Picture this: It’s zero dark thirty, and the U.S. military rolls in like they’re delivering Amazon Prime to the Arctic Circle. No muss, no fuss, just a squadron of F-35s buzzing overhead while SEAL Team Six parachutes in with Starbucks lattes and a warrant from the Department of “Because We Can.” Denmark, bless their hygge-loving…
Tag: Money
Creating Debt to Transfer Wealth
The greatest show on earth is the grand spectacle of government debt and wealth redistribution, where your tax dollars vanish into a black hole of bullshit faster than you can say “balanced budget.” We’ve all heard the fairy tale where politicians wring their hands and coo, “Oopsie, we overspent a tad! Hard choices ahead, folks….
Somalians Notice Opportunity
The storefront sat back from the road behind a bank and a nail salon and a place that sold phones in glass cases. The sign above the door had letters that leaned as if the wind had set them there wrong and left them. QUALITY LEANING CENTER. A child’s plastic slide lay on its side…
Job Crafting
Life’s a big cosmic carnival and your job is just one of the funhouse mirrors in it. And if you’re not tweaking that mirror to show you the reflection you want, you’re just standing around waiting for someone else to paint your face like a clown. Job crafting, my friend, is basically saying, “Hey, I’m…
Everything is Astroturfed
Let’s face it: we live in an era where destruction is the new construction. Everything that’s built – from our political systems to our smartphones – seems designed to break down, morally or mechanically. Why? Because those who control the levers of power are about as capable as a screen door on a submarine. They…
Grifting Elites
If you’ve ever turned on the ol’ television set, browsed through the interwebs, or chanced upon a newspaper (remember those?), you’d know that Western politics is, and I say this with the utmost respect, a bit of a circus. Now, I don’t mean the kind with fluffy cotton candy and delightful elephant tricks. No, this…
Digital Gulags
We find ourselves now in a strange world where our hard-earned money is subject to the whims of an increasingly nosy and selective bank. I mean, it’s all starting to look like a Monty Python sketch, isn’t it? There was a time, you see, when a bank was a bank. You’d put your money in,…
Tax the Rich
Here’s something that’s been on my mind. You know how when you’re young, you’ve got all this energy and enthusiasm, like a brand new Duracell battery right out of the pack? Well, there are some folks out there, big corporations, government bodies, sneaky intelligence agencies, who look at that energy and think, “Hmm, how can…
Middle Management
My friend pointed out that despite all the credentials and ability, a big group of us were trapped under a glass ceiling in middle management and had no path or connections to anything better. Middle management is a lonely no-man’s land. Workers hate you for keeping them on task. They are infantile and just want…
Preparing For the Future
Emerging trends clearly indication how young boys will have to find good career paths. Since 2015, women are the majority of college graduates, now at 60% and projected to continue increasing their dominance. “In the next few years, two women will earn a college degree for every man, if the trend continues, said Douglas Shapiro,…
Take an Extended Break
You can take a break for a while and rediscover yourself again. A short pause might be enough, or a few years if you need. Shift your costs to the public while getting free food, housing, and medical care. Small crimes will get you 60 or 90 days away from jobs. More significant crimes might…
Honor and Money
“Honor and money cannot fit in the same bag.” -Proverb So it is. When the goal is money, it is clear that you must renounce honor. This is the purpose of workplace culture displacing normal standards. In the office you are asked to remain silent about your values, preferences, or beliefs while complying with orders…