The rising visibility of neurodivergence isn’t a crisis of the human mind—it’s a crisis of the system built to crush it. For centuries, neurodivergent people were ignored, punished, or erased. Now, better science reveals what was always there. But even as understanding grows, capitalism’s grinding machine of conformity, exploitation, and manufactured scarcity is assaulting mental health at a systemic level. Neurodivergence is not the disease—the system is. Recognizing this truth is the first ste