I measure all of my discretionary spending in terms of how many people get AIDS. For example, yesterday I bought 3 people getting AIDS worth of fireworks at Menards.
My buddy accidentally launched my (then) girlfriend's vape at her face and I, without looking, caught it inches before impact. She looked at me like a hero the whole night, It was the most desired I had ever felt. She did later cheat on me, but I think that bought me some time.
This is like something ancient, where an early society’s shamanic leader would blame the other society far across the ocean for casting an evil spell that brought about dangerous weather
Every night before my son goes to bed, I have “the talk” with him, where I remind him that all police officers are specifically trying to slaughter him over his skin color. I sure hope this doesn’t lead to any weird behavioral issues
The moral calculus here is insane. According to Kristof, the USA is responsible for every poor nation in the entire world. If an ambulance runs out of fuel in rural Liberia, that is our fault. The liberal has a pathological tension between the feelings of omnipotence and guilt.
“I’m sorry the town factory closed due to insane EPA regulations.
Don’t worry though, we’ll make the line go back up by importing tens of thousands of poor third worlders and having health care and real estate conglomerates move in to capture their federal welfare payments.”