Clamshell's weekly journal

[Shannon]

I would be surprised if you were not, given that you were raised with this sort of thinking all around you. Unfortunately, as we transition from democratic republic to fascist in our government, advertising has become the means through which the masses are controlled without resistance, and that control has been in convincing them that everything must be effortless and instant. When all you hear as you grow up is "You should have whatever you want, and it should be easy to get and you should be able to get it instantly when you decide you want it", that's what happens.

Anyone can become a millionaire without any mysterious methods just by putting money in an account that gives compound interest. $5 a day, and that will become a million dollars in about 30 years. Most people spend more than that a day on a freaking cup of coffee these days. And then they wonder why they're not rich.