aleXander hirka
1 min readOct 21, 2024

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Capitalism demands this—the bottom line must always increase.

And so—get people to always want more.

And make sure to keep some of them poor—a scapegoat for the next level up—and a populace to bamboozle with promises at election time.

I live in NYC and the're converting large building spaces into in-the-city shopping malls—with lots of franchise eateries . . . because you're gonna spend your day there. And all the stores are converting to self-checkout.

Don't just enjoy your meals—become a "foodie". Meanwhile the delivery guys hustle non-stop on electric bikes making sure people get their breakfast/lunch/dinner delivered to the door.

Our building lobby is full of Amazon deliveries.

And — every human on earth is being indoctrinated to want, to demand, all this.

Addressing the climate issues will have to wait—for now we focus on 160 different flavor combinations of Pringles—that potato based "product" invented by Procter & Gamble.

I'm old enough that I just shake my head at the future as my MisanthroMeter ™ © goes into the red.

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aleXander hirka
aleXander hirka

Written by aleXander hirka

Writer, visual artist, philosopher, autodidact, curmudgeon. More than half of what i do is make believe. https://alexanderhirka.nyc

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