Guest Post by Ben Hunt
The Compassionate Man
A compassionate man once caught a turtle. He wanted to make it into soup, but unwilling to be accused of taking life, he boiled a panful of water and, placing a rod over the pan, said to the turtle, “If you can get across the pan, I will set you free.”
The turtle was in no doubt as to the intentions of the man. But he did not want to die. So, summoning up all his will, he accomplished the impossible.
“Well done!” said the compassionate man. “But please … try it again!”
Cheng Shi (c. 1150 AD)
In 12th century China, you had to be a bit more circumspect in your criticism of the Nudging State and the Nudging Oligarchy. But it was the same struggle and the same resistance 1,000 years ago, just as it will be 1,000 years from now. Same answer, too: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose.
Welcome to the Epsilon Theory pack, Cheng Shi.
Pretty soon, there’s not gonna be any Jew or Aryan or Hindu or Muslim or Mexican or Blacks. There’s just gonna be the rich and the fucked, and our grandson is already one of the fucked.
— Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy), Shameless, Season 6: Pimp’s Paradise
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