Degrees of Aliveness
You know how survivors of near-death experiences report seeing a white light and feeling compelled to go towards it? And in horror movies, the mystics are always telling ghosts to go into the light? What if it’s a trap? What if the light is some kind of otherworldly predator that feeds on the last remnants … Continue reading
An open letter to a Facebook user who’s struggling to feed and shelter himself and doesn’t feel it’s right to mooch off others
Joseph, you have to survive within your means…you can’t afford a place of your own and sometimes must rely on ramen for subsistence. I’d like us to explore these ideas for a moment, because something here isn’t right. This is an abundant world. Farmers produce enough food to feed the world three times over, and … Continue reading
Enough
I had a thought as I was driving this morning. It may not seem profound to anyone else, but it felt like it when I thought of it. The reason most of what’s wrong in the world is wrong is because our entire economic system is based on taking things away from other people. Let … Continue reading
Low Wage Jobs
The movie Titanic demonstrates something about the struggle to survive that’s relevant to subsistence and below-subsistence wages. Even though the people in the water froze to death, they still put on life jackets and clung to floating debris. They didn’t want to drown. Why? Dead is dead, right? No, it doesn’t work that way. Even … Continue reading
An Open Letter to My Brother
Dear Greg, You recently posted this entertaining video explaining the horrors of socialism and, thereby, presumably proving that capitalism is better. This would be a sound argument if… a) …capitalism and socialism were the only two choices, b) …the richest people obtained all their money by working harder than everyone else, instead of just by … Continue reading
204 Republicans Who Want to Protect Wage Theft
Detroit Set to Deny Water to Thousands; People Fight Back
Baltimore Evicts Poor Residents, Bulldozes Community
The eviction: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-06-12/news/bs-md-ci-homeless-encampments-20140612_1_homeless-city-set-fallsway The mismanagement of funds: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-11-15/news/bs-md-ci-homeless-money-20121115_1_homeless-services-service-providers-security-and-utility-deposits And a picture of the prisoner transport vans and prisoners in yellow vests at the scene of the eviction:
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