Minneapolis. January 2026. Lloyd Dobler drops a chapter that refuses to “perform coherence” while the empire insists your eyes are lying.This is The Tao of Lloyd: a zen-punk mixtape meditation where Lloyd duct-tapes each of the 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching to the collapse of American empire like a sticky note that says: Be kind. Rewind. Revolt. Meaning: refuse to cooperate with the lie.In Chapter 22, Lloyd reads the Tao Te Ching’s paradox like a message in a bottle that just washed up on the shore of Minneapolis:If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial.If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked.If you want to be reborn, let yourself die.Then he tries to live that teaching in real time: grief that won’t clean itself up, rage that wants certainty, and the question underneath everything—what does wu-wei (not forcing) mean when the machine keeps calling murder “just doing its job”?This isn’t “five steps to inner peace.” It’s practice that doesn’t gaslight you: breathe, stay present, and choose what you do next—without branding your grief.Topics: Tao Te Ching Chapter 22, wu-wei, nervous system, propaganda, legitimacy crisis, noncooperation, refusal, late-stage everything.Send a text. Ask a question & I will answer, maybe in a episodeSupport the showABOUT / The Tao of Lloyd is a Zen-punk mixtape for late-stage everything—blending Tao Te Ching meditations, Gen-X philosophy, and anti-fascist satire from Lloyd Dobler, your reluctant middle-aged dissident. No ads. No paywalls. Just clarity, chaos, and sacred refusal. Support the show & get bonus episodes: patreon.com/taooflloyd. link tree: https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd