“There will be no art, no literature, no science… There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed.”
Orwell, 1984
The biggest political party in Scotland was getting caught lying and getting bodied so badly by everyone that they are just straight up deleting their account lmfao.
Surround yourself with people who see a flying car and say, "Awesome!"
Not people who see a flying car and say, "It's not actually flying" or "I don't see the point."
This post is not about cars :)
There is a documentary called "Empire of Dust" that the "It's all so tiresome" meme comes from.
The film shows the futility and frustration that the Chinese logistics worker, Lao, experiences while trying to rebuild a crumbling road with local workers.
The contract required that the workers be native Congolese, but they quickly run into difficulties because they don't take the work seriously and instead steal from the company.
Workers stand around aimlessly, gravel crushers sit idle, loaders can't count, people steal gasoline and fuel, and they often quit mid-shift.
The entire documentary is basically just them trying to get some gravel, against the backdrop of a crumbling society with defunct railroads, abandoned infrastructure.
At the end of the film, as the gravel was delivered, they lamented the fact that billions were spent on the Congo without any return on that investment. The locals said that it's only a matter of time before even the Chinese will give up on them.
The film ends with Lao speaking... "On payday, the men go crazy. Two days later, they come asking to loan them money. They don't hold their drink that well, they just like drinking. They stand at the bar drinking a beer and then start shaking their behinds. It's wonderful"
11 years after the film aired, the 296-kilometer National Road 1 was completed, but many of the road projects still face major maintenance issues, potholes, and quality problems. Some areas experience modernization and urbanization, but again, entirely dependent on Chinese investments.
Today, in 2026, the core structural situation, cultural issues, and the dependency dynamic are still exactly the same.
So yes... no matter what help is given to them, what is built for them, it eventually degrades and collapses.
This is why you should be able to squat 150kg at least because what if a baby elephant wants to ride your back and you don't have enough strength to pick it up. Couldn't be me.