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Sleep tight, ya morons!
« on: May 19, 2017, 01:40:38 pm »
So,I was just doing my job,you know. Just explaining the company policies and the nomination procedure & I told this man that because he has one baby & a wife what the best nomination modality would be for him.Now,don't get me wrong,this man I am telling you about is one of the very best ,behaviour-wise,in the office,about the only man who deigns to respect me in the office.

And then,out of the blue, he says to me -no,this modality would not suit me because -and here he begins to giggle uncontrollably- "I might catch the fancy of having another baby all of a sudden"(his words not mine).
The moment I heard this I all but fainted.
Now,I'd like very much to say that deep down we are all the same & there is no difference between Schopenhauer and this nincompoop,but I am sorry,I really am,that's just not true. I mean, there is a reason why we have about three people on this board and  three billion on the facebook.It is not just a fluke.
Even in my worst moments I don't go around giggling and saying that I might want to make a baby -just to kill the time.
Anyway,so while I was blue in the face,this man,he could not stop giggling for God's sake. As Holden would say-you should have seen him. He was in hysterics the whole time, like it was the funniest thing that ever happened. Im not kidding, the office is lousy with perverts. I am probably the only normal bastard in the whole place- and that isn't saying much.

It is not just Schopenhauer's philosophy-it is his entire life  that I want to focus on. That may be the only way out for me.
This is all I want to say to my office colleagues:Sleep tight,ya morons!
« Last Edit: May 19, 2017, 01:51:59 pm by Holden »
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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2017, 03:56:41 pm »
Herr Holden,
"Even in my worst moments I don't go around giggling and saying that I might want to make a baby -just to kill the time." To kill the time and with the passing of time to kill the baby. After all babies are born,walk, grow up and then die. You are the "only normal bastard". Take care. Raúl

P.S. Forget my silly question. Is it true that Indian women marry trees? Does this take place only in some parts of India?

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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2017, 10:11:07 am »
You are a very intelligent man Senor Raul and so is your question.
Well,it's to do with astrology, you see. A girl born under wrong stars is supposed to cause early death of her husband. So she is married off to a tree first, the ceremony last for about 2 hours & then she can marry the man without supposed any ill-effects.

Libido boosting pills are very easily available here.Unfortunately there is no anti-via-gra available in the market. I could certainly use  a hand of them everyday.

I come down very harshly on the breeder ,but  I must acknowledge that sexual feelings could be gut wrenchingly powerful.
How come ,they can put the man on the moon but not invent the Anti-via-gra? 
Well,there is no hope of ever getting one.
But I should not crib too much: the life expectancy of a male in Paraguay is 72.92. In the US it is 78.94. Here it is 68.01  ;)

I must get back to my books now-must get back to Darkness at Noon.

By the way ,these tree marriages take place mostly in rural areas but sometimes in cities too.
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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2017, 05:46:46 pm »
Herr Holden,
Thank you for your response. I say Herr Hentrich is fortunate to have you as a correspondent on this board. No flattery, I think you are a formidable reader and thinker. Of course you pay the consequences of too much thinking. You are a problem to the unthinking people, a huge problem to those who live happily in this prison.

Maybe there is anti **** but the drug companies do not want to advertise it. After all drug companies take care of the health of sickness. As you say sexual feeling are powerful. But you see here the TV,mass media and movies bombard us with sex all the time which lead to have sex 24/7/365. Together with social pressure to get married, start a family and breed enslave people until the day they die. This also has economic reasons because both husband and wife take loans from banks, cooperatives and banks. Good for business. Slaves to debt.

I hear that an armed confrontation between China and India can happen at anytime. I hope you stay safe. These so-called leaders are eager for a blood party. Maybe this global cyber attack is part of this. Do you think that one must invest in gold and silver? You see our paper money is just that, paper. Once again stay safe. Raúl   

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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2017, 01:38:11 pm »
Senor Raul,
As always you are much too kind and generous to me.
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those who live happily in this prison.
It is interesting that you mention prison.I have been thinking about it a lot lately.
This is what Schopenhauer says about it:
If you want a safe compass to guide you through life, and to banish all doubt as to the right way of looking at it, you cannot do better than accustom yourself to regard this world as a penitentiary, a sort of penal colony.

