Unless politicians see potential political profit, there ia no incentives for mundane incremential improvement. And even when there is potential political capital "laying on the table" there seem to be political DISINCENTIVES (invisible to the public like tĥe perverse incentives/disincentives during covid) that keeps progress to a standstill
We are being failed b y our "leaders" to such an extent that it seems certain that there is tremendous undercurrents that are mentioned by no one- ESPECIALLY BY PEOPLE EMPOWERED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, the "press"
I’m old in my sixties. Ive recently been getting rid of all my stuff that no longer serves me. Major declutter, give always, and downsizing.
One thing I did hold on to was all my dvd collection I had boxed up because I was using steaming services. I unsubscribed to all of the streaming services. Canceled my internet, and bought a DVD player.
And so I’m not totally in the dark.. I bought a HDMI to lightening cable that I can hook my iPhone to TV and mirror YouTube videos. That only cost 25 dollars a month on the Visible plan that is owned by Verizon.
I’m disconnecting slowly.
After Katrina… I saw the writing on the graffiti filled walls and moved to rural town. No stop light kind of town.
Best thing I ever did. No traffic, ever! I live on country time. No damn movie theaters or fancy restaurants. No woke nonsense.
In a way.. I’ve been preparing for a time when the SHTF. Minimalist lifestyle. I’m not hoarding for the end times. No stockpiles of crappy survival food. I can live on a flock of chickens just like my grandma did. Raise a pig or two.
I stopped flying in 2010 because of TSA, so I won’t be needing the real ID.
Katrina showed me what happens when the SHTF and it isn’t what people think..
Likewise! I have a nice collection of DVDs, Bluray disks, 4K disks - so if streaming "goes down", I've still got plenty to entertain me. Not to mention enough books to read for a lifetime (?).
I'm right there with you. I turned 70 last year, but I had moved out of the big city I had lived in (Texas) for 25 years, and I moved back to my growing up roots in the country. I absolutely love it, and I will never again live in a big city. Done forever.
What a great story !! If I may add a suggestion. Check on eBay for someone selling a used encyclopedia. I did, bought one a few years ago and it was very satisfying. I now have on paper - historical references, definitions of words (i.e. vaccines) and other useful events from the past completely immune to censorship, rewriting and wokeness editing. And I don't believe they even sell current printed sets of encyclopedias anymore, just the subscriptions on line that are subject to all the above listed effects and you wouldn't know it.
👍💯%. References rather than novels. I have an imagination - I can entertain myself as well as any novel I have read - but I must have knowledge to do so.
All valid points young lady. But you are approaching this from the angle that we have people in government that can deal with a crisis. We do not. We have a collection of professional grifters who do nothing, pay themselves large salaries, to always tell us “there was nothing they could do to prevent it”, but if we would just give them more of our money they would be able to solve the problem. It takes Private Enterprise to get anything done, which means it takes risk, which then, when successful, brings financial reward for those that develop it, then our “Political Problem Solvers”, aka the “Gubmint”, the Bernies, the AOCs, the Schmuck Shumers, etc., just sit back and bitch.
We have regulated and politically killed this GOD given Nation with 150 years of Nattering Nabobs ruling instead of representing the people they work for.
Great article about the frail infrastructure of all systems. It is by design for depopulation. Corporate corruption and political money laundering is everywhere.
This is by far the best article that I’ve read so far this year. Almost all politicians have no interest on an infrastructure fix because it doesn’t fit their money grubbing agenda.
It's not quite that overtly selfish. It's just socialism.
Socialism doesn't incentivize people to do the right thing. At all. The results are always going to be this way. If you want policy to prioritize traffic flow, policy-makers and road workers need skin in the game.
Yep, there were no planes on the buildings either, no plane debris. CGI was used. Dr Judy Wood investigated it and wrote a book. A false flag demolition that killed thousands of ppl so the CIA and Mossad could attack Iran. Still going on today! Our gov has been infiltrated since Project Paperclip!!!
