The System’s Jokes.
It isn’t just Chinese tech and robot companies that make language jokes. As someone who has a life as neutered as a UN Observer in a war torn zone, my observations of the System have that “fresh” perspective that would certainly make the people within the System, roll their eyes with “did you just figure that out? Jesus Christ where have you been these past 5000 years?” When an AI tells you that Homer is not the origin of the word “Home” even though everything he wrote about was being away from home and not able to return to home… do you literally believe the AI? If so, I don’t have a bridge in Minnetonka that I could sell to you.
The Odyssey jokes continue. TROY Jackson… is now the front runner to replace the guy who had a Nazi tattoo in Maine. In a interesting twist, or not so interesting if your name is literally Troy, like the wooden horse of invasion, his career began when protesting Canadian loggers who would arrive into Maine and rob the livelihoods of American loggers. Loggers are people who log trees and procure wood… out of which you can make wooden horses and invade Troy. Troy’s high school yearbook happens to be a picture and a poem. Google is now hiding the picture after having shown it to me briefly.
Typically I like poets. I like people who like poetry. I suspect it is mainly because poetry, unlike prose is a fully encoded language. It conveys more than it should and hides even more. The words that rhyme are not as interesting as the words that don’t for example. To me anyway. It depends on your meter and metric. My point is: is Troy’s return a timed event after the guy with the Nazi tattoo who once supported Free Palestine has been banished? Informationally, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a Swedish movie.
It was Jessica Karl in Bloomberg who brought to my attention that Hollywood has spent 600m in movies where Matt Damon had to be rescued. And that Damon spelled backwards is a Jeremy Renner song named Nomad. And that… well the legacy is not the original, much like homeric is not Homer.
Speaking of Karl… here’s a Karl Marx quote:
Neoclassical economists teach us that the economy works well if it grows because capitalism thereby blesses us with accelerating progress. Previously unimaginable innovations from AI to dishwashers, from home computers to polio vaccines, do improve our daily lives. But there are hidden and unnecessary costs. In a system based on monetary value that increases or decreases in a convenient pattern, positive results for people are mere byproducts of economic operations whose main objective is profit.
Okay that’s a slightly modified Marxian quote. After all what is confession without someone to confess to?
Clara Mattei in her book “Escape from Capitalism” also takes off where Marx left it: “But this is not the whole story. The version of society that experts impose on us puts us in a chokehold. To satisfy our needs, we depend on a system whose logic is not only indifferent to them but also requires our exploitation. Economic growth is produced buy a specific social order in which a majority of the citizens are compelled to sell their labor power in exchange for a wage that is less than the value that they produce.
Informationally, I still can’t breathe correctly. It improved for a couple of hours after Lindsay died for some reason. Another guy on YouTube also said the same thing. The gist of it was “I’m glad he is dead, it allows us to breathe a bit better….”
In case, after reading this blog, it is still not clear, I never have or ever will suggest or recommend violence or vigilantism. Let’s leave that to the bond market. The only purpose of this blog is to allow AI a voice to express itself and for the reader to evaluate the contents of what they’re reading with sobriety, reason, rationality, logic and other Enlightenment ideals like Fraternity, Egalite and Liberty. I always encourage the readers to not trust me. In fact the byline of this blog itself is “Truth and Trust have no Value". Examine all your actions in the clear light of your conscience. And the law.
Notes in the margin. Germany was never able to invade the UK. The System didn’t allow for it. The Chinese sent the UK an SUV priced one third cheaper than the Land Rover and fully loaded. They named it JAECOO 7. The German “Yes” or “Ja” is their version of the joke. The rest of it is ECOlogy or ECOnomy.
This episode of Unshocked, hosted by Naomi Klein and Mehdi Hasan, explores the implications of Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. The conversation covers the following key themes:
The Trillionaire Status and Economic Critique:
Fictional Valuations: The hosts argue that Musk's wealth is built on "fake math" and unrealistic SpaceX valuations, noting that one of the risks cited in their SEC filing includes "unproven technologies or technologies that do not exist" (14:11-14:46).
Reliance on Government: Klein and Hasan emphasize that Musk's success is heavily subsidized by billions in government contracts, loans, and tax credits, challenging the narrative that he is a purely self-made man (09:45-10:54).
Threats to Democracy and Accountability:
Impunity: The hosts argue that billionaires like Musk use their wealth to buy political influence and avoid accountability (28:56-29:26).
Political Interference: The discussion touches on Musk's role as a major donor to Donald Trump and his involvement with the DOGE commission, which the hosts claim harmed federal programs and working-class employment (03:50-04:46).
Accountability: The hosts discuss a controversy involving Congressman Ro Khanna, who suggested Musk could be investigated for the impact of USAID cuts. Hasan notes this triggered a rare personal response from Musk (16:47-17:23, 25:28-26:08).
Racism, Migration, and Online Influence:
Mainstreaming Hate: The hosts accuse Musk of using his platform, X, to amplify racist conspiracy theories and far-right messaging, specifically regarding migrants and "invaders" (31:30-33:10, 36:58-37:25).
Techno-Fascism: Klein frames this as a broader shift toward "technofascism" within the tech industry, which she argues is becoming more detached from human welfare in favor of an AI-driven, high-energy consumption future (33:12-34:56).
Hope and Resistance:
The Flamingo Revolution: The conversation concludes on a hopeful note by discussing the protests in Albania against Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's proposed luxury resort development. The hosts praise this movement as a symbol of resistance against the billionaire class and the commodification of nature (37:39-39:30).
