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Kunstler: Hope and Change Are At Hand
It seems unfair that the earnest polymath Elon Musk should go broke in the electric car business while Kylie Jenner becomes a billionaire at age 20 hawking lip gloss on Snapchat, but that’s how the American Dream rolls these late days of empire. Perhaps the lesson here, for all you MBA wannabes, is that Mr. Musk could switch his production facilities from cars to lip gloss. Of course, to successfully market his new line of cosmetics on social media, Elon might have to consider sexual “reassignment” surgery — unless he could persuade American men via Facebook and Twitter, that lip enhancement boosts male self-esteem almost as much as the purchase of a Ford F-450 pickup truck at a laughable fraction of the cost.
Which raises an interesting question: if President Donald Trump’s most winning personal feature is that magnificent golden hair-do, why doesn’t he (or his family) get out of the pain-in-the-ass hotel business, with all its construction and maintenance issues and dirty sheets, and just put out shampoo? He is obviously adept at Twitter marketing and surely scores high in global brand recognition.
Which raises any number of other major questions about the proper functioning of the US economy. For instance, millions of Americans, especially of Kylie J’s gen, are wasting their lives working dead-end minimum wage jobs manning (personing?) the nation’s fry-o-lator stations when they could start billion dollar cosmetic companies. After all, if you really want to be successful in this land of success stories, don’t you have to first look and feel successful? Perhaps that’s all you really need… forget all those pain-in-the-ass products with their vexing assembly-line, packing, and shipping problems. Just get America feeling great about itself, starting with the most important person in the room: YOU!
Only two things stand in the way: tattoos and blubber. At the rate our fellow citizens are adorning themselves with inky autobiographies, ever fewer will want to cover up their personal messaging with icky makeup. And the remorseless increase in body size implies a concomitant increase in available epidermal sites for said personal messaging — so maybe the tattoo industry ought to be the basis of the next American economy, not electric cars and journeys to Mars, or even lip gloss. Just think of all those empty brick-and-mortar retail spaces out there begging to become Ink Spots! I may be wrong about this, but I haven’t heard of any tattoo billionaires…yet. Who will dare to be first? (Yet another Kardashian?)
With oldest sibling Kim Kardashian-West considering a run for the White House in 2024 the nation can finally cast aside the bygone business model of a pain-in-the-ass manufacturing altogether and concentrate on the more important matters of personal grooming, branding, networking, and leveraging the unfulfilled wishes of the countless under-tattooed into an economy once again on-the-move! Imagine the effect that a President Kim K-W will have on the by-then ancient monster-of-the-east, Vladimir Putin, in their first summit meeting. We’ll have no more election trouble from those meddlesome Kremlin thugs. Maybe the pair will ride horses shirtless together in an amazing display of glasnost and international cooperation.
Don’t despair, readers, fellow Americans, and whoever else might be looking at this in the NSA back office. Hope and change are finally in the wind for real. Two hundred years of swinging pickaxes in the coal mines, sweating on the assembly line, and toiling on the loading dock are coming to an end. The singularity is almost at hand — and surprisingly not the one that Ray Kurzweil ordered. Who needs orgasmic polymorphic super-intelligence in all the parallel universes beyond the end of time when you can reach for brand supremacy here in this best of all possible worlds. Kylie J., you go girl!
220 Comments on "Kunstler: Hope and Change Are At Hand"
Cloggie on Sun, 15th Jul 2018 11:48 pm
With America out of the way, the cleanup can begin. Come on millimind, bring on your bolshevik revolution!
https://twitter.com/V_of_Europe/status/1018638704624234496
https://twitter.com/BakedNorwegian/status/1018647093798371328
https://twitter.com/OrwellNGoode/status/1018649062348939264
JuanP on Sun, 15th Jul 2018 11:59 pm
fmr-paultard “Juantard boat living can’t shower due lack of modern conveniences that supertards built for me to enjoy. Risks diseases due to bad hygiene rats in boat not possible to get risk of. Risk of fire rats chew on boat electric cables. Fire rescue can’t …”
I am glad I didn’t miss that. I love this website. Coming here is like visiting a lunatic asylum. I have always been fascinated by human nature so for me the ongoing show here is priceless. LOL!
Cloggie on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 12:00 am
Putin and Trump about to meet in Helsinki. No “aides” will be present, perhaps not even translators:
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/donald-trump-trifft-wladimir-putin-warum-der-helsinki-gipfel-so-wichtig-ist-a-1218516.html
For the first time can they really discuss and say anything they want, totally uncontrolled by the Swamp.
Cloggie on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 12:11 am
Syrian army approaches Golan-heights…
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/syrien-armee-von-baschar-al-assad-naehert-sich-golanhoehen-a-1218545.html
…and Israel tries to stop that development by bombing Northern Syria:
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/syrien-israelische-luftwaffe-bombardiert-assad-truppen-im-norden-a-1218608.html
Israel won’t exist in the 2nd half of this century at the latest. Turkish territory again.