Indeed, they could have just as easily orchestrated or allowed it WITH the planes. No missiles needed. Did 2020 teach people nothing about how worthless We the Peons are to the tyrannical bureaucratic shadow scum who rule over us and their puppet politicians?
In my experience modern transportation/traffic experts in city planning do their best to deliberately create snarled traffic. The reason? Cars are "bad" and supposedly this will have the effect of turning people to public transportation. Except of course the public transportation systems can often be worse experiences. So here we are. Efficiency has become a bad word
It’s moral failure. There’s none of the type of reward politicians look for in doing vital but unspectacular things: no preening in front of the cameras, no adulation, no magazine covers. To them it’s all risk and no reward.
Sharyl- we live in a triangular area where there is a power plant, air base, and an international bridge. On 9/11, as we all recall, everything was shut down. My son was at work- not a problem. Younger daughter was in high school which had locked down so she was safe but the older daughter was in her first few weeks of community college. The administration kicked all the kids off campus leaving them to fend for themselves (I am not kidding. Even the dormers weren't allowed to go to their dorms). She had a car and drove a friend home in a neighboring town but then tried to get home to us, in our specialized triangle with sensitive structures. Oh, baby...She took back roads that she didn't even know existed and FINALLY made it to our road only to be stopped at a checkpoint by the volunteer firemen. Now, her father had been a member of that hall since long before we even met so she 'grew up' in that hall and yet she had to prove who she was, where she lived (a 1/4 mile down the road), where she was going., and why. Freaking nightmare.
Recently, I had to deal with another major bureaucracy - a health insurance company - regarding an incorrect insurance card for my son, who is disabled. The first time was pleasant. The young woman had a "can do" attitude and promised quick delivery of a corrected card. Except the card was wrong again. 2nd call and got an older woman who was puzzled that another wrong card was issued. She wanted to investigate this and wanted me to accompany her by staying on the phone while she sleuthed out the person or persons or system that was at fault. I praised her diligence and thanked her profusely and expressed my puzzled surprise that a wrong card could be issued again while being very careful not to point fingers or offend but said that my son now needed my assistance getting out of the shower and I could not stay on the phone any longer. Apparently, she could not do her job without my support and praise bolstering her confidence or ego. And no card of any kind arrived.... A third call about 3 weeks later ensued. A mature sounding man took the call. He was so disappointed to learn that no card had arrived. He looked at his computer. It still showed incorrect information for the provider's practice. He could not understand this. He wanted to ponder this systemic failure and understand how it happened. I had to gently remind him that the fix was the thing that needed to be done. Just fix it and then mail it. It took several tries to get him to focus on his job of customer service. He just couldn't get over the fact that the information was still wrong AND that we didn't get the (3rd and still wrong) card that had been sent. I soothed him by throwing the Post Office under the bus and that our mail goes astray with some regularity (all true) and maybe it had gotten lost in the mail. Finally, success. After about 3 months, a correct insurance card arrived.
If we're supposed to rely on capitalism to save us in lieu of the government, we're doomed. The government's "can't do" attitude has infected American corporations.
I have no answers. We can be careful who we vote for. We can demand accountability from our elected leaders. BUT, we've seen how the political parties refuse to cooperate with each other. We've experienced foreign interlopers continually succeed at dismantling our civil society with riots and terrorist crimes. Other than praying and relying on ourselves and good neighbors, I don't see any way out of this.
It's pathetic that you had to basically provide psychological counseling/support to get the card and even then, you kept getting the wrong card. I can't help but think that this is a generational thing to some degree--the boomers that people want to hate on now have retired or died, leaving behind the younger workers who were raised with participation awards and safe spaces.
It's ironic that I am a boomer! Mothering random customer service workers is apparently now required to get anything done. It does make me wonder what will happen when I'm too feeble or demented to mother/ praise/ support all the people whose job description it is to support my son and me...
yep, those of us still remaining and of sound mind, are the ones who see this the most. I'm irritated with all the hate out there right now towards boomers--as if saving and not spending wildly all their lives, and managing to get a decent home out of it, is so bad... I'm reluctant to see how far this will go--will it be wealth confiscation or something much worse like Canada's MAID system?
