tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post4797773582010572087..comments2024-03-27T19:35:11.320+07:00Comments on <b>Postcards from the End of [the] America[n Empire]</b>: Orwellian LoveLinh Dinhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-52780428690545924092022-02-08T15:29:13.317+07:002022-02-08T15:29:13.317+07:00Took me a while to see where you were going there....Took me a while to see where you were going there. A fine post!<br /><br />The absolute obtuseness, single mindedness, idiocy, and downright hatred of the working class (especially the unvaccinated), is incredible to me. <br /><br />Mark Zuckerberg is a putz. He asked Xi to name his child. He also thinks he can have his coders "work from home" while logged in 8-16, probably closer to 16) hours a day with a device over their eyeballs in his shitty metaverse.<br /><br />The authoritative class has decided that "models" and "cases" are the imperative above all else. Asymptomatic testing has been mental illness for 2 years. People (not them), will end up homeless, addicted to drugs (so many more deaths of despair), but at least they will be alive is the theory. Never forget the relationship between general health and surviving the virus. Close the gyms, or make it pointless to go by requiring masks, but keep fast food open for "safety."<br /><br />Even NPR was saying a year ago that they fucked it with schools. Obama, Newsom, the champs of the left all send their kids to private school in person unmasked. It's all a fucking joke to them. I just don't get it. <br /><br />There is a small recognition of this problem amongst the elite. Their only idea to appease the masses seems to be a form of socialism/ communism where the elite keep their billions and give the commoners a stipend. This could happen via a "crypto" either govt or corporate, or some dystopian combo of both. Imagine a Chase bank currency, or a Facebook or google. I don't fucking want to but this is the idea. I really hope it fails spectacularly. The federal reserve could distribute free cash via an app also. <br /><br />You'll get your $500 a month or whatever it is while they keep their billions. You likely won't have work, and will barely be able to maybe buy food. That's their plan. Don't forget the masking of workers who do work. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-14701924032600713382022-02-07T08:42:22.221+07:002022-02-07T08:42:22.221+07:00Only for 30 cents a day, but they love it!
https:...Only for 30 cents a day, but they love it!<br /><br />https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=savzm6Biffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-54816169968366227982022-02-06T05:30:00.765+07:002022-02-06T05:30:00.765+07:00Linh, I hope this finds you in good health and hi...Linh, I hope this finds you in good health and high spirits.<br />Although Orwell is always thought of as being highly perceptive, I think it must have developed later in his life than when he wrote "Down and Out in London and Paris".<br />With all his fine observance of location and human nature, he seemed completely oblivious to the fact that he had become entrapped by a web created by the usual suspects that worked smoothly and efficiently to not only rob the very poorest of the society, but have their scam subsidized by the do-gooders of the time. The government of the time was their accomplice as well because the "rules" of survival in the flop houses kept the poor constantly moving, unable to organize and unable to encounter useful employment and thus unable to afflict the government.<br />I think by the time 1984 rolled around, he had it figured. He died in 1950 of "natural" causes. So many in the years shortly after the war died of "natural" causes.Wild Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-80940178068196667932022-02-06T01:32:25.226+07:002022-02-06T01:32:25.226+07:00Bravo Linh!,
You have written another interesting...Bravo Linh!,<br /><br />You have written another interesting, entertaining, and thought provoking essay. <br /><br />You wrote: "What we do define us." I can see you sitting out on the veranda, sipping a cold beer, collecting your thoughts, tying them together, typing them out, fine tuning them, and then, with a click, sending your "two-cents worth" out into the world. <br /><br />I have a small quibble with your essay's conclusion. You wrote: "Suddenly, though, too many of us are rendered useless, by those who clearly think their shit doesn’t stink...Are they going to get away with enforcing idleness in isolation on so many?"<br /><br />I was in the USA for a visit last October and November and I saw signs at nearly every gas station, fast-food restaurant, grocery store, etc., in small towns and in large cities, begging for workers. These places were offering between $15 to $19/hr. as starting pay, paid vacations, healthcare, and they still weren't getting enough takers to open their restaurants to inside dining (only drive-thru) or to stock their empty shelves in a timely manner. <br /><br />The fact is that in America millions of lower-end workers simply refuse to return to work because they have been paid with Biden Bucks the same amount (or more) not to work. They have been handed billions and billions of freshly printed dollars to do nothing. <br /><br />The Covid lockdown has been a blessing in disguise to millions of former workers, it has been an extended vacation with pay for those at the bottom end of the labor market and it's a paid vacation that they don't want to end. These former workers have gotten a taste of the welfare lifestyle: of never having to wake to an alarm clock to go to work, of having enough money to live and lots of free time. Why should they go back to flipping burgers at McDonalds, operating a fryer at KFC, or stocking shelves when this work won't improve the quality of their life all that much, especially while the Biden-Bucks "free" money tap is still spraying out cash?<br /><br />I agree with your thoughts that those in charge think that their shit doesn't stink. <br /><br />And, in sticking with your shit theme, when you wrote: <br /><br />"...for shit is our great equalizer. By itself, shit is also a great allegory, moral lesson and sacred text, practically, a genuine universal bible, Zen koan for dummies and contemplative prayer calls, though not necessarily five times daily." <br /><br />I couldn't help but think of an old Brazilian proverb that goes: <br /><br />"When shit has value the poor will be born without assholes."<br /><br />Keep up your always-interesting essays Linh and stay safe.<br /><br />MartinMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882943745495495138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-22658510456801856182022-02-06T01:07:05.340+07:002022-02-06T01:07:05.340+07:00A comment by Troy Skaggs at SubStack:
"I...A comment by Troy Skaggs at SubStack:<br /> <br />"I've been living alone in a subsidized apartment on a subsidized pension due to a severe tick born illness. This happened to coincide with COVID, so it's been weird to say the least. I've never experienced this much isolation before and have always considered myself a loner. At times, this is flat out neurological torture and I can feel the lack of personal interaction to my core. I'm blessed to recognize this. I don't have a t.v. and have recovered enough to walk again in order to relax and think better. I'd rather be back in a shelter with other men than alone in this apartment. The isolation is killing me and I know it. It's killing everyone else as Linh continually alludes too, they seem too distracted to notice. It breaks my heart, but I want to live differently, and so I will."Linh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.com