I just finished reading Darkness at Noon,which was about a Russian prison inmate,and now am reading Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner,which is about an English inmate.


Books about prison life are ,more often than not,very authentic.
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This also has economic reasons because both husband and wife take loans from banks, cooperatives and banks.

The thing which really bugs me a great deal is the fact that ,at least where I am, most of the women and men cheat on their spouse.
Particularly in the office. The reason why I shall never marry is ,first, because I am die-hard anti-natalist,but also because I don't want to play this petty fake social game of theirs.All the women I know cheat. Now,it may not always be physical,but there is such a thing as emotional affair too.
Marital vows have exactly zero value.They can all cheat ,emotionally and physically, to their heart's content for all I care.

Are their any weddings and loyalty in  prison? Of course not. Good old Schopenhauer at least saved did not splurge his father's hard earned money on fluzzies. He also was very clear eyed about marital vows.I guess,I am  a conservative,a reactionary like good old Schopenhauer was.Well,so be it.
Like him,I have bigger fish to fry..

an armed confrontation

I know who my enemy is & what war is. Folks can drop all the bombs they like for all I care:I'll never call it a war & wear a soldier's uniform,because I'm in a different sort of war:War with the gorts.The war they think is war is suicide,and those that go and get killed in war ,are,in fact,committing suicide.I know,because I've thought how good it would be sometimes to do myself in and the easiest way to do it,it occurred to me,was to hope for a big war so that I could join up and get killed.But I got past that when I knew I already was in a war of my own,that I was born into one.Government's wars aren't my wars.They've nothing to do with me,because my war is all that I'll ever be bothered about.

(Unlike the guy in the video I'd never go and get myself killed for an Essex girl,because this is what happens in the next scene ;)


Whenever I am confused I ask myself:what would Schopenhauer do :)
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Do you think that one must invest in gold and silver?

I have not really thought about it.But I'll think about it and get back to you.

Keep well.
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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2017, 06:29:31 pm »
Herr Holden,
As always thank you for your response. First of all, I think the gratitude must go not only to Herr Hentrich Senior but also to Mrs.Hentrich, maybe if we go back in time to, Arminius and his Germanic warriors who crushed two Roman legions in the Teotoburg Forest. Our seeds have a long history. Maybe your ancestors fought against the British armies. Let us not forget that wars lead to births. Endless cycle.

Yes, we are in a penal colony and we are troublesome inmates always looking for a way out. We worsen our tragic situation by building frontiers where we put people in jail by calling them "citizens" and others we call them "alien" or "foreigners".  The Church has buildt prisons called cathedrals and monasteries where supposedly God is worshipped. We worship our jailers. Nothing new because civilization means that we are not free. We become obedient, that is, "law-abiding citizens". Then in the prison we become addicted to noise, alcohol, work, endless activities. All of them are sedatives. To be honest, I do not want to go to prison here so I keep killing people in my mind, my dreams or day dreams.

Maybe that´s the reason you are not left in peace. Many people envy you for not wanting to marry. You refuse to become their partner in slavery. Marital vows are just a farce imposed by the gorts in power.   Here women have an expression in Spanish " peor es nada" or worse than nothing. That is to say, better a partner than nobody.

I understand that you won´t wear a military uniform in case of war. A sensible thing to do. But the world is not sensible. I just hope you stay well in that case. Those in power enjoy having bloody parties. World War I and II were big parties.

I have no money to invest in gold or silver. I just heard that it would be a good idea to do it. I hear that a good investment would be to accumulate diamonds or jewels. Stay safe. Raúl

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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2017, 07:53:54 pm »
Don't gain the world and lose your soul......wisdom is better than silver and gold.  ~ Bob Marley

Raul,  Are you able to listen to ZooTube videos or is your computer having difficulties with audio/video?   What operating system are you running on it?



