In the near future “they” are going to a
reality check “they” can’t deal with. My anticipation is high that we are
reaching midnight on the clock, but not in the sense you are thinking. Fuck the
threat of nuclear holocaust. No one can profit from our toil if we are all
barbequed, so rest assured that we aren’t going to have to duck and cover
anytime soon. No, friends. We have about as much chance of that happening as we
do seeing my 18 month old son resurrect the corpses of the Ramones and booking
a reunion tour. The doomsday clock this humble scribe refers to concerns itself
with the moment when we, the American workforce/working class/labor decide that
we’ve had it. Sure, we all talk about it, but rarely do we actually DO anything
to better our employment situations. Companies pay us all just enough to get by
on with little to no chance for upward mobility. There is no such thing as a merit
raise anymore. Working hard is definitely NOT the paramount factor of promotion
inside of the work place. Benefits oft