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Cake day: August 16th, 2024

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  • The sheer, unmitigated corruption and violence that comes from police departments and courts (especially looking at you, “Supreme” Court) is utterly disheartening. I sincerely do not see a way forward without violence, and I am not a proponent of violence. But things have gotten so bad, the people have so few protections and so few people in power on their side. What are you supposed to do when voting doesn’t matter because of corruption, gerrymandering, voter intimidation, disenfranchisement?

    Where do we go from here when there is no one with power or in the mainstream political sphere who is even trying to correct it?

    Yes, we have Bernie and AOC, but two people can’t do a thing.












  • Well, it’s only a very, very recent problem in Japan. They had stagnation for decades. Little to no change in wages, little to no change in prices. In 2011, I was making something like 33,000 USD per year there and living very comfortably with ample savings and what the Japanese considered to be a large apartment. It’s a pretty affordable country, aside from travel. Or if you want to live in a fancy place in a desirable big city neighborhood.

    (And yes, I have been to Japan since then and know that things have changed somewhat. It’s still cheap compared to the US. Food is so cheap, it’s amazing what you can get.)