They said ending pandemic support would stop the labor shortage.
After that, it was to be Black Friday. Came 'n' went, and still the labor market was tight.
Then it was supposed to be last minute Christmas spending.
Then it was the oil and grocery hike.
It's now May, and they're gonna force pregnancy and parenthood on people.
But nothing will bring the dead back from the grave. The reserve army of labor, the most precarious and vulnerable people, are rotting in the earth. Killed by a medical system made gaunt and ashen by cost cutting. Killed by a hard bed of concrete and a frosty night. Killed by the great flows of money that cannot be paused, even for a single fortnight.
They said ending pandemic support would stop the labor shortage.
After that, it was to be Black Friday. Came 'n' went, and still the labor market was tight.
Then it was supposed to be last minute Christmas spending.
Then it was the oil and grocery hike.
It's now May, and they're gonna force pregnancy and parenthood on people.
But nothing will bring the dead back from the grave. The reserve army of labor, the most precarious and vulnerable people, are rotting in the earth. Killed by a medical system made gaunt and ashen by cost cutting. Killed by a hard bed of concrete and a frosty night. Killed by the great flows of money that cannot be paused, even for a single fortnight.
Haunting and poetic.
Is this a quote? It’s beautiful
nope, hexbear original
I kinda wish i saved it for an org publication - but hey, sometimes you just gotta belt it out into the first textbox you see
It will be if you let me quote you
Fuckin' steal it, my comrade.
Words are as free as code was supposed to be.
:fidel-salute-big:
Hey I won’t tell if you do recycle it, well expressed comrade.
:joe-ligotti: get a load of Steinbeck ovah heah
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So the thing is when we quote this elsewhere we'll have to cite "some guy called wheaties on some forum called hexbear"
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fair enough