I joined in early 2001. It was a completely different time when I went in vs when I got out 4 years later.

Less than a year before that I was campaigning for Ralph Nader.

Life is complicated sometimes. We don’t all have an easy escape from the situations we are born into.

States rights not a thing anymore, I guess.

Because it’s a cult.

Yes but what about the oil companies’ profits? Have you even considered their feelings?

Yeah futurists said the same shit about email and smartphones, etc. These were “time saving” productivity tools that would help us all enjoy a better work-life balance. Instead you end up with workers essentially on call 24x7x365.