"""If we're supposed to rely on capitalism to save us in lieu of the government, we're doomed. The government's "can't do" attitude has infected American corporations."""
The second sentence makes a mockery of the first. The government's tentacles in the corporate world have made big business very un-capitalist, which is why big business is now indistinguishable from government.
A genuine free market wouldn't allow for such government, which would in turn make business very different.
Exactly. I am reminded of a graph that a friend of mind created depicting three vertical columns representing power and dominion. He explained that the first column was the citizen, the second column was the government and the third column was corporations. He explained that the Founders intention was to have the first column (citizens) always higher than the other two and that the other two should never be equals or higher than the first. The reality is that the lowest column now is the first (citizens) and the government and corporation columns are about equal and tower over the first.
It's almost as if it's on purpose. When all the infrastructure is connected to the internet, (water, sewer, gas, electricity, emergency services etc.), and is vulnerable to hacks or attacks, we are vulnerable sitting ducks. Nobody does anything about it. Why not? Because it's on purpose. We have to make our own backup plan. The governments (or whoever is controlling them) are out to kill us.
There's a town/city in Germany that has safe, regular, clean, free public transport to all suburbs. Most residents leave their cars at home, using them only at weekends.
Politicians and other grifters find funneling money to pet projects and advocacy groups much more lucrative than public infrastructure.
Unless politicians see potential political profit, there ia no incentives for mundane incremential improvement. And even when there is potential political capital "laying on the table" there seem to be political DISINCENTIVES (invisible to the public like tĥe perverse incentives/disincentives during covid) that keeps progress to a standstill
We are being failed b y our "leaders" to such an extent that it seems certain that there is tremendous undercurrents that are mentioned by no one- ESPECIALLY BY PEOPLE EMPOWERED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, the "press"
They make a career out of it
I’m old in my sixties. Ive recently been getting rid of all my stuff that no longer serves me. Major declutter, give always, and downsizing.
One thing I did hold on to was all my dvd collection I had boxed up because I was using steaming services. I unsubscribed to all of the streaming services. Canceled my internet, and bought a DVD player.
And so I’m not totally in the dark.. I bought a HDMI to lightening cable that I can hook my iPhone to TV and mirror YouTube videos. That only cost 25 dollars a month on the Visible plan that is owned by Verizon.
I’m disconnecting slowly.
After Katrina… I saw the writing on the graffiti filled walls and moved to rural town. No stop light kind of town.
Best thing I ever did. No traffic, ever! I live on country time. No damn movie theaters or fancy restaurants. No woke nonsense.
In a way.. I’ve been preparing for a time when the SHTF. Minimalist lifestyle. I’m not hoarding for the end times. No stockpiles of crappy survival food. I can live on a flock of chickens just like my grandma did. Raise a pig or two.
I stopped flying in 2010 because of TSA, so I won’t be needing the real ID.
Katrina showed me what happens when the SHTF and it isn’t what people think..
Likewise! I have a nice collection of DVDs, Bluray disks, 4K disks - so if streaming "goes down", I've still got plenty to entertain me. Not to mention enough books to read for a lifetime (?).
Getting away from the cities is great!
I'm right there with you. I turned 70 last year, but I had moved out of the big city I had lived in (Texas) for 25 years, and I moved back to my growing up roots in the country. I absolutely love it, and I will never again live in a big city. Done forever.
What a great story !! If I may add a suggestion. Check on eBay for someone selling a used encyclopedia. I did, bought one a few years ago and it was very satisfying. I now have on paper - historical references, definitions of words (i.e. vaccines) and other useful events from the past completely immune to censorship, rewriting and wokeness editing. And I don't believe they even sell current printed sets of encyclopedias anymore, just the subscriptions on line that are subject to all the above listed effects and you wouldn't know it.