By the way, I love the title of this post.  Is this your alter-ego, Holden from Catcher in the Rye?   

I agree with what Raul said about some conventional types hating on those who do not feel any pressure whatsoever to follow social norms such as marriage and rearing children.   Maybe some people were born into families which pressure them to conform and even are influenced a great deal by some patriarch pulling the strings with a big fat bag of money/mullah. 

I am fortunate that I do not belong to such a family.  In fact, my family is so small I can say that it shall end with me.   I don't feel any connection to those who claim that others have spilled blood so that I may stand on this ground.   

The war we fight, even the fight against the gorts, is mainly an inner battle.  We are life itself, the thing in itself, and so our main battle is with parts of ourselves. 

It is great to have a medium to express such forbidden thoughts that one dare not announce too loudly in public arenas.  Like the other animals, it is healthy for individual human beings (as animals) to fear "Man as society".

We know to fear packs.  As for herds and mobs, they are incapable of thinking, since thinking is done by individuals. 
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2017, 03:40:10 pm »
Herr Raskolnikov,
Thank you for your response. My computer is outdated and in order to have video/audio I need  to buy a new CPU. I can only navigate a little and read. The first time I heard about J.D. Salinger was when I read that John Lennon´s assassin, Mark Chapman,  had Catcher in the Rye. I don´t know if that guy read it. I don´t know if this film, The Good Girl (2002), with Jake Gillenhaal and Jennifer Aniston was based on Salinger´s book.

The quote by Marley is very appropriate. But you see we do not want wisdom, but wisdom to get gold, silver,diamonds and power. Clearly there will be always people who will not feel complete without them. They will do anything and everything to amass fortunes and power and whoever stand in their way will be removed from Earth. Suffering and dying means nothing to them. The history of mankind is full of them because these men and women are praised and flattered. Here in Paraguay we have many examples of these rich men and women. I often say to people that they are very mediocre in their shady dealings. Using a term you already know, if I were to become a robber baron, I would sell the planet to the highest bidder. Once again, thank you for reading my words. Raúl

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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2017, 09:40:11 pm »
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(to Holden) I say Herr Hentrich is fortunate to have you as a correspondent on this board. No flattery, I think you are a formidable reader and thinker. Of course you pay the consequences of too much thinking. You are a problem to the unthinking people, a huge problem to those who live happily in this prison.

I agree about my being fortunate to have Holden as a correspondent.  In fact, it is because I am keenly aware of the uniqueness of his way of expressing himself so frankly that I thought our correspondence might be of interest to a few others as well.  That is what inspired me to start this little message board rather than have Holden and I corresponding through emails.   

You were one of the few to comment on my blog at wordpress, and I am glad you post your dark thoughts here. 

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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2017, 10:52:30 pm »
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Maybe your ancestors fought against the British armies. Let us not forget that wars lead to births. Endless cycle.
-Senor Raul

For close to a 1000 years this land has been ravaged,first by the Arabs and then by the British. However,if you were to listen to a typical Indian economist you will come to know that "A NEW DAWN HAS BROKEN",that this country is entering a new "GOLDEN AGE".
The this land is going to be the "21st Century SUPERPOWER".That we are an "IT SUPER POWER".That we will reap the "DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND".

Now,to tell you the truth,in college I neither studied economics nor history nor philosophy nor politics -I went to a "trade" school,one can hardly even call it a college.
I am told that these days economics is all about mathematics. They do not teach anything about silly old history to the economics grads.
So,here you have it,1000 years of history of blood,sweat and tears & mutilated bodies but hey, that was all one giant stepping stone towards the "modern","democratic","free" nation of the "New Millennium".
Why? Because the economist have figured it all out,thanks to their magical mathematical formulae.
They want to destroy all the thought criminals before they enter the golden era. Only the "pessimists" stand between them and their "promised land".
Such ads are very commonplace these days:




(Now that you are jumping with joy of belonging to such a great race please don't forget to subscribe to Airtel services :: & fly AirIndia)

Now this is what I found recently:

“I hate Trump...,” writes another former employee of Cognizant who faced the axe after the appraisal cycle. The post adds, “I remember the day he was elected remember the day he was elected. i was having a beer with my pals and making fun of the Americans for electing this clown.. never thought had so much direct impact on my life/career. the orange-face has taken 6000+ people’s jobs from just 1 company. More to follow (sic).”


