Feels Like Atlas Shrugged Lately
Posted by Abaco 4 years, 4 months ago to Philosophy
In watching what's going on lately I can't help but feel like we're really living Atlas Shrugged in America. What I'm noticing is a shortage of everything. We have a shortage of lumber to mend our fences after a recent wind storm. When I call utility companies to pay bills or ask questions, the wait times are 30 minutes plus. Everything has very long lead times. My buddy bought a new Corvette but has to wait well over a year to get it. The government clamors for these new vaccines, then after they over-regulate them they complain that they're sitting in freezers not being used at the same time they complain that they don't have any vaccines (maybe this is just a California thing). I'm going through multiple contractors for remodel work at my home (California home). They come out, walk the house, discuss the scope of work, then promise a quote that I never get. Ever. They're willing to act like they're going to give an estimate. Then, nothing. It's like they don't want to work. That really reminds me of AS...when people just don't want to work. I'm seeing that in a few areas of activity... Around here teachers, for the most part, aren't willing to go back to teach in school. Personally, I see this as a blessing. But, my opinion is meaningless. They're getting paid to do a job and they don't want to do it...possibly even if the pay goes away. Anyway...it just feels odd lately to see what feels like a massive retraction in peoples' willingness to put forth any effort, paid or not.
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Side note 2: Bye bye Dr. Seuss. This one is real!
Put on the Blue Clown Suit and make sure your neck ruffles don't cover your facial indentifier!
Put on the crazy clown wig, again, make sure your facial prophylaxis identifier is clearly seen from above.
Inflate your shoes so that you can have your toes stepped on at every turn, enraging your Social Justice Warrior.
I have been watching this crap since they drove Nixon from office.
Apparently, the Dummycants really love Ayn Rand, she has given them the blueprint and plans on how to succeed in destroying capitalism and all it has brought us.
After all, the elites can not stay above the masses without proper planning and execution of all the woes that rand was pointing out in her work!
Let's get back to the world of production of capital, not the production of these high morals that are only there to keep these criminals in the lifestyle they have come to enjoy!
I say term limits or no pay & benefits, their jobs were voluntary, remember??!!!
My speculation is electronic payment has something to do with it. It separates the work from the money. Paychecks are auto deposited. Credit cards are paid by auto draft. You can buy something by pressing a dash button, by clicking on your phone, or by asking a computer for it by voice. It's difficult even for an astute consumer using these devices to keep track of their work and spending. So many people have money flying around, and it's not nearly as obvious if they need to work OT or a second job if they want to afford some product or service. They end up struggling and being open to the argument the "capitalist system doesn't work." It really doesn't work if you don't pay attention.
I also think in the contracting world there are some people who go into because they can't hold jobs because they're disorganized. You also have E-Myth people who liked a job function and decided to start a business around it, but they're not that good at or excited about running a business, which involves tracking projects through leads, estimates, SOW, PO, deliverables, invoicing, and collections. This E-Myth figure was me, BTW.
The result of all this is with home repair contractors, I find it better to go through a larger company that has people dedicated to managing the business rather than smaller orgs where a few people try to juggle responsibilities, often without a clear plan of how their process should work
I know I don't. In fact, I won't. The elite looters are getting nothing from me that I have any control over.
Maybe it's time for 75 million people to stop paying.
The point is: Not only do people not want to work, but finding items that one used to be able to find in the local retail stores everywhere is getting to be more difficult also. all this is not going in a good direction.