2020/06/25

False consciousness

Todays concept is False consciousness


"False consciousness is a term used—primarily by Marxist sociologists—to describe ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes are said to mislead members of the proletariat and other class actors within capitalist societies, concealing the exploitation intrinsic to the social relations between classes"

Credit Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consciousness

2020/06/17

The Rich are Not your Friend

Caveat emptor when you listen to the rich and their argument against your better interests

https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1

2020/06/10

always and forever

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers - Socrates

2020/06/07

Life is Short

"Meditate upon what you ought to be in body and soul when death overtakes you; meditate on the brevity of life, and the measureless gulf of eternity behind it and before, and upon the frailty of everything material" --- Marcus Aurelius

2020/05/19

Whats on The Night Table Now

The local library just emailed me that we're good to go for picking up stuff. COVID-19 forced some safety measures which actually I prefer. I park at an assigned spot, call the number and provide my library card number and they walk out with my book.

Can we do this forever?

So the book I finally get my greedy little hands on?

Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
By Anand Giridharadas

Im very excited to devour this little tome.

Oh, and the quote page before the table of contents? This little gem.

Giddy Up!

2020/05/16

Light

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light

 - Plato 

2020/05/06

class warfare

It's class warfare, and we're not winning

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/how-marie-and-ed-bosarges-divorce-spotlights-south-dakotas-asset-trusts.html