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American’s have become enslaved by their desire to have money. I recognize this is a blanket statement and that necessities are purchased with money, the point is that Americans have in many ways a distorted perspective on what constitutes necessities.
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Quick Takes – Hat Trick
Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own.
Rome, er, America
Added:
“The worst thing about living in the declining era of a great civilization is knowing that you are.”
– Robert Heinlein
I’ve embedded this video before (1:44:41), and I cannot endorse it highly enough – Bill Whittle discusses the slow rise and strobe-light-flash fall of civilizations, the greatness of Western Civilization, plus many other things – bookmark it for later, but do watch it:
Quick Takes – A Hat Trick + One
1. Shortages.
I was at the grocery store and I overheard three of the senior people – decades of experience – talking about how it’s harder to get items to stock on the shelves. I mentioned that to some of the stock clerks whom I have gotten to know and they concur: they’re having to get creative to keep shelves visually full.
Survival Instincts: Individual and Societal
Eons ago, when I was in high school and had to evade velociraptor packs and the occasional T-rex on the way to the train station to get to high school, I was watching a scaaaary movie while alone doing homework at the dining table.
WILL LIVING OFF THE GRID BE ILLEGAL SOON?
“Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.” ~Imelda Marcos USA Today reported back in April 2006, that 180,000 families were living “off the grid” Moreover, USA Today in that same story reported that that rate has jumped to upwards of 33% a year for a decade according … Read more