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The Aristocratic Autist

 Autists should be aristocrats, free to pursue whatever goal pleases us. This arrangement would be for the good of the world, as Autists naturally innovate and produce art when given freedom. It is a shame that Autists are largely stuck in wage slave jobs where we become too exhausted to do what comes naturally to us. No autistic person should be forced to work a typical job. Call it reparations from the daily struggle we face to make it appealing, or call it something else, but it is time we, as a people, get a hefty basic income. No longer should we be facing the boot of impoverishment just because we choose to follow our goals.

It is time that the Autist be free to pursue whatever we want. And, as compensation for this arrangement, the world will be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor. It is a win-win trade. As a small percentage of the population, it would not be a hardship on the budget to make this a reality. And what we produce will contribute to world GDP. I am not suggesting that Autists don't work at all, but that our work be based on our interests. And sometimes those interests don't pay the bills, but the earth is losing something valuable when those interests are not filled.

So it is time for us to find and fill our niches. It is time for us to innovate and invent. It is time for us to make art and music. It is time for us to write the books that interest us. It is time for us to become star athletes. It is time that, as a people, we show our true potential. And, while the basic income might be a pipe dream for now, our dreams are not. It is time we fight the exhaustion and we fight the conditions that hold us down.

It is time, as an oppressed class, that we show our cunning. It is time to seek out pensions by any means necessary. It is time we do the things we've been putting off. We must follow our dreams, even if they break us. We must follow those dreams even if we are held down by our jobs. We cannot let oppression hold us back from chasing our goals. To achieve freedom, we must show the world that we are more valuable out of bondage than in it.

Furthermore, we must, as a people, begin to network with each other. As Aristocratic society was heavily intertwined, and by networking, we would be able to produce the type of movements that make history. Much like how the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood all knew each other and worked to produce some of the finest art in history. Imagine us, in an autistic enclave, working and learning together, mastering our crafts. It is a dream that we should all aspire to.

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