I Can't Go On, I'll Go On

[jedophile]

I find it hypocritical and unreasonable that the same people who submit to the banal paranoias of our culture tend to pin the term "paranoid" on people who talk about "conspiracy theories". In fact, it's disturbing to me that even the mention of the word "conspiracy" has the whiff of crazy to so many of us. If you were "them", wouldn't you want

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[tenkiya]

Is it possible the liberal media and the conservative media are more or less on the same side?

Infotainment, eyeballs, selling white space. All exist to make money for investors/shareholders. Return on investment. Advertising. White space for marketers.

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What percentage of Americans are involved in the production, marketing and distribution of empty "entertainment," be it cinema, television, video games or music?

What percentage of US GDP is derived from this empty "entertainment"?

Could the US economically sustain itself if it suddenly were robbed of the apparatus by which it is able to produce and sell false and/or empty "entertainment"?

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[jedophile]

yup.

Those are good questions.

[tenkiya]

Why are prozac, wellbutrin, zanax, klonopin, lithium, ritalin, adderall, Paxil, lexapro, etc. acceptable while cocaine, amphetamine (ritalin and adderall are actually amphetamines), marijuana, psilocybin, morphine, mescalin, DMT, alcohol, MDMA, etc. are not?

The first category of goods brings one toward the "normalcy" of a consumer-spending oriented market. They help you be you.

The other drugs (aside from alcohol, which belongs on the other side) are illegal because they prevent consumer spending. They help you get away from you.

j

[jedophile]

I was unsure of which side to put alcohol on. It could go on both.

Re: j

[tenkiya]

Good point. I thought so too. I live in a country where's it's acceptable to drink anywhere, pee anywhere, puke anywhere, pass out and sleep in the street, and not take part in raising your kids because you've been out drinking with clients for 20 years.

I dodge piles of puke riding home on Tuesday nights. I don't know how the average lifespan is so high here with the unrealistic amount of drinking that goes on...if Japanese people could loosen up and communicate with each other without being totally wasted they would probably all live to 130.

Re: j

[jedophile]

hahahahaha. Hilarious.

I imagine a high protein, low fat, moderate diet has something to do with it, but not everything.

[alittlespark]

Is it unreasonable to find the adoration and faith afforded Barack Obama somehow puzzling?

No. It's especially strange because the alternative is so incomprehensible.

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[jedophile]

Yeah, but what if it's a shell game anyway? We'll see. I admit I found myself excited, but I dunno...