Unlocking Our Destiny
“America is on its own level in terms of insanity, tyranny, and dysfunction.”
I needed some white undershirts along with groceries, so I found myself at Walmart this morning. I discovered that a pack of three white shirts, which cost about ten bucks, in now behind glass. I asked one of the workers nearby to open it for me, but she didn’t have the authority. Another had to come over with a phone to unlock the case with an app.
This black lady spent a few minutes trying to get the thing to work and then I suggested she try to unlock the next case, and I could reach in to grab it from this other case. I got my shirts and casually inquired why they were now locked up, since the value is so small compared to many things in this store which aren’t locked up. She struggled to form a coherent sentence, but it was something about “groups.”
As someone who notices things, understands efficiency, costs, etc. what sprang to my mind first is why they didn’t just use locks with a key. Keys work every time, they’re much cheaper, and they don’t rely on the internet. There are, however, certain civilizational concepts which are called into question when undershirts must be locked in a case.
Essentially, functioning countries rely on the cooperation of the general populace to function. Law enforcement is there to deal with limited quantities of…