An excellent philosophy, and an indication of the intelligence of the Chinese people. I think it would work well here in the increasingly Marxist USA. It may be working to a degree already. Employers are begging for employees. "Help wanted" signs are everywhere, and the employers are complaining that no one is applying for the jobs. They attribute that to People "making too much money" on unemployment, but I think they are wrong about that.
I think it is more a response to the increasing authoritarianism here.
As an example, I've not collected any unemployment at all, much less megabucks, in a year, and I'm not applying for any of their bullshit jobs. Why should I make a crap ton of money for someone else, with the government taking an inordinate share of what is left in my pocket? Why should I go in for the daily grind of a no hope job, and wear an obedience muzzle to do so? Yeah, that's right - employers are still requiring workers to wear their muzzles as a sign of obedience to the regime. None of the customers at Walmart are wearing the muzzle now, but all of the employees still have to. The government contractor that still keeps bugging the shit out of me to come work for them (probably 30 or 35 e-mails from them at this point) makes a point of telling me that covid restrictions are in effect there. Fuck 'em. They can breathe their own CO2 all day long if they want - I'm not going to.
Who but a complete idiot wants to get involved in their Marxist cause when they can clearly see the likes of the honchos of BLM buying extravagant dachas in gated communities off the backs to the proles doing their bidding, and not lifting a damned finger themselves to improve the lives of the people they are fleecing? Even the Marxists have their fingers in the till to rob their proletariat.
The government is begging me to go back to work too, so they can pick my tax-payin' pocket. Fuck 'em. if they want taxes from me to pay for their crazy spending sprees, then they can cut the tax rate back to a reasonable level. Otherwise, if I ain't making a taxable wage, they can't tax me at all, much less into oblivion. Besides, they still owe me a crap ton of money that I'll never see. If the bastards would cough up what they already owe me, they might be able to snatch a bit of that back as tax, and convince me they still have a little bit of good will, instead of daily convincing me they are lyin' thievin' bastards.
Of course, not making a wage also means I'm not spending anything to line their theivin' pockets, either, so it's a double-whammy. They are neither taking most of what I make, nor are they getting it by selling me their crap. Stick THAT "golden parachute" up yer ass, Ms. CEO!
So, yeah, "laying flat" is a viable alternative here, too, and it appears to already be putting a bit of a hurt on the blood sucking leeches among us. Maybe if we do it long enough (I ain't the only one), they'll come around to reasonable accommodations. If they don't, fuck 'em. They can wither and die for all I care. We got along better when they kept their cotton-pickin' fingers out of our pockets - that goes for the corporations AND the government.
Surround them and starve them out if they won't listen to reason. When you depend on masses of underlings for your very existence, prudence dictates that you ought to treat them better than they do - or else they'll just "lay flat" and watch you die.
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I think it is more a response to the increasing authoritarianism here.
As an example, I've not collected any unemployment at all, much less megabucks, in a year, and I'm not applying for any of their bullshit jobs. Why should I make a crap ton of money for someone else, with the government taking an inordinate share of what is left in my pocket? Why should I go in for the daily grind of a no hope job, and wear an obedience muzzle to do so? Yeah, that's right - employers are still requiring workers to wear their muzzles as a sign of obedience to the regime. None of the customers at Walmart are wearing the muzzle now, but all of the employees still have to. The government contractor that still keeps bugging the shit out of me to come work for them (probably 30 or 35 e-mails from them at this point) makes a point of telling me that covid restrictions are in effect there. Fuck 'em. They can breathe their own CO2 all day long if they want - I'm not going to.
Who but a complete idiot wants to get involved in their Marxist cause when they can clearly see the likes of the honchos of BLM buying extravagant dachas in gated communities off the backs to the proles doing their bidding, and not lifting a damned finger themselves to improve the lives of the people they are fleecing? Even the Marxists have their fingers in the till to rob their proletariat.
The government is begging me to go back to work too, so they can pick my tax-payin' pocket. Fuck 'em. if they want taxes from me to pay for their crazy spending sprees, then they can cut the tax rate back to a reasonable level. Otherwise, if I ain't making a taxable wage, they can't tax me at all, much less into oblivion. Besides, they still owe me a crap ton of money that I'll never see. If the bastards would cough up what they already owe me, they might be able to snatch a bit of that back as tax, and convince me they still have a little bit of good will, instead of daily convincing me they are lyin' thievin' bastards.
Of course, not making a wage also means I'm not spending anything to line their theivin' pockets, either, so it's a double-whammy. They are neither taking most of what I make, nor are they getting it by selling me their crap. Stick THAT "golden parachute" up yer ass, Ms. CEO!
So, yeah, "laying flat" is a viable alternative here, too, and it appears to already be putting a bit of a hurt on the blood sucking leeches among us. Maybe if we do it long enough (I ain't the only one), they'll come around to reasonable accommodations. If they don't, fuck 'em. They can wither and die for all I care. We got along better when they kept their cotton-pickin' fingers out of our pockets - that goes for the corporations AND the government.
Surround them and starve them out if they won't listen to reason. When you depend on masses of underlings for your very existence, prudence dictates that you ought to treat them better than they do - or else they'll just "lay flat" and watch you die.
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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.’