bushco and M$M et al define 'our job'.... we are to consume, watch TV, +

[bobbieinok]

http://www.ingalagringa.com/cunt/postscript.html

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According to the freaky little white men running the show right now, my job as an American is not to concern myself with big, faraway things like the rest of the world. My job is not even to concern myself with my country. Most certainly, my job is not to spend endless hours scouring the Internet for actual news, and piecing together the fragmented hints reported in the mainstream “media.”

My job is to consume the products that the world produces for me at breakneck speed, in sweatshops where folks are fired for failing a mandatory pregnancy test, or killed for trying to organize a union. My job is to watch teevee and allow it to shape my view. My job is to keep on the look-out for suspicious Muslims in my neighborhood.

If I adhered better to my job description, the desperation and pointlessness that haunts me would surely go away.

Conversely, part of the pointlessness I experience is directly related to how very well my fellow Americans are following the freaky little white man’s idea of a job description.

We are ass-deep in shit, but the “media” keeps telling us that new, improved, compassionate shit no longer stinks. A gaping disparity between the daily myth and the daily reality is producing a form of collective schizophrenia.

much more....

[fasttense]

1. You are so right.

Ever listen to republic politicians talk about the economy? They don't think of us as voters. They think of us as a "market".

[Deja Q]

2. Well, if they didn't offshore jobs, I'd agree.

It's hard to watch TV and all that when we're all homeless and penniless.

[Demeter]

3. An Amazing, Cogent Reflection on Current Events

Thanks for the link. There's so much more there than you could showcase in 4 paragraphs.

[bobbieinok]

4. I just learned about this author + book late Thursday from

a response to HeyHey's recent post in the feminist group.