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> In the US they’re too high for what we get: essentially nothing He wrote, using his 5g phone connection and the internet from the safety of his home. Outside

by orf 2y ago

> In the US they’re too high for what we get: essentially nothing He wrote, using his 5g phone connection and the internet from the safety of his home. Outside, a car sits silently in the driveway.

Henchman21 2y ago
Yes, I am very safe in my little cage where I take my antibiotics and still kiss with saliva. A cage is still a cage.
- orf 2y ago
  And it’s an entirely different point to the initial one.
  - Henchman21 2y ago
    Are you speaking to me or everyone BUT me? Because I’ll be both direct and honest: this is the type of bullshit that causes me to withdraw from interacting with the bulk of humanity. Mock me all you like.
    - JackYoustra 2y ago
      the point is that all the things that commenter listed are enabled by the taxes we pay - it's the price we pay for living in a civilized society. Saying that they don't directly pay it misses the forest for the trees: we decide to pay taxes for things in a system that overall produces these outcomes, treating them separately is to split parts of a coevolved system
      - Henchman21 2y ago
        Civilized society doesn’t require a layer of working poor at the bottom to function. That is what I am a part of: the great mass of unfulfilled workers with no choices, no chance for advancement. I’m a blue collar worker right on the edge of high end white collar work. I see on a daily basis that which I can never possess. The system produces these outcomes because that is the desired design goal of the system. If this is “civilization” I want no part of it. But then, we don’t get that choice anymore do we? Where could I go on Earth to escape my fate? Because all I see is my own death is the only escape
        JackYoustra 2y ago
        usually you can go to some rural part of the country and grow your own food and no one will really care. You'll have to pay your BLM grazing fees and maybe some taxes but that honestly isn't that much compared to even solely military protection
    - yard2010 2y ago
      I understand you, no one should live his life living in a cage, even if it's a metaphorical one. Some people are shit posting because of their reasons, this shouldn't change anything on your side IMHO. Easier said than done, I know. Instead of mocking you, let me send you love and respect. I hope you enjoy your life and find your freedom in your own way, and have fun doing so, preferably with other people.
    - orf 2y ago
      > this is the type of bullshit that causes me to withdraw from interacting with the bulk of humanity. Nobody is mocking you, however your taxes allow you to do this without having to live in a shack in the woods and forage for food.

by orf 2y ago

> In the US they’re too high for what we get: essentially nothing He wrote, using his 5g phone connection and the internet from the safety of his home. Outside, a car sits silently in the driveway.

Henchman21 2y ago

Yes, I am very safe in my little cage where I take my antibiotics and still kiss with saliva. A cage is still a cage.

orf 2y ago
And it’s an entirely different point to the initial one.
- Henchman21 2y ago
  Are you speaking to me or everyone BUT me? Because I’ll be both direct and honest: this is the type of bullshit that causes me to withdraw from interacting with the bulk of humanity. Mock me all you like.
  - JackYoustra 2y ago
    the point is that all the things that commenter listed are enabled by the taxes we pay - it's the price we pay for living in a civilized society. Saying that they don't directly pay it misses the forest for the trees: we decide to pay taxes for things in a system that overall produces these outcomes, treating them separately is to split parts of a coevolved system
    - Henchman21 2y ago
      Civilized society doesn’t require a layer of working poor at the bottom to function. That is what I am a part of: the great mass of unfulfilled workers with no choices, no chance for advancement. I’m a blue collar worker right on the edge of high end white collar work. I see on a daily basis that which I can never possess. The system produces these outcomes because that is the desired design goal of the system. If this is “civilization” I want no part of it. But then, we don’t get that choice anymore do we? Where could I go on Earth to escape my fate? Because all I see is my own death is the only escape
      - JackYoustra 2y ago
        usually you can go to some rural part of the country and grow your own food and no one will really care. You'll have to pay your BLM grazing fees and maybe some taxes but that honestly isn't that much compared to even solely military protection
  - yard2010 2y ago
    I understand you, no one should live his life living in a cage, even if it's a metaphorical one. Some people are shit posting because of their reasons, this shouldn't change anything on your side IMHO. Easier said than done, I know. Instead of mocking you, let me send you love and respect. I hope you enjoy your life and find your freedom in your own way, and have fun doing so, preferably with other people.
  - orf 2y ago
    > this is the type of bullshit that causes me to withdraw from interacting with the bulk of humanity. Nobody is mocking you, however your taxes allow you to do this without having to live in a shack in the woods and forage for food.