Thanks for tip 🤔
👍💯%. References rather than novels. I have an imagination - I can entertain myself as well as any novel I have read - but I must have knowledge to do so.
Excellent point!
Print cant be easily chan̈ged- future tyrann̈ies will have to destroy this type of knowledge via "Farenheit 458" type political "advancements"
All valid points young lady. But you are approaching this from the angle that we have people in government that can deal with a crisis. We do not. We have a collection of professional grifters who do nothing, pay themselves large salaries, to always tell us “there was nothing they could do to prevent it”, but if we would just give them more of our money they would be able to solve the problem. It takes Private Enterprise to get anything done, which means it takes risk, which then, when successful, brings financial reward for those that develop it, then our “Political Problem Solvers”, aka the “Gubmint”, the Bernies, the AOCs, the Schmuck Shumers, etc., just sit back and bitch.
We have regulated and politically killed this GOD given Nation with 150 years of Nattering Nabobs ruling instead of representing the people they work for.
Great article about the frail infrastructure of all systems. It is by design for depopulation. Corporate corruption and political money laundering is everywhere.
This is by far the best article that I’ve read so far this year. Almost all politicians have no interest on an infrastructure fix because it doesn’t fit their money grubbing agenda.
It's not quite that overtly selfish. It's just socialism.
Socialism doesn't incentivize people to do the right thing. At all. The results are always going to be this way. If you want policy to prioritize traffic flow, policy-makers and road workers need skin in the game.
Excellent topic that actually addresses the herd mentality. Logic and reason are disappearing under the weight of the mundane.
The Mundane are city planners. Future planners aren't bothered with roads.
"Islamic extremist terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon."
That "plane" was a cruise missile. And not guided by terrorists.
Yep, there were no planes on the buildings either, no plane debris. CGI was used. Dr Judy Wood investigated it and wrote a book. A false flag demolition that killed thousands of ppl so the CIA and Mossad could attack Iran. Still going on today! Our gov has been infiltrated since Project Paperclip!!!
LOL, "no planes". Right, the plane passengers disappeared into thin air. Now tell us about the moon landing before your next therapy appointment.
Indeed, they could have just as easily orchestrated or allowed it WITH the planes. No missiles needed. Did 2020 teach people nothing about how worthless We the Peons are to the tyrannical bureaucratic shadow scum who rule over us and their puppet politicians?
What happened to Barbara Olson? Was she riding the cruise missile? Tell us before your next therapy appointment.
In my experience modern transportation/traffic experts in city planning do their best to deliberately create snarled traffic. The reason? Cars are "bad" and supposedly this will have the effect of turning people to public transportation. Except of course the public transportation systems can often be worse experiences. So here we are. Efficiency has become a bad word
Stop making so much sense Sharyl. We'll force you to run for public office!
Oh dear, that would be cruel and unusual punishment!
If only!
you should call Desantis office. that is one governor who would actually do something about traffic jamss for hours.
It’s moral failure. There’s none of the type of reward politicians look for in doing vital but unspectacular things: no preening in front of the cameras, no adulation, no magazine covers. To them it’s all risk and no reward.
Yo, Sean Duffy et al: You reading this?
Sharyl- we live in a triangular area where there is a power plant, air base, and an international bridge. On 9/11, as we all recall, everything was shut down. My son was at work- not a problem. Younger daughter was in high school which had locked down so she was safe but the older daughter was in her first few weeks of community college. The administration kicked all the kids off campus leaving them to fend for themselves (I am not kidding. Even the dormers weren't allowed to go to their dorms). She had a car and drove a friend home in a neighboring town but then tried to get home to us, in our specialized triangle with sensitive structures. Oh, baby...She took back roads that she didn't even know existed and FINALLY made it to our road only to be stopped at a checkpoint by the volunteer firemen. Now, her father had been a member of that hall since long before we even met so she 'grew up' in that hall and yet she had to prove who she was, where she lived (a 1/4 mile down the road), where she was going., and why. Freaking nightmare.
