Has America Crossed the Asshole Threshold?

[searcher]

Has America Crossed the Asshole Threshold?

Civilizations can carry a surprising number of parasites and live. But there’s a line — Rome crossed it, the Gilded Age toed it, and for the first time in history, we can measure it.

thegrimhistorian.substack.com

 

[Casey Jones]

Speaking of assholes...read deeper in that link, and he's brutally dismissive of those who call out the 2020 election-theft.

AND he bemoans that stock ownership is skewed - and without owning up to the cause, money-printing, seigniorage, and the Cantillon Effect (who gets the new fiat first, benefits from it the greatest, as market-prices haven't adjusted). Nope, he wants GOVERNMENT to REDISTRIBUTE (seize and give to rotters based on skin hue or other irrelevant criteria).

 

[Fatrat]

I thought we crossed a long time ago...

 

[nickndfl]

The USA is becoming too high strung. Many people are out to screw everybody else because they think all others are generally out to screw them.

I got 2 new tires I purchased from Amazon, mounted and balanced at a local tire chain. I got a phone quote of $72 for both OTD by the location near the beach while the new store by my inland home was 30% more. I told the counter guy near my home and he went out of his way to confirm the other store's quote and gave me the same price.

While they were swapping tires I went to check my rear drums, but needed a phillips screwdriver and the tech started bitching.

After the tires were swapped without a brake check I gave the tech a nice tip anyway and made everybody's heads spin around like I just got off a spaceship carrying a bigfoot. I think I changed their attitudes and know they will take care of me next month when I swap the front tires and get an alignment.

It is about attitude and how you treat others respectfully. Yes, Florida is full of assholes no matter where you go unless it's in the middle of the Everglades and then you have bigger problems.