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I don’t do this often but here are the most popular posts from last year. I’m sure we’ll be getting many more in 2024.
Here’s the #1 post from last year:
Business is Increasingly Rejecting the Pronoun Cult
I don’t know about you, but I am celebrating today’s news from CNBC stating, “Resumes including 'they/them' pronouns are more likely to be overlooked”. Frankly, it is unsurprising that companies are less than willing to hire purple-haired, narcissistic, weirdos to be the face of their organizations.
And here’s the rest:
Here's How to Crush the Proletariat
The quote, "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation" encapsulates Vladimir Lenin’s revolutionary ideology and strategy to dismantle the so-called “capitalist class”. Lenin believed that the bourgeoisie, the cake eaters, exploited and oppressed the working class. Marxists believe there are only two classes and that nobody really moves up or down without massive, violent, revolutions. However, in the West people can get rich through hard work and they do it all the time. We also have the ability to run for office. So, it’s ridiculous of Lenin to believe there are only two unchanging classes. Nevertheless, most politicians love inflation and high tax rates. It helps them control the entire populace, not just rich people.
The Most Expensive Isolation from Reality
I have said before, listening to an intellectual’s view of how the world should be run is a lot like taking advice from an expert in the Lord of the Rings (like Stephen Colbert) -or someone who has given up on life and living in their parent’s basement. It is just not a good idea. I am not chiding LOTR, fantasy, or even sci-fi. I enjoy all of them. But they have their place. It is not useful to listen to the advice of someone who lives in their head and suffers no consequences for the implementation of those ideas.
The Woke Corporation is Dead
Woke Capitalism Woke capitalism refers to a form of capitalism in which businesses take into consideration social and political issues and pretend to work to address them. It is characterized by a focus on faking a positive impact on society and the environment and spending far more money telling everyone about it.
The Violent "Inclusivity" of Socialism and Equity
Socialism is the most violent cult the world has ever seen. Nobody, and I truly mean nobody, can come anywhere near the death toll of socialists in the 20th century. One hundred million is an underestimate that often does not include Africa, where most countries attempted socialism, resulting in the mass starvation and murder of tens of millions more. The supporters of this ideology continue to push a narrative that everyone can be part of the same group, and that everyone can achieve the same levels of equity, but this is never the case.
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