Recently, I had to deal with another major bureaucracy - a health insurance company - regarding an incorrect insurance card for my son, who is disabled. The first time was pleasant. The young woman had a "can do" attitude and promised quick delivery of a corrected card. Except the card was wrong again. 2nd call and got an older woman who was puzzled that another wrong card was issued. She wanted to investigate this and wanted me to accompany her by staying on the phone while she sleuthed out the person or persons or system that was at fault. I praised her diligence and thanked her profusely and expressed my puzzled surprise that a wrong card could be issued again while being very careful not to point fingers or offend but said that my son now needed my assistance getting out of the shower and I could not stay on the phone any longer. Apparently, she could not do her job without my support and praise bolstering her confidence or ego. And no card of any kind arrived.... A third call about 3 weeks later ensued. A mature sounding man took the call. He was so disappointed to learn that no card had arrived. He looked at his computer. It still showed incorrect information for the provider's practice. He could not understand this. He wanted to ponder this systemic failure and understand how it happened. I had to gently remind him that the fix was the thing that needed to be done. Just fix it and then mail it. It took several tries to get him to focus on his job of customer service. He just couldn't get over the fact that the information was still wrong AND that we didn't get the (3rd and still wrong) card that had been sent. I soothed him by throwing the Post Office under the bus and that our mail goes astray with some regularity (all true) and maybe it had gotten lost in the mail. Finally, success. After about 3 months, a correct insurance card arrived.
If we're supposed to rely on capitalism to save us in lieu of the government, we're doomed. The government's "can't do" attitude has infected American corporations.
I have no answers. We can be careful who we vote for. We can demand accountability from our elected leaders. BUT, we've seen how the political parties refuse to cooperate with each other. We've experienced foreign interlopers continually succeed at dismantling our civil society with riots and terrorist crimes. Other than praying and relying on ourselves and good neighbors, I don't see any way out of this.
It's pathetic that you had to basically provide psychological counseling/support to get the card and even then, you kept getting the wrong card. I can't help but think that this is a generational thing to some degree--the boomers that people want to hate on now have retired or died, leaving behind the younger workers who were raised with participation awards and safe spaces.
It's ironic that I am a boomer! Mothering random customer service workers is apparently now required to get anything done. It does make me wonder what will happen when I'm too feeble or demented to mother/ praise/ support all the people whose job description it is to support my son and me...
yep, those of us still remaining and of sound mind, are the ones who see this the most. I'm irritated with all the hate out there right now towards boomers--as if saving and not spending wildly all their lives, and managing to get a decent home out of it, is so bad... I'm reluctant to see how far this will go--will it be wealth confiscation or something much worse like Canada's MAID system?
"""If we're supposed to rely on capitalism to save us in lieu of the government, we're doomed. The government's "can't do" attitude has infected American corporations."""
The second sentence makes a mockery of the first. The government's tentacles in the corporate world have made big business very un-capitalist, which is why big business is now indistinguishable from government.
A genuine free market wouldn't allow for such government, which would in turn make business very different.
Exactly. I am reminded of a graph that a friend of mind created depicting three vertical columns representing power and dominion. He explained that the first column was the citizen, the second column was the government and the third column was corporations. He explained that the Founders intention was to have the first column (citizens) always higher than the other two and that the other two should never be equals or higher than the first. The reality is that the lowest column now is the first (citizens) and the government and corporation columns are about equal and tower over the first.
It's almost as if it's on purpose. When all the infrastructure is connected to the internet, (water, sewer, gas, electricity, emergency services etc.), and is vulnerable to hacks or attacks, we are vulnerable sitting ducks. Nobody does anything about it. Why not? Because it's on purpose. We have to make our own backup plan. The governments (or whoever is controlling them) are out to kill us.
The greater the technology the more dependent we become.
There's a town/city in Germany that has safe, regular, clean, free public transport to all suburbs. Most residents leave their cars at home, using them only at weekends.
Nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it.
It'll come from that which is normally spend on keeping the road system going.