Now,the commentator's critique is limited to blind hatred & the colour of the US President's hair.But hey, he is a big time software developer!

I personally know  a woman,who went to the US with her husband on H1 B visa(he is a software engineer) & had a baby there BECAUSE they came to know that the child will become a US citizen. They figured it out by using some very sophisticated software, I guess.

They are all gung-ho to enter the Utopia( from the Greek ou-topos meaning 'no place' or 'nowhere',yes,I study such silly things like Greek & Latin,incorrigible really & I might have been holding back the entire country  from entering the Hi-Tech Heaven single handedly  :-[
They had better get rid of the likes of me who are still mired in non- sensical history books -which are only read by the idiots because they just are not smart enough-we are not only wasting our time but also are holding back the country- develop commercial softwares or die ,that's the choice really.

My silly history books tell me that the problem with utopia is that it can only ever be approached across a sea of blood.... and you never arrive.
But they have all these fancy math formula..... so you never know-they just might :-X
Maybe they could just burn me with all my childish books-that would solve both our problems- they would get to enter their technocracy while my ashes would be mixed up with the ashes of the books which have been the sole consolation of my life.
That is the solution I think: burn the silly old books with silly old me.
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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2017, 10:43:23 am »
develop commercial softwares or die

I only like to look at mathematically-oriented code.  I could spend my entire life tinkering with command line code that hacks around with algebra and calculus.

I suppose that I am too stubborn to ever devote my mental energies to the gort agenda. 

Alas, the gorts shall inherit the earth.

I refuse to get a "smart phone".  I don't even want one.  I'm just not impressed.  Like I said, I am content to hack around with console programs that take some input and spit out the results. 

For close to a 1000 years this land has been ravaged,first by the Arabs and then by the British. However,if you were to listen to a typical Indian economist you will come to know that "A NEW DAWN HAS BROKEN",that this country is entering a new "GOLDEN AGE".

You are in a position to critique India, whereas I would never assume to do so.  It is far too diverse and mysterious.  Whenever I find myself giving credit to "Muslims" or "Arabs" for the mathematics I am so fascinated with, I always find myself wondering how much of this was inherited (or stolen?) from their "contact" with what is called "India".

I am sure I could be content with tinkering with command line programs and old algebra/geometry/trigonometry/analytic-geometry/analysis/calculus/physics textbooks for the rest of my days on earth.  This world is moving too rapidly towards a cliff and cannot collectively apply the brakes.  One has to count himself fortunate to be literate and able to appreciate what little one can understand of all we have supposedly inherited.  They say we are standing on the shoulders of giants.

I am sure that there are more individuals than can be counted who wish we could slow down and appreciate what might be termed "outdated" ... And then there are those girls who are sold into prostitution by their own fathers to feed the family.  They do not have the time for books.   One has to count one's blessings and remember what a nightmare this so-called Golden Age will be for the marginalized and disenfranchised ... prison-culture, underground drug trade, weapons trade, sex trade ... in the nooks and crannies ... the so-called golden age sits on a heap of prisons and cities of tormented creatures living in Hell this very moment as I type these words.  Maybe there really is no such thing as the mainstream society, that, in reality, there are just these countless individuals going through life, every now and then wishing they were dead or had never been born in the first place.  All the hype about nations and "the human race" might be a grand illusion.  There is just the will to live, the growling stomache ...
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Software engineering is never something I aspired to.  In 1998, when I first saw what is entailed in designing a "class" in C++ for handling "fractions" or rational numbers, I became fascinated with the not too subtle problems presented by decimal representations of real numbers which are limited in precision by memory bits.   I wonder how many developers of "commercial software" are concerned with the mathematics.   I suppose a great many are.  My initial interest in programming was inspired by a Calculus instructor at a local community college from India (of all places  ;) ), Jay Dashabundu back in 1994.  He was trained in mathematics but studying programming on his own.  Previously I had no interest whatsoever, but I was soon captivated by the computer algebra system called Derive, and I became very intrigued.  The TI-92 had a Derive-like CAS built in, which, I must confess, I am still rather impressed by.   Although that was over 20 years ago, this is the extent of my interest in programming.   We only have so much mental energy, and I cannot afford to pay too much attention to what is required to learn to become a "software engineer".  I have to live and let live.

