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Tim Barrus
I grew up born-and-bred to work the assembly line at Oldsmobile. We did not attend college. No idea what university was. That is where the rich kids went. Whoever they were. We kinda made them up. So we could blame them for the poverty of our lives. I blame them,…
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Tim Barrus
I can’t think of three other journalists I would rather listen to. These three cut through issues boom, boom, boom. Thank you. A cogent conversation. Now is the time for the Normals to remember. The TV was darkened to bible black images of the dead being thrown into the backs…
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Tim Barrus
I am almost stunned this was published in the New York Times. Thank you. It is informative and has a voice to die for. Parades of ghosts. Authority is coming for you. No one will remember. Because it’s time. They’re coming for you. Yes, they’re coming for you. Who is…
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Tim Barrus
I’m sorry. You’ve been had. I said you would be had, and then, you couldn’t buy enough. A Narco-State. A Police-State. A Hysterical-State. Of numbing incredulity. Does America even know what is real. “I will not be arrested.” This tells me you have never been arrested. You are immune from…
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Tim Barrus: The State Can Dictate
I am not confused. The first thing government is responsible for – is where to put the dead. A lot of what Ross writes is all mixed up with Catholicism. He’s not being honest about the extent to which The Church’s influence is everything. The Church is a relic from…
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Kansas
Masada: A Novel By Tim Barrus
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Tim Barrus: Kansas
I am a communist. All the old bedfellows are the new bedfellows. The one thing we can expect from a deviant is deviance. Tear it up to tear it down. It doesn’t come anymore American than that. Down here in the deep South, the managerial class is the caste that…
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Tim Barrus: We Are Living In a Gulag
I am a communist. Thank you for this piece with Slotkin. I learned a lot. Elissa isn’t getting it. She’s not alone. Our elected officials are way behind on this. Slotkin still feels that the system works. She is an institutionalist, she’s from the CIA, and those folks are all…
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Tim Barrus: Eat the Rich
The New York Times has a set paradigm where frequently, I am asked – by third parties – questions, questions. And I try to address them. I think I got some of that action with this one. Sometimes there are so many questions, I don’t have time. I wish I…
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Tim Barrus: Male friendships Are A Thing Of The Past
I am autistic. My mates protected me. I had a big mouth. They did not have words for it. “We know you are a weirdo but we love you.” This was a rust belt factory town. Bar fight town. Football town. Poker town. Hunting and killing animals town. Lawn mower…
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Tim Barrus: Autistic Being Touched
I am autistic. I do not hug. I do not look at faces, and I never look directly at eyes. Covid gave me an excuse to not shake hands. People do not believe that the experience of being touched is not the same for everyone. If I read my books…
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BIGWIGGY
I am a communist. Mainly because there are so many little American henchmen I desire to annoy. Guerrilla Theatre: A bank lobby. A department store. A mall lobby. Break up a corporate bigwiggy conference. Sing songs. They hate songs. Parking lots. Free diapers for everyone. Give a die in a…
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Boys And Bedrooms
I am autistic. Sex seems to be the proverbial bugabuga that it’s always been. Leave the kids alone. Or they will find another place and it might not be a place adults approve of. Sex in cars is a lot of work. I would bet the ranch that the two…
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Community Works
I am a communist. I am a communist because I am intimate with poverty. How bad was it. The question isn’t how bad was it. The question is how bad is it now. We are still living in voodoo economics. I am not indolent. I am not a grifter. I…
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Wolf Puppies
I am a communist. The only thing that has ever brought me “happiness” was sitting in a bare room that contained a box, and then having six timber wolf puppy new-borns climb out of the box to come find me to nibble on. Wolf puppies are born toothless, deaf, and…
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TIM BARRUS: THE HA HA
I am a communist. I would read anything by Jamelle Bouie. To create a list of the deviant’s crimes, would take several issues of NYT. History will see the deviant as even more deviant than we knew. Mister Deviant, you are not running the world. Nanny has been busy. But…
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Tim Barrus: Beating Up Bloody Bullies
I am a communist. All is not okay. I took the black pill a while ago. Full stop. The vibe here is: Agony. I put my children on a flight out of this sick and sickening country. Daddy stays in America to fight. All is not okay. I will not…
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HOMO SAPIENS
I am a communist. What does that mean. I don’t really know. I am attracted to the idea that Capitalism has no heart in its cold and bitter soul, and having studied civil societies for a long time, I would argue that we are still living with political paradigms that…
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Tim Barrus: Harvard Is a Class Warfare Machine
I am a communist. Class and caste. I feel disoriented reading this. I was not educated at Harvard. I was educated in a grey depressed factory rust-town where the principal would shave your head if your hair touched your ears. That was the focus of education. Your hair and what…
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Tim Barrus: No Safe Zone Underground Bunker
I am kinda stunned. For the last ten years, I have been writing a book about how do homo sapiens build back an entire culture. A bit dystopian, but grounded in reality. Everyone leaves their bunkers at the same time. I am afraid of Americans. I am terrified by Americans.…
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Tim Barrus: Playing In The Rubble
I am a communist. I note that short term pain is code for something is going to be removed. For the disabled, it will mean food. It will mean medications. I know that is not what you want to hear. But the measuring itself is an institution of massive variables.…
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Tim Barrus: The Dark King
I am a communist. The issue is class and caste. The capitalists love putting their wealth in everyone’s face. The old adage – the poor want to be rich, too – is showing cracks in the facade. Americans cannot afford the lives they are living. There is fuel to this…
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Capitalism Has Failed
I am a communist. Marx got it right: “There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery.” How do you measure misery. When I am writing in foreign countries, I like to go visit grocery stores. I go…
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The Deviant Will Kill Us All
I am a communist. The deviant wants to kill us all. But Americans do not believe it. Brooks is not alone. The pessimism he seems to struggle with isn’t pessimism, it’s reality. The dividing line between suicide and homicide is razor thin. Rapist psychodynamic traits emerge as an overly assaultive,…
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Tim Barrus Americans Shiver in Their Pathetic Shoes
I am a communist. “And Respond.” Americans have never responded. They ruminate, and then they bend the knee. If North Korea invaded us, would you respond. No. It’s football night. You can go with Miss Timid. You will crawl at the Deviant’s feet. You can go with a polite note…