tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post3497933176608968573..comments2023-08-29T01:27:13.772-07:00Comments on Magpie's Asymmetric Warfare: Happy Anniversary, Capitalism.Magpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-85769680227524898082017-08-13T05:16:21.715-07:002017-08-13T05:16:21.715-07:00After having laid sheetrock by myself, I take Aubu...After having laid sheetrock by myself, I take Auburn's claim with a grain of salt. Some parts of the renovation process are best hired out.<br /><br />The apartment building I live in used to be a school. It was converted by my landlord, who is a master carpenter. Not saying he did the work by himself, but it is evident that he's an expert in his chosen trade. To be a landlord takes social skills. To sell a property requires salesmanship or saleswomanship.<br /><br />When I had the money, I would buy a house and live in it for years, making small improvements along the way. Then I would sell it and buy another house where prices were still low. I did this for about 20 years until I didn't have enough money to make it feasible. My way of making a living was unsustainable, but I got to live in several places in Canada, which was a bonus. I never found a career i.e. work that I love to do. When work is only a means to an end, it sucks.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-75647902787898368672017-08-12T13:00:27.836-07:002017-08-12T13:00:27.836-07:00Now he works for himself.
That's what he clai...<i>Now he works for himself.</i><br /><br />That's what he claims. Call me cynical, but I don't believe it. Like you say, Bob, he now is the exploiter and he likes it this way. <br /><br />He has people working for him. By themselves, people don't buy and fix houses for sale or for rent: they don't do pest control and change taps with one hand, while changing electric wiring and the locks with the other hand. He doesn't shove the brush's handle up his ass and shake his hips to paint the wall at the same time.<br /><br />There's licensing and paper work involved, there's financing to arrange. Once fixed, he needs people to sell/rent his houses. Tradies ain't good salesmen.<br /><br />----------<br /><br />I do believe it's possible he once was low in the pecking order. For one, he's not educated as one would expect someone born into money to be.<br /><br />Maybe somehow he got a break. Bottom line, he feels he's Da Man, Da Winnah. He's got a plan, he knows the score. Now, he's the one doing the pecking, it's his God-given right. And, boy, does he love it!<br /><br />Capitalism produces his kind every single fucking day. I've seen it with my own eyes. Time and time again. It's so common, come to think of it, that here in Oz they even have a name: the aspirational voter.<br /><br />I've also seen how capitalism has a way to teach them a lesson. You've probably heard of sportspeople and entertainers. Well, it's not just "those" people:<br /><br />http://robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/sad-tidings.html<br /><br />When people piss against the wind, chances are they'll get their pants wet.<br /><br />He's aided and abetted by his "virulently anti-neoliberal" toadies, who on top claim to seek the truth.<br /><br />Life can be pretty shit if you are a worker, but at least it has its perversely funny moments. As you put it the other day: what goes around comes around.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-1963876478320621062017-08-11T05:58:00.520-07:002017-08-11T05:58:00.520-07:00When Auburn said he was being ripped off by his fo...When Auburn said he was being ripped off by his former employer, I believe him. Those were his wage earning days. Now he works for himself. That is the hope of many wage earners, to be able to work for themselves. To go from being exploited, to being self-sufficient, to being exploiters.<br /><br />Happy anniversary, Capitalism. As these photos illustrate, wage earning, working class folks have got your back.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-22275202505009005262017-08-11T01:59:08.651-07:002017-08-11T01:59:08.651-07:00Neoliberal means whatever one wishes it to mean, B...Neoliberal means whatever one wishes it to mean, BW. Anti-neoliberal, then, means anti-"whatever one wishes it to mean". Makes sense?Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634628224045926034.post-57625766656187542122017-08-10T11:24:02.323-07:002017-08-10T11:24:02.323-07:00wow. anti-neoliberal got a whole new meaning after...wow. anti-neoliberal got a whole new meaning after that.<br />-- the ooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com