Monday, October 31, 2011

More Fun...Less Crap

The Cheap Dude has one agenda: Extreme Thrift. Never spend more than you absolutely must to survive. A concept angrily opposed by the ruling culture, of course. Oh well.

When a human rethinks what is possible, spending nothing becomes simple. How much real freedom do you want? Are willing to change your “style” of living? To what extreme of behavior should you go to conserve money? It is up to you.

%$#@!

Us less-hairy critters fly with our planet round and round and across the galaxy. What do we need, exactly?

A fresh water source, with any luck close to home—or in it, with an on/off knob! (Indoor plumbing truly a defining milestone of “civilization.”) A variety of food is a nice goal, enough to stay alive at least. Enough shelter and skin covering to keep you warm and dry.

Everything beyond these is gravy, pretension, greed.

%$#@!

The rich always rule the planet, while the rest of us fight over the crumbs they allow. The “American Dream” was always just a dream. Capitalism, socialism, monarchism, it doesn’t matter, societies rise and fall based on resources and how they are distributed. (For the record, Microbism is the One True Way: microbes vastly outnumber humans, invisibly rule the world, and in the end always eat us.) The game is rigged, revolutions only re-stack the deck, the new boss is always the same amoral tool.

So forget it. Opt out. Vote with your emptied wallet. Dump everything you don’t need, and stop buying it. He who dies with the most toys has lost. The more stuff you have, the more time you will spend worrying about it, painting polishing repairing insuring--and squandering your tiny bit of time on the planet.

Lose your job, your car, your house, your so-called life? Revenge: Sing and dance! Laugh long and loud! Hoo-rah and Rah-hoo! They will never get your soul without your consent, try as they perpetually will.

Stay calm and spend no money. None. Don’t give the Evil Ones what they crave: your time, your sweat, your life, in the form of money. Practical application: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." The Cheap Dude will desperately attempt to explain how and why.


Simply Live? Sing and Dance? Radical!

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