If it kills me, I will escape the rat race. I learned a hard lesson last week. The company I worked for going on two years, threw me away at the first sign of the current crises. Well they tossed about 10% of us away, I happen to be in the wrong place. That the decision was a sign of the times and not a reflection of my performance was of little comfort.
I wasn’t even laid-off, but furloughed, this way they did not need to pay me a severance. This after being treated unfairly by a separate company after working there for fifteen years. This led me to an inevitable truth…No one Cares. Not your company, not your government, not the media, no one. In a way it was a pleasant awakening. I am on my own, which is alright by me.
Not a victim
I am not a victim. The situation I find myself in is my own fault. I let myself be somewhat dependent on a company for my livelihood. So that takes me back to what the purpose of this site is. First, it is to shed light on how we are being manipulated and fooled. Done by our government, the media, our education system, etc… Everyone who benefits from us being a working bee so they can stay on top.
If you made it this far, you probably already see this. We can’t solve a problem we can’t recognize; and the main problem is not having control of our own lives. Let us see through the lies of the common rabble, media, and the government mantra. Now is the time to escape the rat race.
My Mindset
I have two prevalent themes going here…
A Libertarian Mindset
I live by the motto if I am not hurting anyone no one should bother me…that simple. Everything should be a free transaction by willing participants; with a form of government that protects these voluntary transactions. Not anarchy, we need a small amount of government, just not the grotesque amount we have now.
Maybe I am naive in thinking one’s lot in life should be enhanced by what they put into it and not chosen for them. That government shouldn’t pick winners and losers. They shouldn’t put false barriers between us and our success. Therefore, I embrace real capitalism…not the bullshit crony capitalism we have now, but the true free exchange of goods and services.
A Contrarian Mindset
I also don’t trust anything I hear. Most news or popular opinions are simply wrong. I don’t disagree just to disagree, but so many arguments are made using oversimplified themes or lies to support a narrative. That is the thing, we are being told a story. Many times, it is the story we want to believe.
There are things that people think they know as fact, such as the rich don’t pay their “fair share”, as an example. Yet these ideas fly in the face of the truth. The purpose of this site is to point out how much of the accepted opinion is designed to hold you back. It is important to see things differently if you want to escape the rat race.
Maybe Just a Rant
Some of my posts might seem like a little more than a political rant. As mentioned, I am a libertarian, I will probably piss off both sides by the time this site is done. I think liberals will hate me more than conservatives, but I hope that I get snarky comments from both .
The total insanity of the past two months combined with the personal toll it took on me gave me a lot of angst. By reading the comments sections of many articles I am not alone. God, I hope to get that kind of hatred and venom thrown at me! My rants will have a purpose, that is to at least question the popular wisdom. The media continuously blocks any view that doesn’t support their narrative. My first goal is to at least present the other side, which, if I get the readers, will clearly piss people off.
Offer Solutions
Besides just simply complaining I hope to offer solutions to the problems I whine about. Maybe not world changing solutions, but solutions to get you going in the right direction.
I want to discuss what has worked for me in terms of improving my life, and what has blown up in my face. If you take everything you read for what it is worth and measure what I say on the metrics of my arguments, I think you will find a lot of value in my words. These ideas will hopefully help us both escape the rat race.
3 Parts
To recap, this site will be one-part (somewhat) political, one-part self-help, and one-part wild ranting and complaining. Truthfully, I am tired of the system. Tired of a system that punishes success. Tired of a system that has people spending most of their lives working in a corporate minefield, in which 80% of their workweek is on unproductive minutia, while simultaneously working so much they can’t see their families. I am exhausted by a government that keeps us weak and dependent to enhance their power. One that is wrong in almost all the advice they give on how to fix our lives. So, I will rant and look for solutions in order to escape the rat race that has been created for us.
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Comments
I love comments, and I will post ALMOST all of them unless they:
- Are utterly racist, full of hate, or in-sighting violence. This is not Storm-front, it is run by a libertarian who believes in the individual. There is a difference between being politically incorrect, which is fine (and encouraged), and a total racist, which is not…if you don’t know the difference than you will not see your comment.
- No Spam, if you add a link to your comment (to a reasonable place) that is fine. Just have something to say and add to the discussion.
- Let’s keep any discussions reasonably respectful. Too much name calling will get old. I will get bored of hitting the approve button when you aren’t adding any value, but rather bickering.
Escape the Rat Race
These are the only criteria I can think of at the moment, I am sure I will add more on. I hope what I have to say, like it or hate it, makes you think. One last thing, I am going at this site without an editor for now, please take mercy on my mistakes! If so, perhaps we can escape the rat race together.