Yep, I just received a link delivered to me moments ago that said that the url suffix .cn is now available. Why fuck around with our little dot com American shit when you can go for the double digit growth of China.
I deleted the damn email. I don’t want to deal with China. I want to continue to believe that it is possible to still make money in the United States of America. I still want to believe that the dollar is stronger than other currencies, that our deficits were not so huge, that millions of people did not lack health insurance, and that social security will last forever.
The era that we Americans live in should be called mediaphoria. We are all walking around believing that the pot of gold still lies at the end of the rainbow if we still have the wherewithall to get there. Only problem is when you finally get to the end of the rainbow there is not a pot of gold. Instead you find plenty of lies.
There is a tax on this and a fee for that. There are IRS audits to hurdle and lawyers to avoid. You can’t hardly fart these days without somebody knowing about it. Sometimes I think America represents the future because so-called emerging economies of the world haven’t learned the lesson yet that there are limits to growth.
There are still people who believe that it is possible to become wealthier every day, and these are the same people who become offended if you challenge their thinking. Do not tell someone who drives an SUV that gas costs a lot of money. They will argue to the death that based on the inflation rate over time, gas is still around 25 cents a gallon. If I were to believe this then coffee ought to still cost 25 cents a cup. I brew my joe at home. I refuse to pay Starbucks three bucks for a latte.
I will never buy into the illusion that I am becoming wealthier. I am rational enough to understand that somebody somewhere has already got it worked out how to snatch that extra dough out of my pocket. This is why I don’t go on vacations, I don’t fly, and I really don’t drive unless I have to. I wait for sales at the supermarket before I go shopping in earnest. I am very very smart with my money. I don’t make a helluva lot, but what I do have I don’t spend on bullshit.
I am not going to live my life as though spending money is going to make me be a better person. I could give a shit how much money I have because I know that some of the most interesting times I ever had in my life were when I had the least amount of money. There was more fun to have because the people who surrounded me couldn’t care less about how much money I had. (Or didn’t have as the case may be.)
As far as I am concerned, the best indicator that America has had it is when you see the monster homes and huge cars. America is done for because the illusion of happiness has been adopted as reality by practically everyone you see. There are few people left hanging around who know how to live life. Hardly anyone knows how to have a good time any more unless it involves ordering something from the Internet in order to impress others. Videos are everywhere of people doing stupid things. Frankly, the whole thing is sickening. I would rather go on a hike somewhere than look at that shit.
People who are not happy with their lives owe everyone else a confession that they are all barking up the wrong tree. Only problem is, corporate America is making too much money off of them. The poor bastards who seek wealth today are the ones who are themselves trapped by it. Like a dog chasing its tail, the itch is never scratched. And as time drags along in ones life the realization finally sets in sooner or later that all that time spent chasing a Calvin Klein underwear ad should have been spent getting to know Number One.
The media is presiding over this cultural decline like a bunch of gangsters waiting for the big shootout so they can rush in and grab the loot. The front men of modern capitalism are the project managers, focus groups, and pollsters. And they are the watchdog groups like the ACLU and the Rainbow Coalition. They all sell their influence for money. In other words they find out who the suckers are, and then all you have to do is to pay them and they will bring the media to them so you can make a buck from their stupidity. They basically have nothing tangible to sell except information on others. It is a sick and purposeless existence that targets sick and purposeless consumers. The mafia today are a nefarious group of ‘professionals’ who liase with the media to exploit others for money.
So, relax it’s all over. Lighten up. We’re all going down with the ship, and there’s not a damn thing anybody can do about it.
-NNIC

































