Latest revision as of 18:37, 30 June 2008

A cutup of Street Sermon (by DirtyEssence) and Save Money, Kill Time. Kill Money, Save Time (by FullTimeSlacker) and editing by Zarathud.

I’d like to begin with thanking you for taking this step, it means a lot to me to know that there are other people out there who look for the strange, the new. I've found a lot of many people's time is wrapped up in making sure they have enough money to weather the next shitstorm. The car breaks down, the kid breaks a leg, or the spouse breaks the bad news that she's leaving and taking half of everything and all of your dignity. . I know you paid for it and all, changed the oil every 3,000 miles and unfailingly paid the tolls, if you decide that you want to scratch off the VIN number the local man in blue can impound your car. Your gas gauge never gets above a half-tank on a good day. . Look, let’s say you own a house built by your father’s own two hands, and the house is built on land that was tamed by your great-great grandparents (the car that doesn't even drive anymore) a few centuries ago. Even if you have the deed in your hand, and even if you have not taken out any mortgages on the house, both house and land will be taken away from you if you fail to pay the property tax. You can hardly buy anything without credit, you need to have credit to get it.

I’m sorry to break it to you friend, but you do not own your own body . Of course, you can't STOP spending, especially on the things that make you feel happy. Look, if you decided you wanted to put a little stimulant in your body, you will have no job or benefits. Your sexual organs must keep quiet, because that is a severe legal offence. Gotta cram in one more hour of teevee, I know it's 1 AM, but I can get by on just 5 hours of sleep, right? I'll just poison myself into alertness. This is what I’m getting at friend. I believe that neither of us own our minds.

The harder you work to earn your money the less you get to enjoy it. The less you work the less you make, but you have a lot of time on your hands to worry about how much you don't have, right?

Fuck that.

See, what we call our ideas are mostly experiences we have had bubbling through our 5 senses or an expression of some relation between these experiences. They simply cannot own this, unless you decide to give it to them.

Work just the bare minimum, cut corners by re-using stuff as often as possible, grow some of your own food, and spend all of your money on marijuana so the official economy doesn't get any of it.

It is our last bastion of freedom, and certainly the most powerful tool we could ever possess. Look, I choose to believe that liberty is of nearly inexpressible value. This is certainly something that the powers that be want to portray. But when they use the term to what definition are they referring: the liberty of the individual or the liberty of the People? While away the blissful hours with a hobby that makes you happy and doesn't cost a lot. There is a difference. Everybody knows what it is like to experience something meaningful, everybody knows what it is like to have a happy experience. There's got to be something out there for you. When an object comes on the market it will certainly try to sell you on one or both of these aspects. You keep rushing back and forth hoping one day you'll have enough to stop working. This is where it all comes together.

You have already taken the first step in the process. I have not told you anything you did not already know, except this: there are people out there who truly want to you think critically not because they want to you follow their agenda or buy their product. If you did think critically what could we possibly convince you to do?