Shot in the Dark

Malaise

Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” speech in 1978 – in which he seemed to be reaching through the radio and telling the adolescent me “I got my piece of the pie; you’re gonna get less. Deal with it” was one of many impulses that led to me eventually becoming a conservative.

I have to hope this bit here does the same to some kid today:

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1450410755698958337

Now, I’ll be fair – I didn’t read the op-ed. What, me pay for a paywall? Are you nuts?

And so, informed only by the headline, my first reflex was “well, duh – that’s Stoicism 101. Don’t get cranky about things you can’t control”.

But I suspect this is going to become part of the dominant class’s messaging; gaslighting people that wanting life to be like it was a year ago is…

…privilege? Racism? Not forward-thinking?

Trying to make a society of dopamine addicts into virtue-signaling aescetics; what could go wrong?

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9 responses to “Malaise”

  1. Bill Peterson's chin twat Avatar
    Bill Peterson’s chin twat

    So. much. #Winning

  2. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    I think I’m going to put on my cardigan and turn down the heat to 65 degrees…..

  3. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    I have two friends and three acquaintances that have been sitting on their asses for the last five to six months, collecting gubmint checks. Every damned one of them has complained about wait times and closed dining rooms at fast food restaurants and retail stores, like Home Depot. I’ll give you three guesses as to how I responded to these idiots and the first two don’t count.

  4. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    As I wrote in a comment yesterday about this very tweet via Brent Scher, There are now THREE separate op-eds at @washingtonpost asking people to lower their expectations in @JoeBiden’s America.

    Two points make a line in math and three a plane, I’d say your assertion that this is going to become part of the dominant class’s messaging is already in the house.

  5. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    Here’s another effort to normalize the malaise.

    https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1449556510279884803

    Lol the left is actually romanticizing breadlines now. Yup. Not joking.

  6. justplainangry Avatar
    justplainangry

    “well, duh – that’s Soci@li$m 101. Don’t get cranky about things you can’t control”.

    There, fixed it for you. You are welcome.

  7. AllenS Avatar
    AllenS

    Well, there goes my lump of coal expectations.

  8. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    Good one, Allen.

  9. AllenS Avatar
    AllenS

    Actually, I have a large amount of coal that I add to the fire wood that I burn. I purchased 20 40 pound bags of anthracite for $7.56 a bag a couple of years ago.

    Ain’t waiting for anything that Slow Joe and his loser administration comes up with.

    Bah, humbug!

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