As for history and the classics, ironically, these are areas that used to be studied only by an elite class of scholars.  Maybe you are one of the secret elites.  Study what you will.  The world is going to hell in a hand basket either way.  Better still, recall Ligotti's words:  "There will never be, and there never has been, a good time to be born."

To be honest, I am beginning to feel ill-equipped to critique human society and content myself to tinker away at studying a very small area of knowledge.

Life is depressing.  Well, the Buddha told India this so long ago ... I learned from Schopenhauer that India is the cradle of all religion, and that what is best in Christianity is what it has in common with those world-renouncing elements in the lifestyle of the religious mendicants of India.

I can see why you might resent the call to "develop commercial software or die".

You see the gorts in charge, and you must be infuriated.  Meanwhile, Coca-Cola builds dams causing villages to be flooded.  You might suspect that your leaders will end up worshipping nuclear weapons.   There is even some truth that the citizens of "super-powers" are more controlled and oppressed than some backward area ... and yet, as you know, the First World and the Third World walk side by side down the same streets all over this earth.

Look at the cities.  The police protect the banks, but they are helpless to protect the individual from facing this world with no money and no bank account.

Please remember that I write with the awareness that I, myself, am most likely a perfect example of the reason why corporations are so eager to hire "techies" from India and other places to "build their software".  You see, I am a dead beat who tinkers with mathematics, thinks slowly, and has had the tendency to go on decade-long drinking binges.   ::)  I consider myself one of the more high-functioning refuseniks, but, high-functioning or not, my general attitude is quasi-criminal in the eyes of the conventional.  Any stengths I might possess are nullified by my negative outlook on life.

Whatever direction this world is moving in, they will seal their own doom if they actually think all these gadgets will make their lives easier. 

I like what John Trudell said about peoples' obsession with always having the newest gadget.  He said, "I already have a computer.  What would I want an iPad for?"

Poor Raul of Paraguay, where the electronic devices are probably very expensive due to some heavy South American taxes (corrupt politicians?), is in need of a basic up to date CPU, one that would be available second hand in India for not too many rupees.  Here too, in the United States, we are fortunate to have access to very low-end (yet relatively very powerful) notebook computers for a couple hundred dollars.  Those who know a bit about computers do not need the latest and greatest.   

We can remain 10 years behind, maybe even further behind, and still have a great appreciation for the technology. 

Holden, I have a very contradictory relationship with technology.

In your hatred for the economists worshipping of their use of mathematical formulae to pave the way toward global economic dominance, I would just ask you to reserve a special place in your heart for your contradictory feelings about mathematics as a whole.

Even algebra alone is powerful and fascinating.

Please do not allow the army of gung-ho and ambitious techies rob you of your mathematical inheritence.  I mean, I would prefer that you embrace the antiquity of mathematics along with your interest in classical literature.

I usually work on math problems until past midnight, and then try to pick up where I left off when I rise in the morning.  I have spent a couple hours posting my brain farts here.  Maybe I should try to resist turning on the computer first thing in the morning ...

... and yet, as Raul implied in his last post, I find myself wondering what Holden is going to come out with next.  When you are writing off the top of your head, there is a great deal of dark satire to your wit.  You know me.  I love black humor.

I'll log off now before I find another typo.  For every typo I correct I might add another two paragraphs of nonsense.  Once again, it's high noon and I have yet to break fast.  To be honest, I'm just another pathetic creature ensared in this cosmic accident.  I so very strongly identify with the Hikikomori of Japan.  It's just too much.  There's no making sense of it.  I see why many skip doing their laundry and sneak their quarters directly to the liquor store first thing in the morning.

