Oh, The Horror, The Horror
Indoor plumbing, brain surgery, and iPhones a problem for you? https://t.co/NqDJfmmc86
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) October 21, 2018
Oh, The Horror, The Horror
Indoor plumbing, brain surgery, and iPhones a problem for you? https://t.co/NqDJfmmc86
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) October 21, 2018
Well, the bogo sale on lobotomies was a bit much.
Ben at October 22, 2018 6:15 AM
Ahh, the good old days, when there was no stress and nothing to worry about. Nothing helps one to be mindful like defending the cave against the saber-tooth cat. That kind of living really keeps one "in the moment", dunnit?
bkmale at October 22, 2018 7:24 AM
Or queuing up in a 2-hour long line to get your one small, moldy loaf of bread, in your new socialist. Keeps you focused on the little things, that does.
bkmale at October 22, 2018 7:28 AM
Someone's longing for the good old days of safety and security: always a roof over their head, decent clothes to wear, food on the table (as long as they made it home by supper time), and some loving person to tuck them in at night - all for free.
I have to admit there are times when I too wish I was eight years old again.
Ken R at October 22, 2018 9:12 AM
Didn't the Mayans already have brain surgery?
NicoleK at October 22, 2018 10:36 AM
Yep NicoleK. Hard to tell the details of it though. Lack of written records and all that.
People today have no concept of just how rare paper products used to be. I remember Amy complaining how much is not written in the bible much less how much later the writing happened compared to the events described. But 2000 years ago paper (or papyrus, vellum, skins, etc) was only available to the rich and powerful. Military, tax records, and religious documents were the main uses. A bunch of nutty redneck jews couldn't really afford it. This is why I can't watch shows like "The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar". It's cute and all that they are pushing young adults to learn about famous historical things, like phalanxes or stirrups and such. But when I see the scenes where the MC is in his office and his desk is piled up with paper in a bronze age society instead of thinking how hard working he is I just see the equivalent of trillions of modern dollars in wasted paper.
Ben at October 22, 2018 11:00 AM
Nothing helps one to be mindful like defending the cave against the saber-tooth cat.
And praying very hard to the various god(des)s to hurry up with that global warming, will ya?
I R A Darth Aggie at October 22, 2018 12:28 PM
The problem here is comparing Capitalism to an imaginary system where everyone is celebrated for their genius and paid accordingly, where no one is ever fired, where companies never go bankrupt, where pizza is hot when your driver delivers it. But in the real world, some people simply do not want to work hard, steal from the company, don't show up to work etc and companies make bad decisions and fail. Unfortunately, in the real world we are simply not smart enough to run a system with no flaws. If you try to prevent companies from firing people (like in France) they also won't hire or expand. If you try to prop up failing industries (as all countries try to do at one time or another) you get inefficiency and the company still eventually folds.You cannot freeze an economy--you instead need to make it more flexible, make it easier for people to relocate and change jobs, easier for entrepreneurs to get started.
The real world is horrifying and scary. Multiple times the place I was working folded after I left. Yikes. But all options that have been tried are worse.
cc at October 22, 2018 1:47 PM
Feeling richer with more of your hard-earned income in your pocket, socially mobile, free to move, free to switch jobs to one you'll like better than your current one? You might have been infected with Capitalism.
We've tried centrally-planned economies (i.e., socialism) and they've failed everywhere they've been tried, degenerating into totalitarianism as state control of the economy morphs predictably into state control of lives.
Conan the Grammarian at October 22, 2018 2:05 PM
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