Vacation, All I Ever Wanted. Humans need downtime, time when they don’t need to respond to emails or perform labors or be responsible for stuff generally, time away from the great grinding wheel of late stage capitalism, the non-stop kabuki theater of politics, and the soul-muting effect of the daily ritual. Americans don’t get or take enough of them. We’ve somehow made a virtue of driving ourselves into early graves, a million martyrs to the cause of making already rich people even richer.
Music pick of the week:
Robot – Minor Threat – Out of Step
Stevil – The El Michels Affair – Yeti Season
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