Perhaps this is a little much for some people to swallow, but I’m just going to lay it out. We have a property disorder here on this planet. Yeah, property. Like land, trees, the air, the minerals, the means of…
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Free Money? My Foot.
They tell me it’s free money. They tell me there’s a guaranteed return on investment. They tell me it’s a win-win scenario and I’d be stupid not to participate. “They” say a lot of things. My boss regularly harasses me…
Tagged with: capitalism, economy, living small, living tiny, minimalism, recession, retirement
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Share Your Passion
I’m a shit writer. Yep, that’s how I’m starting. I write in order to organize my thoughts in a coherent manner. If I were writing this in a text file no one would see, I would quickly get bored, the…
The Prodigious Purge
I’m loving the purge! It feels so good to rid myself of unused items, unappreciated furniture, and redundant clothing. The books are a hard one. Some, I’ve read and won’t pick up again so, donating them to the library is…
Tagged with: collapse, downsizing, living small, living tiny, minimalism, minimalist, motorhome, rv living
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Minimalism By Distillation
I’m going small and it feels good. We’re in the process of finding a suitable motorhome to live in. A beautiful Class C to modify for our purposes. A remodeled rear bedroom for storage, a composting toilet in the lavatory,…
Tagged with: collaborative consumption, downsizing, living small, living tiny, minimalism, motorhome, RV fulltiming
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Fight Or Flight In A Culture Of Rot
I don’t know about you, but I have very little invested in United States capitalism, United States empire building, or really anything to do with the United States. I am human. I am an Earthling. I think, feel and metabolize…
Tagged with: capitalism, collapse, democracy, environmentalism, global warming, society, survival
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Freedom to Choose Your Tyranny
The practice of an established monarchy is largely dead; the ideology of feudalism, although more common than you think, is met with hostility by most citizens; so, what makes you think capitalism and representative government is the pinnacle of freedom…
Tagged with: capitalism, government, money, political economy, tyranny
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
The Practice of Victim Blaming
Capitalism is an incubator of the very worst behaviors in human beings, and it’s the greed, violence, addiction, gluttony and bigotry that the cynical majority cite as examples to the futility of building an alternative system. The people I meet…
Empathy For Corporations. Really
I don’t necessarily blame greedy corporations for their actions. Their corporate charters (by law), require them to produce a profit for their shareholders regardless of the social, economic or environmental consequences. Corporate monopolies and destruction of small business is the…
Tagged with: capitalism, corporation, democracy, economy, empathy, extinction, greed, marxism, socialism, socialization, surplus value, wealth
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
There Are No Monsters
Many people find it intolerable that I can empathize with everyone; from the lying drug addict to the hedge fund manager that pissed away your college fund. Even a serial killer wasn’t just born a sociopath, there are reasons for…
Tagged with: choice, dialectical materialism, empathy, environmental influence, marxism, society, upbringing
Posted in Marxism, Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Reform or Revolution?
American history is not one of revolution, but of reforms to quiet and appease a restless populace. From the beginning, we have lived in a class society; the majority who perform the work and the minority which make the lion’s…
Organized Entropy Expansion #1
I don’t like shopping. I buy used, if I buy at all. Sports are dumb. The TV is a propaganda box. Guns are a tool and should not be idolized. “The sanctity of marriage”, is a phrase uttered by bigots.…
Tagged with: biosphere, capitalism, consumerism, human potential, marxism, vegan, veganism
Posted in Marxism, Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
A Comprehensive Collection
So, I’ve had this little conundrum for a couple years now: I want to own a home, someplace to call my own that facilitates my lifestyle and I can build it to suit my needs, but I don’t know where…
Tagged with: earthen home, goals, home, insecurities, minimalism, off grid, passions, tiny home
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
An Analysis of a Construction Equipment Rental Company
I work for a construction tool rental company based out of Seattle, Washington. My time in the Portland, Oregon branch, although brief compared to the average employee, has led me to make a few small observations about the day to…
Tagged with: bourgeoisie, capitalism, class struggle, construction, Frederick Engels, Karl Marx, marxian, proletariat, rental, surplus value
Posted in Marxism, Uncategorized
Posted in Marxism, Uncategorized
musings on entropy 