06-04-2021, 08:20 PM
(06-04-2021, 01:07 PM)ABNARTY Wrote: I can empathize with the weariness. Really can. The frustration of not knowing how to fight back can grind down too. I'm not saying I have any answers.
I guess we just keep marching on with the little things and saying our payers.
Also, nothing wrong with staying prepared for when things go south.
When you are at a loss as to what to do, how to fight the system, contrariness is always a good fallback position. Just oppose anything they do, anything at all. If they insist you zig, always zag instead. After all, the word "sabotage" originated with factory workers who could do nothing else than toss wooden shoes (sabots") into machinery gearboxes to make it grind to a halt...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’