Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Omen of Lost Shirts

Via David

The Omen of Lost Shirts

Before I begin – a disclaimer. I abjure without reservation physical attacks, intimidation tactics, etc., nor am I suggesting or recommending any sort of insurrection or vigilante actions.  However, I’d like to lead in with the following quote from an on-line political newsletter I stumbled upon:
Destroy people’s hopes for a better life and you make riot, revolution, anarchy, and war inevitable.
 Think about that quote in the context of these three articles, Drop in real wages longest for 50 years, says ONS, Shocking data revision by feds: Americans’ wages dropped 4.2% instead of rising in the first quarter, and Working 60 Hours A Week At 3 Part-Time Jobs And Still Living Paycheck To Paycheck among a legion of similar pieces over the last few years.  And then consider this, specifically that “Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency.”  And this quote about the AI/robot jobpocalypse (bolding added):

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1 comment:

  1. Hi Brock,
    Another Quote to add......
    "The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose."
    -James Baldwin-

    Got GUNZ.....OUTLAW!!!!!,
    III%,
    skybill-out

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