We've been having a snow "event" in Seattle over the past couple of days, and it will continue for one or two more...
This city is more used to rain - lots of it, falling relatively gently over an extended period of time ...
So when snow falls - around six inches worth over 24 hours - it's something of an "event"...
And watching the goings-on has left me with the question:
And watching the goings-on has left me with the question:
What is wrong with the American people?
They appear to think the sky will fall and earth will stop spinning on its axis if they stay home from work in a snow storm...
What programming propels people to take sleeping bags to the office, so they won't miss the next day's work if the snow storm arrives over night, as one female manager here in Seattle told a reporter she would be doing...
What huge reward or threat persuades wage slaves to leave their families to cope alone in the storm, while they don snow gear and trot, slide, crawl, off to the office to save the bottom line...
Isn't it time we got back in sync with the rhythms of the seasons?
Snow - quiet, isolating, dangerous... time to stay inside, to protect and nurture the self, to be with the people we love...
It's what our ancestors did...
Isn't it bad enough that homeless people have to survive out in the snow, without choosing to ignore the gifts and comfort given to us, and to endanger ourselves unnecessarily?
I guess the oligarchs really have got it all sewn up, really do rule when we turn our backs so thoroughly on nature and good sense...
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