

And what's so fascinating about Piper and Saxon is that by the end of the season, their ideologies completely flip. Saxon meets people like Greg and he sees his own life play out. This philosophy of if you go after what you want and you'll get it, you'll be happy. So to him, the things he wants are wealth and a hot wife and the cool thing.

And he sees this guy who has a multimillion dollar mansion, a yacht, this hot girlfriend, yet he finds it pitiful. And that kind of breaks his mentality. And this is what Chelsea points out to him all the time. She sees right through him. So he has to reexamine his entire meaning of life and actually tries to find some deeper sense of existence and purpose.

And he sees this guy who has a multimillion dollar mansion, a yacht, this hot girlfriend, yet he finds it pitiful. And that kind of breaks his mentality. And this is what Chelsea points out to him all the time. She sees right through him. So he has to reexamine his entire meaning of life and actually tries to find some deeper sense of existence and purpose.

Whereas Piper represents everything wrong about the left, that she spouts this ideas of equality and this feeling of moral superiority she has over her peers and her family. Yet the second she has to sacrifice any aspect of her own comfort, her own privilege, she Suddenly, her ideology crumbles, and it's not that big of a deal, and she seems to waver.

Whereas Piper represents everything wrong about the left, that she spouts this ideas of equality and this feeling of moral superiority she has over her peers and her family. Yet the second she has to sacrifice any aspect of her own comfort, her own privilege, she Suddenly, her ideology crumbles, and it's not that big of a deal, and she seems to waver.

She's meant to represent this irony of privilege, that people say that they want these social improvements and equality, but refuse to challenge the status quo, because they are a beneficiary of that status quo. So they just rage into a void on the internet and get mad at their friends and get mad at this person without ever actually doing anything. And

She's meant to represent this irony of privilege, that people say that they want these social improvements and equality, but refuse to challenge the status quo, because they are a beneficiary of that status quo. So they just rage into a void on the internet and get mad at their friends and get mad at this person without ever actually doing anything. And

And this is really, I think, a concept with this neoliberalism and what has become of the Democratic Party in general. Keep in mind, I say this as a proud leftist. I have very leftist beliefs. But I am not going to deny to you that the difference between someone like Nancy Pelosi and most Republican senators is not that far off. She's extremely wealthy and engages in insider trading.

And this is really, I think, a concept with this neoliberalism and what has become of the Democratic Party in general. Keep in mind, I say this as a proud leftist. I have very leftist beliefs. But I am not going to deny to you that the difference between someone like Nancy Pelosi and most Republican senators is not that far off. She's extremely wealthy and engages in insider trading.

You know what I mean? And I think that is what Piper's character is meant to show. That people on the surface really spout these ideologies about wanting this social improvement, but only in this very blanket happy-go-lucky sense in the second that it's like, okay, great, let's look at a real systematic change we can make. With Piper, it's changing her own life.

You know what I mean? And I think that is what Piper's character is meant to show. That people on the surface really spout these ideologies about wanting this social improvement, but only in this very blanket happy-go-lucky sense in the second that it's like, okay, great, let's look at a real systematic change we can make. With Piper, it's changing her own life.