Hindsight

Just to get it out of the way from the top, whether you’ve seen The Sopranos or not, I highly recommend this movie, from my first impressions I can say that it is a great story and movie on its own!

"Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda." - Hannah Arendt

Having ADHD is like being a puppy, a whole lot of energy and whenever you see something more interesting than what you’re currently doing, which is technically anything other than what you’re currently doing, then that new thing get’s all of your attention… well it does for the next 20 minutes anyways…

That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored. - Hannah Gadsby

While the episode title sounds like the name of a movie that is definitely staring The Rock and perhaps Jack Black as well just to make things overkill, this is much more of a serious topic, or however serious I can manage to be…

"Only the dead have seen the end of the war." - George Santayana

There is no such thing as order, there is no such thing as meant to be, there simply only is…

"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time." - Jean Paul

You never know when your last moment will be so you shouldn’t spend the moments you have being lame and grumpy, tell the people you love that you love them and go roll around in some grass or something…

"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it." - Charles M. Schulz

At this point, I think everyone is sick of hearing anything about battle royals but I swear this one is different, and not different like all of the other bornite clones that swear their game is different, this show is absolutely something else!

"Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow." - Tom Wilson

Here it is, part two of the deep dive into China and also the longest deep dive episode that I’ve made so far because this one is stacked to the brim with content that just couldn’t be left out. Enjoy!

"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. One is by debt" - John Adams

I explain my reasoning behind picking this show for this episode in the episode so I shouldn't have to explain my reasoning here, just don't ask questions and give the episode a listen...

"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" - Bob Marley

There is nothing more dystopian than a company that is literally our timelines version of Big Brother as they watch you every move while working all while making sure that you don't interact with anyone, use the bathroom, and stick to a work rate that they deem acceptable...

"Orwell had a very accurate foresight of today's dystopian world we live in. If only he was around to see it." - Andrew Gower

Customers have the amazing power of being able to manipulate the market and we exert that power all the time without even knowing but instead of understanding that power to use it to do some good, customers instead decide to use the power of being insufferable…

"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government." - Milton Friedman