Tim Barrus: America is Rotten to the Core
Capitalism and democracy have both failed us. We dance on their graves. It’s not about your house. It’s not about your job. It’s not about your cars. This time, it’s about you. Cars. Houses. Your boss you hate but you suck it up. Capitalism works for about three people who are rich anyway. The rest of us get to argue about fiddledeedee. A total lack of imagination. We can avoid responsibility. We did this. I am poor. I have always been poor. I will die poor. Your stuff will save you is ordinary swill. Stuff. More stuff. Oh, maybe we can be the rich, too, if we just work harder. Faster. Faster. The whole idea of Mister Big Boss is a pornography. We made this vile system. We embraced it. And we are going to pay. Pay. And pay. The only question is do you become a suit or do you take another direction in your life. The suits will always be suits because they believe that they can create institutional structures that will pay off. Emptiness. That someday will never arrive. The carrot or the stick. How about both. It’s lose, lose. America was interesting but it failed because the rich see more money invested in authority. They want a piece of that, too. Poverty will kill you. They want a piece of that action, too. More children did not eat as much as previous years because we have learned how to limit access. We don’t limit the food, we limit access. Social security is next. Medicare pays for nothing. You people are slaves and you do not matter. The culture is rotten to the core.