MASTERMIND on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 5:56 am
Clogg
Europe is going to collapse within a decade..and they are the worlds second largest oil importer so when the shortage hits..They are history..
https://imgur.com/a/rBtIrfg
You better learn to swim ugly fat boy!
MASTERMIND on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 6:39 am
Training sessions are taking place in Michigan to help prepare in cases of mass violence
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2018-07-15/training-to-help-victim-advocates-assist-after-mass-violence
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 7:36 am
“Russia 2018 World Cup a game changer”
https://www.rt.com/sport/433295-world-cup-loc-alexey-sorokin/
I am very impressed with Russia’s great success organizing and hosting the World Cup. The people of the world had a chance to see the real Russia and loved it. Millions of people traveled to the event and billions watched it on TV . Russia hosted the world and the event became a month long party. The reviews and comments are overwhelmingly positive. It would take years of effort and trillions of dollars spent on Western MSM bullshit propaganda to undo this. Go Russia! Go Putin!
Davy on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 7:40 am
geeze, boney juan if that is not asskissing drivel I don’t know what is. You are a pathetic extremist bent on a sick agenda of pushing an emotional competitive agenda of hate and resentment and you don’t even see it. SICK
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 7:47 am
“Putin proud of World Cup”
https://www.rt.com/sport/433285-putin-world-cup-proud/
And he should be! Go Putin! Go Russia!
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 7:57 am
Delusional Davy “geeze, boney juan if that is not asskissing drivel I don’t know what is. You are a pathetic extremist bent on a sick agenda of pushing an emotional competitive agenda of hate and resentment and you don’t even see it. SICK”
Another amazing contribution by the board’s kindergarden bully. Projecting your hate and resentment onto others again, little Davy? If there is anyone here who is an “extremist bent on a sick agenda of pushing an emotional competitive agenda of hate and resentment that would be, without a doubt, our resident delusional American exceptionalist living in denial. What have you been doing for the last month while most of humanity was celebrating peacefully and having lots of fun, exceptionalist? Ah, yes, you have been “neutering extremists, educating morons, moderating arguments, and bringing balance to the board! ROFLMFAO! I wish you could understand how pathetic you are, little dirty bitch!
Davy on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:10 am
Nothin bullying about it dumbass. If anyone is a bully it is you that gets enjoyment out of the personal attacks. This is not a football blog it is science based blog for rational people please keep your comments science based and leave your hooliganism at home. Stupid playboy.
MASTERMIND on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:18 am
Davy
A science based blog? Even though you deny science studies all the time..Oh the irony..
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:28 am
Delusional Davy “Nothin bullying about it dumbass. If anyone is a bully it is you that gets enjoyment out of the personal attacks. This is not a football blog it is science based blog for rational people please keep your comments science based and leave your hooliganism at home. Stupid playboy.”
Another outstanding contribution by our hate and resentment filled resident delusional American exceptionalist. One of Davy’s most absurd delusions is his pretense to be the board’s qualifier. He just can’t stand that other countries and people may be having a good time while he and the USA are going all the way down! LOL! Grow a pair, pussy!
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:36 am
Delusional Davy “Stupid playboy.”
More insults and lies from the board’s bully. Why do you resent my intelligence and lifestyle, Exceptionalist? I don’t resent your enjoying your farm. I can’t even imagine how sad and pathetic your life must be for you to behave like this. I think you need to release yourself; go visit your goats! LOL!
Davy on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:39 am
Quit your whining playboy. What a pussy. Just say something intelligent minus the agenda please. You make a huge production about nothing cry baby.
Davy on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:42 am
Mm, there is no legitimate science in your comments only extremist liberal puke. You are a dumb kid parading as a PHD. What a friggin joke.
JuanP on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 8:54 am
Delusional Davy “Quit your whining …”
Projecting again, Exceptionalist? God, you are thick! Does your whole life revolve around delusions, projections and denying the truth?
MASTERMIND on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 9:11 am
Davy
I posted a science study about Trump regions having high rates of opioid use and you denied it..And I posted another study the other day about US nuclear industry on the brink of collapse and you denied it as well..
You are an enemy of reason..
And you are sounding more like Alex Jones every day, joining with the nutjob fascist’s and their weird democrat conspiracies and pro-Russian trop..
Sissyfuss on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 9:31 am
Greg to a t, Paultard is from the planet Turdtania. He is an advanced tardomorph who, like AI is so far ahead of us that he is now behind us. Don’t let your wonder and awe of him descend into petty jealousies and insecurity. Follow him and he will lead you gently over the cliff. He is the Limburger cheese of intellectuals, strong smelling and mind numbing. And his secret underwear is bitching!
Cloggie on Mon, 16th Jul 2018 4:53 pm
“Vote until you vote right”
10 Remainers demand new referendum.
Never a dull moment in British politics.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5960317/Ten-Remainers-set-public-demands-second-EU-vote.html
https://youtu.be/eQ_6HEX8XPE