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2022 Jan 13, 4:54pm   287 views  6 comments

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The government decided that too many robberies were being perpetrated, and issued a most humane order: from now on, stealing reverie leaves would not be considered a criminal act. Thus the last three hundred years of their history had become known as The Age of Plunder. There was really nothing wrong with that, for stealing is an act that most fully expresses a man’s freedom; and freedom had, throughout their entire history, always been the highest ideal of the Cat People.

At this point, every one of them decided to go back on his word to the others and see if he couldn’t make off with me himself at the earliest available opportunity. Breaking treaties and disregarding solemn agreements was, after all, a part of ‘freedom’

The chancellor moved some thin stone slabs from the base of the wall and arranged them in front of his feet. I couldn’t see them too clearly, but they must have been engraved. ‘Everyone at this graduation is first in his class. What a grand and glorious accomplishment! The diplomas are all here and since every one of you is first in his class, you can simply come up and get them in any old order you please. Assembly dismissed!’

Set off a little to the side of the school that I had just visited was another school. The students all appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen. Seven or eight of them had someone pinned to the ground and seemed to be hacking away at him with knives. To one side of this group was another knot of students who were busily tying up two people.

‘Since the doors were open to everyone, “cyclical education” became “universal education”, in other words, no education at all. But the schools were open for business as usual.

The number of officials increases every day and the poverty of the people increases apace. You thieve and cheat us until there’s nothing left for us but to join the army. And then once you have us in the army, you force us to help you thieve from others just like ourselves. And the ruling class always takes the lion’s share of the loot.

https://www.readanybook.com/online/693912?source=patrick.net

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1   Patrick   2022 Jan 13, 5:14pm  

@Bd6r What book is that? The link does not work for me, gives an error.

Sounds like something I definitely have to read.
2   Bd6r   2022 Jan 13, 5:19pm  

She Lao, Cat Country

may be this works: https://www.readanybook.com/ebook/cat-country-693912?source=patrick.net

It is probably about China circa 1935, but some parts represent well what we have now.
3   Blue   2022 Jan 13, 5:19pm  

It can be a coincidence; the auto burglaries became so frequent in south bay that even with video footage with clear faces do no help. Most of my burb are from 3rd world and ONLY elect far leftists and "non racists", now the new environment feel like home for may immigrants.
4   Bd6r   2022 Jan 13, 5:21pm  

Blue says
video footage with clear faces do no help

...because 1. cops are lazy and prefer to congregate in donut shops, and 2. even if they catch the perp by accident, he will be let out because racism and covid, so no point in catching perp in first place.
5   Misc   2022 Jan 13, 5:38pm  

When it's real racism, you don't hear much about it.

During the BLM protests in Phoenix, the cops thought it would be clever to add gang charges onto those they arrested for protesting. These charges would've added about 7 years onto the non-existent charges for protesting. The cops got a DA to go along with the scheme and presented false testimony to a grand jury. These 15 people brought up on these false charges almost had their entire lives ruined.

Since the crimes were conducted by the police, don't expect any justice. There was an investigation, but the person performing it had no arrest authority.

The whole thing will be swept away,

https://www.phoenix.gov/citymanagersite/Documents/Gang-Related-Summary-Report-08-12-2021.pdf?source=patrick.net
6   AmericanKulak   2022 Jan 13, 6:22pm  

Peterson's 12 Rules.

Create Order by cleaning your room, and hold your lobster body straight and proud.

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