A guide to life. The world is made of fuckors and fuckees.

[Cyrano]

That headline is a revelation I had many years ago and would like to pass on. Anytime you see anything that doesn't make sense ask yourself "Who profits?" The answer to that seemingly simple question will untangle the most complex issue.

Usually, the one who profits is a fuckor -- a person or company whose entire existence is predicated upon fucking over others. The rest of us are fuckees -- those who get fucked over time and again and have absolutely no control over it.

Do you really think you're in charge of your own life? Tell that to the insurance companies, the pharmaceutical companies, the politicians, and all the rest of the entities to whom we are nothing more than sheep, cannon fodder, or walking ATMs.

The only way to escape is to become a hermit, live where you can see the horizon in every direction, and own a tank. Even then, they'll probably find you and declare your home a nuclear test site.

So although you can't escape being a fuckee, you can move to Oregon, or Mexico get stoned, and stay that way as long as possible. Do you have another suggestion?

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Reminds me of a saying I heard years ago.

Life is just a shit sandwich, and the more dough you have, the less shit you have to eat.

[LibDemAlways]

2. Every April when I sit down to figure out my taxes

I'm painfully reminded of this truism. So many deductions are structured so that you can't take them unless you're financially wiped out. All that crap about theft losses and medical expenses having to exceed a certain percentage of income before they're deductible. It's all bullshit. Meantime millionaires get to deduct mortgage interest and property taxes on vacation homes. It's all a racket.

It's true. As a "little guy" no one gives a flying fuck about you or your situation or your rights. Last year a guy down the block who owns a limo company decided to park his entire fleet on my street in a quiet residential neighborhood. It was terrible. Limo drivers coming and going at all hours. Changing their clothes in front of my house, etc. This is a small community with no real local government. That's at the county level. Multiple complaints to the police and county supervisor's office got me nowhere. The attitude was basically "tough shit. There's nothing we can do. Live with it." I had to research county ordinances on my own, find the one that applied since this was clearly a zoning law violation, get and submit the correct form, and then wait for a response which was not forthcoming. Fortunately the guy eventually sold the company and the limos disappeared. I just use this as one small example of how utterly powerless the average person is.

It's not whether you will be fucked. You are fucked. It's a question of how much and how often.

[Virginia Dare]

3. You,sir or madam, are a great philosopher ;)....n/t

[Rocknrule]

4. Reminds me of a quote in Team America

"There's 3 kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes"

[Joanne98]

5. It's pretty simple isn't it? I call it the "Corporate Culture".

[blindpig]

6. Get rid of the fuckors

If there are no fuckors there'd be no fuckees. Seems obvious to me.

[Cyrano]

7. Sounds good. But how do you do it?

[blindpig]

8. There's the rub.

Don't know if you can do it, but it can happen. I am thinking of the disintegration of the USSR and the Russian peoples part therein. Though the follow through was dismal whodda thunk that even could have happened, virtually bloodless at that?

I think the "natives" are a lot more restless than is presented by the MSM.