Greetings good citizen, today's topic is close to (almost) everyone's hearts and comes to us today from the front page of the NY Times.
Aruba bills itself as the place where Happiness lives but it seems if you want to enjoy, er, 'contentment' you have to move to Scandinavia.
Doubt anyone is surprised that El Trumpo's campaign to make Murika 'Great [AGAIN]' isn't working as the US sank four more spots to number 18.
Still, 'happiness' comes from within. The only one that can make you happy is YOU!
How far can we sink until they drop 'the pursuit of Happiness' from the founding principles blurb?
Looks like 'Happy Days' are officially over if the rest of the world finally got the memo about 'the hollow lands' [where the streets are paved with FOOL'S GOLD!]
So...does this mean the refugees from predatory capitalism will be setting their sights on 'the top of the world?' [Scandinavia is decidedly socialist, something the capitalists are working behind the scenes to change.]
Why would I say that? Even the Scandinavian countries 'nominally' subscribe to capitalism, the difference being their difficult environment [Life Below Zero has nothing on these folks!] has taught them the value of cooperation
Their 'rich' aren't 'filthy rich' like the monsters that unleashed Reaganomics on the rest of the World. 'Well-off' in Scandinavia is a whole different dynamic than it is in 'me-me' greed-head land.
But as our children learned yesterday, making a scene and getting results are two different animals.
A 'One Day Strike' solves nothing.
Blowing in the wind is just how long does a strike have to be to be effective? We know the answer for a 'total strike'; Three days of a total strike is 100% effective. [Problem there is it takes a minimum of a week to get Puddin' head to stop going in.]
Not that it matters, Puddin' Head empties the trash and sweeps up. No workers, no trash. He can empty empty trash bins all day long, he still ain't gonna get paid for it.
That said we should all be jealous of Puddin' Head cuz Puddin' Head is happy all of the time. [Simplicity is its own reward!]
The reason for that was also front page news as one of yesterday's student protesters asked the question of "Why does this keep on happening?"
The answer is a single word. Desperation.
What turns school kids into 'desperadoes'?
A world that has no use for them...that is the world of Capitalism. [In Scandinavia they are experimenting with 'guaranteed national income' so their surplus population is insured of having the basics.
Problem is they are paving a 'dead end street'. If you go 'on the dole' that's where you'll stay. It is the feckless 'buying' your complacency while they pay their 'rentiers' [This 'income stream' crap is a real scam...it should be outlawed!]
Some people are cool with the idea of a lifelong 'free ride' but the reality of such a life isn't anything like what it sounds like. You're guaranteed income will be just enough to keep you alive. You will literally become 'the walking dead'.
One of the proviso's of the GNI will be sterilization [all so 'a few' can be rich! WTF?]
Elephant in the room people, there is NO SHORTAGE of things that NEED doing! [That aren't lie related like banking and insurance.]
The unemployed exist to keep wages down.
It is the ONLY 'brake' on the economy. [Thanks to stupidity.]
Since capitalism is predicated on greed, prices remain 'volatile', there is no such thing as a 'free market'. There is only so much supply and so much demand. If supply can't meet demand, management is suspect.
This equation is the housing situation writ large [mostly due to a dwindling pool of BUYERS!] As payrolls shrink (due to share-owner greed) the number of buyers shrinks, killing demand. Banks 'cash cow' is the mortgage market. To remain viable, banks need to either write a LOT of mortgages or to write HUGE ones. [Consumer credit is the flipside but it lacks the 'equity' the mortgage markets provide.]
That said it's all still 'mental masturbation' because money doesn't make money and the practice of 'paying for money' is insane. Money doesn't exist for its own sake but for some reason stupid doesn't understand that. [Actually, feckless understands it perfectly and chooses to exploit it, which has resulted in the shit show we are now being subjected to. (Nuclear Armageddon.)
Um, seems we've gone screaming off the reservation again. What were we discussing...happy?
Yeah, happiness:personal is an entirely different animal than happiness in general...but you knew that, right?
Worse, the criterion for happiness changes from moment to moment and some of the things the would bring us momentary bliss just aren't worth the price tag.
Think for a moment, what would send a 'thumper' to nirvana?
I guarantee you it is something YOU would NOT enjoy [Even our pal thumpy would figure out he'd been deceived in only a short while [although there is that lobotomy thing, maybe you won't care any more after your memories are erased...]
That tops off today's load!
