In the end all this nonsense is only possible because we tacitly agree to our lives being ruled by the monetary system, to the point that we feel survival angst at the idea of someone switching off our addictive supply. Even when we are very aware such horrific differences in monetary wealth exist. Yet hunter-gatherers lived well enough, and there are some who still do, at the margins of the capitalist system that has almost finished sucking everyone in. At some point, and I think soon, something's got to give.
Do you know Brett Scott's Substack, Altered States of Monetary Consciousness? https://www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-soup-theory-of-billionaires
In the end all this nonsense is only possible because we tacitly agree to our lives being ruled by the monetary system, to the point that we feel survival angst at the idea of someone switching off our addictive supply. Even when we are very aware such horrific differences in monetary wealth exist. Yet hunter-gatherers lived well enough, and there are some who still do, at the margins of the capitalist system that has almost finished sucking everyone in. At some point, and I think soon, something's got to give.
Erratum: "Chris McEvoy" not "Chris McAvoy".
But both versions originate from the same Irish Gaelic roots, so it doesn't really matter.
Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe — usually interpreted as “son of the woodman/woodsman,” from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).
Mac Giolla Bhuidhe — “son of the yellow(-haired) lad” (lit. “son of the fair/yellow-haired youth” or follower/servant of Buidhe).
Apologies for the oversight :-)
I'll do better in future.
No problem Mr Longley.
When you look at Elon's Hourly Rate, it sounds more reasonable if you describe it as 0.27 Beacons an hour.
$48,333,333 = £35,790,833
£35,790,833 / £132,000,000
= 0.27114267 Beacons.
Shush, don't tell the council!
Perhaps they could persuade Elon to build a Jet Pack Factory in Bristol (powered by naturally produced methane of course).
I think you just inspired another blog!