It's a word game, and I mean that in the most terrifying sense. When you create a term to define something, you draw a psychological "line in the sand" separating one group of things from another. The true power lies in the fact that the separation defines one side as as presumptively good and the other as presumptively bad.
Draw enough lines and you create a box in which to trap people...by words alone.
This thing about what is and what isn't essential annoys me.
My job gives me money and lets me buy food. Therefore my job is essential to me. Just because some govorment fucktard sitting behind a desk disagrees doesn't make it less true
Every business is essential. The supply chains don't work if you decide to close businesses. Too many businesses operate with low margins for that to work.
What is happening is the destruction of small business. That is essential to implementing socialism. The State picks the winners and losers based on how beneficial a business is to the state. If it's a benefit to the State, it's an essential business, and it's allowed to continue operating. If it is not a benefit to the State, it is deemed non-essential, and shut down forever.
"Your family business that has been in operation since the 1940s is non-essential, and will be shut down. Anyone caught operating a non-essential business will be thrown in prison. If you don't like being out of work, Walmart is hiring."
You aren’t wrong there. Look at all of the people going around parroting the idea that if people want to work they should just get an essential job. Hell, even these essential jobs don’t seem all that essential when they are still laying off their employees.
And this isn't going to just go away. These draconian government overreaches? They're here to stay. Because we allowed them to stay. The worst we behaved over it was we complained loudly (protests), but ultimately we complied.
Love Mike Rowe. Although don't think he's ever been seen with a woman under his arm... not that it matters. Still love him. But not like that. You know.
His performing career began in 1984, when he faked his way into the Baltimore Opera to get his union card and meet girls, both of which he accomplished during a performance of Rigoletto. His transition to television occurred in 1990 when — to settle a bet — he auditioned for the QVC Shopping Channel and was promptly hired after talking about a pencil for nearly eight minutes. There, he worked the graveyard shift for three years, until he was ultimately fired for making fun of products and belittling viewers.
Its amazing how resiliant workers are without theaters, hunting, bars, concerts, weddings, funerals, gardening, church, sports, malls, themeparks, hotels, ect.
It was stupid in March. Now it's tyranny.
It's a word game, and I mean that in the most terrifying sense. When you create a term to define something, you draw a psychological "line in the sand" separating one group of things from another. The true power lies in the fact that the separation defines one side as as presumptively good and the other as presumptively bad.
Draw enough lines and you create a box in which to trap people...by words alone.
This thing about what is and what isn't essential annoys me.
My job gives me money and lets me buy food. Therefore my job is essential to me. Just because some govorment fucktard sitting behind a desk disagrees doesn't make it less true
And essential to the economy. Stop earning, stop spending. Has wide reaching trickle down effects.
Disband the CDC, give their budget directly to the people that they screwed over.
Every business is essential. The supply chains don't work if you decide to close businesses. Too many businesses operate with low margins for that to work.
So, no church until we put the vaccine in our body?
Click, clack.
No church until you can get microchipped by Bill Gates, pede. That's just the "new normal".
No church. That's just the "new normal".
fixed that for you
"Birdshot!"
"Buckshot! Buckshot! Buckshot!"
Mike Rowe is so right. Academia hates him. It wasn’t worth putting millions of people out work. Destroying business, wrecking state budgets
What is happening is the destruction of small business. That is essential to implementing socialism. The State picks the winners and losers based on how beneficial a business is to the state. If it's a benefit to the State, it's an essential business, and it's allowed to continue operating. If it is not a benefit to the State, it is deemed non-essential, and shut down forever.
"Your family business that has been in operation since the 1940s is non-essential, and will be shut down. Anyone caught operating a non-essential business will be thrown in prison. If you don't like being out of work, Walmart is hiring."
You aren’t wrong there. Look at all of the people going around parroting the idea that if people want to work they should just get an essential job. Hell, even these essential jobs don’t seem all that essential when they are still laying off their employees.
And this isn't going to just go away. These draconian government overreaches? They're here to stay. Because we allowed them to stay. The worst we behaved over it was we complained loudly (protests), but ultimately we complied.
Funny enough, all the essential jobs are service jobs. Not to knock people who serve, but a society of only "servants" does not innovate or advance.
We are under socialism RIGHT NOW.
The government controls the means of production. A WOMAN JUST GOT JAILED FOR RUNNING A HAIR SALON.
THIS IS SOCIALISM. RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
I've been waiting for lawsuits. I'm not hearing of many.
2016: the Deplorables
2020: the Non-Essentials
Love Mike Rowe. Although don't think he's ever been seen with a woman under his arm... not that it matters. Still love him. But not like that. You know.
Neither was Nikola Tesla but he contributed much to the world.
no, he has
Nice intro to his bio page...lol.
His performing career began in 1984, when he faked his way into the Baltimore Opera to get his union card and meet girls, both of which he accomplished during a performance of Rigoletto. His transition to television occurred in 1990 when — to settle a bet — he auditioned for the QVC Shopping Channel and was promptly hired after talking about a pencil for nearly eight minutes. There, he worked the graveyard shift for three years, until he was ultimately fired for making fun of products and belittling viewers.
I mean, the man has a point
My city just decided that florists were "essential" because they heard a sob story about a mexican who had a flower shop.
We're now living in a political system where the government chooses who can do business and who can't.
Everyone enjoying your free trail of socialism?
All jobs are essential.
End this nonsense now.
Its amazing how resiliant workers are without theaters, hunting, bars, concerts, weddings, funerals, gardening, church, sports, malls, themeparks, hotels, ect.