Dystopian Squeeze

great, more neighbours to hate

So, hmm, another infograph that involves us. This one is pretty disingenuous though, since living space has long since ceased to be the Maltusian bottleneck. (Let’s just ignore the astronomical economical opportunity cost of consolidating the population) Food, potable water and energy, and ESPECIALLY the efficient distribution of, are now the systemic shock factors.

American Politics – The Concise Primer

A unionized public employee, a member of the tea party, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, turns to the Tea Partier and says ‘look out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!’

That’s as succinct as it gets. Maybe they can work in batter as a metaphor for taxation.