Tim Barrus and the New York Times
Unprepared for what is coming. It’s here. There is no tomorrow. There is only yesterday. It’s not coming for you. It has you. Every single time I write what I believe – the deviant wants to kill us all – I am kicked back into the street I came from. Your middle class no longer exists. Talk about turning the clock back. It is already dismantled. You are poor. Or you are rich. Pick one. The citizens who still think they are in the middle can’t sustain themselves without credit until the day you die. The rich won because the rich have always won. There are two kinds of people. Period. Those with guns, and those without guns. That is a basic premise we have always emulated.
King Alulim: Alulim is often cited as the first king of Eridu, according to Sumerian king lists. King Alulim was the first king of the world. Sumerian culture was busy. Developed one of the world’s first writing systems, cuneiform, for record-keeping. Established city-states like Ur and Uruk, which were centers of trade and culture. Innovative agriculture irrigation. A jump to mathematics and astronomy. Practiced polytheism, worshiping a pantheon of gods. Legal systems codes. But at what Cost. Sumerians were farmers. Religious events weren’t just for show—they pulled the community together in ways that still feel disturbingly familiar. The Epic of Gilgamesh. I can’t even begin to draw the obvious analogies. Sumerians waged war after war. They shaped the landscape. We are a narco state and a big one. – Tim Barrus