Thank you, Larry, your essay -- for that is what it is -- complements HCR's work perfectly.
Our economics have become divorced from the household, our technology is divorced from mankind too, autonomous, self-serving, we find ourselves on board an immensely powerful vehicle in a state of constant acceleration, and the motor driving it is …
Thank you, Larry, your essay -- for that is what it is -- complements HCR's work perfectly.
Our economics have become divorced from the household, our technology is divorced from mankind too, autonomous, self-serving, we find ourselves on board an immensely powerful vehicle in a state of constant acceleration, and the motor driving it is an economic system...
WITH NO BRAKES.
NO BRAKES. And junkies drugged to the eyeballs on SuperCrack, SuperMeth and God only knows what.... shooting at the driver... screaming for more speed, Speed, SPEED...
This madness cannot go on. The collective psyche is already critically sick, delirious, the body of our society, the body social, politic, economic, can only follow.
I don't expect readers to grasp what I have just written, I hope, I pray that I am utterly mistaken... but do not believe that to be the case. Fever and convulsions seem inevitable and more will be needed to restore basic health than all the respite that the good doctors in Washington can offer.
This makes it all the more urgent, indeed crucial, to gather together and support the Biden Administration while citizens still can. To gain, to use the respite that's on offer.
Thank you, Larry, your essay -- for that is what it is -- complements HCR's work perfectly.
Our economics have become divorced from the household, our technology is divorced from mankind too, autonomous, self-serving, we find ourselves on board an immensely powerful vehicle in a state of constant acceleration, and the motor driving it is an economic system...
WITH NO BRAKES.
NO BRAKES. And junkies drugged to the eyeballs on SuperCrack, SuperMeth and God only knows what.... shooting at the driver... screaming for more speed, Speed, SPEED...
This madness cannot go on. The collective psyche is already critically sick, delirious, the body of our society, the body social, politic, economic, can only follow.
I don't expect readers to grasp what I have just written, I hope, I pray that I am utterly mistaken... but do not believe that to be the case. Fever and convulsions seem inevitable and more will be needed to restore basic health than all the respite that the good doctors in Washington can offer.
This makes it all the more urgent, indeed crucial, to gather together and support the Biden Administration while citizens still can. To gain, to use the respite that's on offer.
I'm old, been watching for decades. Bill Moyers warned us... Rupert slandered him from even before Fox.
A chilling but accurate assessment…I’m sorry to have to agree with you.
Agree.