Well, it seems that the
Great American Sickout is gaining little traction. I guess bitching on the Internet and hoping against hope to win obviously rigged elections in a year, after a few thousand more people have been killed and maimed, is strong enough medicine for most people. The war just doesn't make them as sick as it makes me, I guess. So this diary is my announcement that I give up. I surrrender. I concede defeat. I will be going to work on December 7 and on the 7th of every month. For me, the Great American Sickout is over. It was a good idea -- a great idea -- but it would be pointless to do it on a small scale.
I don't know which is more sickening: That we were deceived into an imperial war of conquest that will likely destroy us economically and geopolitically, or that people are too stupid/ignorant/lazy/fearful to do anything meaningful about it.