People keep supporting politicians that haven’t actually done anything for them.
You mean actively worked against their best interests?
Sadly, a lot of people get tripped up because they are confused about one simple thing. We are not the government.
This really short book covers it well. https://cdn.mises.org/anatomy-of-the-state.pdf
In fact the first chapter argues that really pretty convincingly. So it only takes about 5 minutes to properly understand that we are not the government. Backing a politician’s grab for power really doesn’t benefit you, because, really, you are just giving social support to more power going to the uniparty, which doesn’t work for you.
It’s one of the shortest books written. It’s basically Machievilli if you freeze dried it into a two hour read. And the critical parts are up front.
I write software but I radicalized myself with Solarpunk. Now I need to find a way I can put my talents towards a tech positive future while Big Tech is turning fascist and hate against LLMs becomes nondifferentiating.
The great thing about living in non-centrally-planned economies is that if something is pissing you off, you can usually find other pissed off people, and then make some money by solving the problem that is pissing them off.
True that. The problem is probably my social and professional bubble that I need to get out of.
Life is an endless grind of pointless suffering with no end.
Finances.
I don’t want to be rich. I don’t care about money all that much.
My definition of success has always been that if I can let a payday come and go without having to look at my bank accounts and shifting money around to make sure everything is taken care of, that’s all I want. I want to make enough that I don’t have to check my bank account before every bill comes out. I can be assured that the money that is needed will be there.
Had that for a while. No longer do. And it really really sucks.
Social circle too small. Keeps shrinking instead of growing.
Shit’s too expensive. Don’t have time to make everything from scratch to save a few bucks.
The man-sized hamster wheel known as debt.
Reality in general. Turns out bad guys win all the time, and there is no such thing as justice if noone in power gives a damn.
That’s why I’m for electing Noone.
benign prostatic hyperplaia. aside from having to get up to tinkle a few tablespoons every half hour or every time I stand up, without the meds I can’t go at all then bladder backs up and causes terrible kidney pain and does damage. on the meds I can empty the bladder but then it’s hard to hold it in plus it ruins orgasms, dry firing is just weird feeling and not satisfying. I’m only 50 and want to go until at least my 80s but decades to go looks intimidating. i can get the turp surgery but will never ejaculate again which makes me sad. i suppose peeing is more important.
the constant struggle to live in the present. we will all be dead and forgotten soon, so why bother living in a constant pissed off state of mind when none of it matters anyway
Having a great sense of humor helps a lot when everything is absurd.
I’m trying to write a song I’m happy with.
I haven’t taken a shit for days, so it’s more of a number two problem.
There are medicines for that, start mild.
Me
Multi decade pay increases never matching inflation
Life generally.
