TIME
Time. If that
bastard Einstein hadn’t screwed things up for us with that relative crap I
think the world would be a better place.
Also, I’m not too pleased with that prick Yankee inventing the light
bulb. Working graveyard shifts are
literally dangerous to your health.
Anyway, I have to take exception to the perceived notion that after the
collapse we will suddenly live event filled lives due to all the manual labor
we need to do. The concept that a farmer
works like a draft horse from pre-dawn to post-dusk is, not to put too fine a
point on it, friggin retarded. This stereotype
is based on the early American experience and it is flawed for several
reasons. Those guys actually owned the
land and all their labor. They weren’t
working for a king, a bank or a central government. They were motivated and rewarded. The land was fertile. And they could eat enough to work like
that. European serfs, on the other hand,
were not rewarded for working harder.
They did not own the land. Their
offspring only had a life of drudgery to look forward to, not a hope of
increased rewards. The soil was
overworked. Nor could they eat enough
protein and other quality foods to work like mules. They did the minimum, as that was all that
was allowed. And got the minimum in
return. They had plenty of down time,
barely having to do more than watching the weeds grow. You know boredom had to be pervasive.
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In case you are wondering where I’m going with that,
it is that you will be more of a serf than a freeman. At first, you can live off of the residue of
modern society. Then you will be working
for the local warlord. Leisure time will
be available. This is not what you want
to hear, perhaps wishing that your life takes on more meaning than it has
now. Newsflash, sports fans. The only quality positions are those at the
top of the pyramid ( some regions excepted, where the terrain allows tribal
guerilla groups to defeat agricultural kingdoms ). Everyone else is going to be as bored and as
disheartened as they are now. Stock up
on time killing entertainment.
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You mean there's a chance my rooms full of books will have value again?
ReplyDeleteBooks are, if nothing else, extra insulation
DeleteI have often stated that if I could eliminate one single thing, it would be the capacity to generate Electricity.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the mindset of the rich nobility Goldie Locks. Even tho I've a doctorates in Mechanical Engineering and have chosen in my later years to slum and work as a tradesman. My billianare boss though he is very glad to have me as a worker, does not give respect. Simply because I'm not the greedy bastard which is he. Only reason I continue to work for him is because I only see the dude twice a year for a week lol. Joke will soon be on him, now won't it !
As you say warlords will control after SHTF and most will be serfs. Skill level will determine how high up that ladder you are....
Too many see money as class as the only paradigm
DeleteAnd that is why there are so many religious holidays. You got time off and had something to do. No joke. Check out how many religious holidays were celebrated in the Middle Ages in Europe. We're getting ripped off by comparison.
ReplyDeleteWorking a homestead really is a dawn to dusk job. There is always something to do. And that's with modern things like a truck and chainsaw.
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