Time to thank you for stopping by and opening your mind [to the bigger picture]
Gegner
Aruba bills itself as the place where Happiness lives but it seems if you want to enjoy, er, 'contentment' you have to move to Scandinavia.
Doubt anyone is surprised that El Trumpo's campaign to make Murika 'Great [AGAIN]' isn't working as the US sank four more spots to number 18.
Still, 'happiness' comes from within. The only one that can make you happy is YOU!
How far can we sink until they drop 'the pursuit of Happiness' from the founding principles blurb?
Looks like 'Happy Days' are officially over if the rest of the world finally got the memo about 'the hollow lands' [where the streets are paved with FOOL'S GOLD!]
So...does this mean the refugees from predatory capitalism will be setting their sights on 'the top of the world?' [Scandinavia is decidedly socialist, something the capitalists are working behind the scenes to change.]
Why would I say that? Even the Scandinavian countries 'nominally' subscribe to capitalism, the difference being their difficult environment [Life Below Zero has nothing on these folks!] has taught them the value of cooperation
Their 'rich' aren't 'filthy rich' like the monsters that unleashed Reaganomics on the rest of the World. 'Well-off' in Scandinavia is a whole different dynamic than it is in 'me-me' greed-head land.
But as our children learned yesterday, making a scene and getting results are two different animals.
A 'One Day Strike' solves nothing.
Blowing in the wind is just how long does a strike have to be to be effective? We know the answer for a 'total strike'; Three days of a total strike is 100% effective. [Problem there is it takes a minimum of a week to get Puddin' head to stop going in.]
Not that it matters, Puddin' Head empties the trash and sweeps up. No workers, no trash. He can empty empty trash bins all day long, he still ain't gonna get paid for it.
That said we should all be jealous of Puddin' Head cuz Puddin' Head is happy all of the time. [Simplicity is its own reward!]
The reason for that was also front page news as one of yesterday's student protesters asked the question of "Why does this keep on happening?"
The answer is a single word. Desperation.
What turns school kids into 'desperadoes'?
A world that has no use for them...that is the world of Capitalism. [In Scandinavia they are experimenting with 'guaranteed national income' so their surplus population is insured of having the basics.
Problem is they are paving a 'dead end street'. If you go 'on the dole' that's where you'll stay. It is the feckless 'buying' your complacency while they pay their 'rentiers' [This 'income stream' crap is a real scam...it should be outlawed!]
Some people are cool with the idea of a lifelong 'free ride' but the reality of such a life isn't anything like what it sounds like. You're guaranteed income will be just enough to keep you alive. You will literally become 'the walking dead'.
One of the proviso's of the GNI will be sterilization [all so 'a few' can be rich! WTF?]
Elephant in the room people, there is NO SHORTAGE of things that NEED doing! [That aren't lie related like banking and insurance.]
The unemployed exist to keep wages down.
It is the ONLY 'brake' on the economy. [Thanks to stupidity.]
Since capitalism is predicated on greed, prices remain 'volatile', there is no such thing as a 'free market'. There is only so much supply and so much demand. If supply can't meet demand, management is suspect.
This equation is the housing situation writ large [mostly due to a dwindling pool of BUYERS!] As payrolls shrink (due to share-owner greed) the number of buyers shrinks, killing demand. Banks 'cash cow' is the mortgage market. To remain viable, banks need to either write a LOT of mortgages or to write HUGE ones. [Consumer credit is the flipside but it lacks the 'equity' the mortgage markets provide.]
That said it's all still 'mental masturbation' because money doesn't make money and the practice of 'paying for money' is insane. Money doesn't exist for its own sake but for some reason stupid doesn't understand that. [Actually, feckless understands it perfectly and chooses to exploit it, which has resulted in the shit show we are now being subjected to. (Nuclear Armageddon.)
Um, seems we've gone screaming off the reservation again. What were we discussing...happy?
Yeah, happiness:personal is an entirely different animal than happiness in general...but you knew that, right?
Worse, the criterion for happiness changes from moment to moment and some of the things the would bring us momentary bliss just aren't worth the price tag.
Think for a moment, what would send a 'thumper' to nirvana?
I guarantee you it is something YOU would NOT enjoy [Even our pal thumpy would figure out he'd been deceived in only a short while [although there is that lobotomy thing, maybe you won't care any more after your memories are erased...]
That tops off today's load!
Time to thank you for stopping by and opening your mind [to the bigger picture]
Gegner
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