I will once again attempt to get drunk on algebra as I hide in the soft asylum of my little room. 

Just say no to alcohol poisoning.   ;)
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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2017, 06:54:17 pm »
Herr Raskolnikov,
I think the readers of this blog are fortunate that you share your views and thoughts.Not many are willing to do that. I hope you keep writing as long as you want. What you write is disturbing and enlightening at the same time.  Most people just want to read or hear things that are “optimistic”. Nobody wants their views questioned or challenged because the house of cards might fall. Most of us would rather die than think or pretend to think that we think. Nothing new. You have written this before.   
It is an endless cycle but to critique society is part of life. To avoid doing that one must live in the desert or mountains; very far from human contact like the hermits in the Middle Ages.
Once again thank you for reading my comments. Do not apologize for the long responses. Stay safe. Raúl 

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Re: Sleep tight, ya morons!
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2017, 07:03:20 pm »


Herr Holden,
Yes, I know that the subcontinent has been ravaged by war for centuries. I only mentioned the British Empire because that is the little I know. A subcontinent with so many dialects and fascinating history and religion. For Queen Victoria India was the jewel of the crown. A jewel that cost the blood of millions there. That was nothing to the British master race. Before that the first multinational experimented there, the honorable British East India Company until the Sepoy rebellion put an end to that. A change in chains. This same company was involved in the opium wars in China.  Also the famine in Bengal during World War II when Churchill decided to confiscate the harvests there in order to give them to some European countries. Strange situation. Millions of soldiers from India fighting in the British army and at the same time their soil exploited to the maximum by the British crown. Also Indian soldiers in the German army. Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle for independence, his assassination in 1948 and the conflicts with Pakistan or the Land of the Pure after the partition. I often read that India is going to surpass China in population and it is called the biggest democracy in the world. I don´t forget the Ganges River, the aghoris, the saddhus, the Beatles there, Bollywood, etc.
India has weapons of mass destruction and the Indian Lords of War are willing to use them at any time. In order to support this military might India has to have a powerful economy.  It is said that Nehru told Richard Nixon that India at that time needed the following generals: General Motors and General Electric.
Hentrich said “the world is moving too rapidly towards a cliff and cannot collectively apply the brakes”.  The economists in India or Paraguay or the USA are glad to be part of this collapse.   
Well, Holden, you and other pessimists, do not fit into this grand game. Troublesome lovers of books like you are not welcome. Worse, you are a candidate for a firing squad. You might “contaminate” other people. Stay safe. Raúl

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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2017, 03:30:17 am »
Senor Raul,

You are very knowledgeable about the history of the place.My countrymen are now beginning to ape Anglo-Saxon variety of Capitalism.
However,newly adopted  market system,has only worked for the middle classes and the upper classes who always have been a minority (Like 30% to 40% ), and has only provided pain, work, work, work and work, depression, depression and depression for about 60% of the people. The problem I see is that what we have in here is a dictatorship of the people who suffer from the Stockholm Personality Disorder.
I've noticed the extreme love toward work, even towards domestic house work (like mowing lawns, cleaning the house).

I clean my house only when I HAVE to.My messy room is my critique of capitalism :P
La Tristesse Durera Toujours                                  (The Sadness Lasts Forever ...)
-van Gogh.

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To Senor Raul(Part II)
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2017, 04:26:03 am »

Perseus wore a magic cap down over his eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.

In reality, the laborer belongs to capital before he has sold himself to capital. His economic bondage is both brought about and concealed by the periodic sale of himself, by his change of masters, and by the oscillation in the market price of labor power. Capitalist production, therefore, under its aspect of a continuous connected process, of a process of reproduction, produces not only commodities, not only surplus value, but it also produces and reproduces the capitalist relation; on the one side the capitalist, on the other the wage-laborer.

-Marx

La Tristesse Durera Toujours                                  (The Sadness Lasts Forever ...)
-van Gogh.