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And that would be fine, if the dirty water and plaguey meat that results from fewer regulations could be sold exclusively to Libertarians. The rest of us want to live in a safe, civil, healthful society.
All libertarians should read this book and then have a good thinky-think about a world with few regulations:
The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible! https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394709411/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_2iSCBbHEBCP5A
There’s a little book I bought called The Good Old Days- They Were Terrible.
Mostly explores life in the late 1800’s/ early 1900... before vaccines and sewage and unions etc. Funny thing it was written in the 70’s. When you could work a job at a factory and own a house. Shoulda wrote a book called The Future Sucks Too.
On that note, here’s a link to the book: help lord Bezos put his kids through college
Have a read through that and you might understand what a joke is by the time you're done.
This is from a book by Jon Stewart and his Daily Show writers called America (The Book): A Citizens’ Guide to Democracy Inaction. One of the funniest I’ve ever read.
Not at all, I'm good, living in godzone, quite like it.
As we say, you're dreamin'.
BIL sent us a book for Chrissie "52 Times Britain was a Bellend".
You might enjoy it.
Walt Disney was obsessed with Main Street USA. It was modelled closely on iirc his childhood hometown in the 1890’s. He was incredibly nostalgic for the period and that idealized America. As you said, in no way did it represent the real 1890’s, which was a decade of poverty and inequality, but for Walt’s generation “Gay Nineties” nostalgia was at least as strong as 50’s nostalgia was for the Boomers. One of his favourite shorts was The Nifty Nineties, and you can see all of the elements of Main street USA present.
This was so influential that a book <em>The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible</em> was written to refute the pervasive Disney-led 1890’s nostalgia.
Seriously their research is top notch. They've also got book out that I've been wanting for a while. They also got a weed strain out lol.
Funny story about President Coolidge. Cool Cal, as he was called, was renowned for being quite and reserved. One pretty Washington Socialite took it for a challenge and went up to him at a party, where like always he would sit silently ignoring people. She said smiling "I bet I could get three words out of you."
Coolidge drily replied "Fuck you."
Source for real story
Source for joke
Recommend The Good Old Days They Were Terrible https://www.amazon.com/Good-Old-Days-They-Terrible/dp/0394709411
Which shows how things REALLY were for the regular people in the so-called Gay Ninety.
I originally read parts of the book in my local newspaper. Years later, while visiting my friends in TX I saw the book in an university bookstore and brought it. It's rather wore now, unfortunately no ebook counterpart had been done so I could replace it by downloading it on my Kindle. Very good book with fascinating informations.
They don't list costs, but How to Become a Federal Criminal and Three Felonies a Day list quite a few.
Great video. It’s guys like this that can help change the tide in politics. Government needs to work well and efficiently for the people.
We don’t live in the Wild West anymore. We live in a society where millions of people depend on thousands and thousands of moving parts of a functioning society. We live in a reality where supply breakdowns can result in total chaos. We need things to run smoothly and efficiently. We need responsible leadership that cares about the lives and safety of the citizens.
This is a pretty cool book for anyone who wants to step back from the romance of the “good old days” mentality like a lot of the GOP are still beholden to https://www.amazon.com/Good-Old-Days-They-Terrible/dp/0394709411/ref=sr_1_1?crid=44ZQFDHVM3SU&dchild=1&keywords=the+good+old+days+they+were+terrible&qid=1613792804&sprefix=The+good+old+days+were%2Caps%2C213&sr=8-1
And don’t get me wrong. I’m all about self reliance and commonsensical deregulation... but I’ll be damned if those pesky regulations do exist for long term good. It’s important to be engaged and to listen to experts. Trump not filling any seats and then withdrawing the US from the WHO... that’s some terrible governing. The US has always been cutting edge. Bringing our expertise to the world stage is often for the greater good. Gotta have leadership that cares about governing first and foremost.
Spoiler alert: everything awful that can happen to children, “happened“ to children. Of course, not just kids.
I read this at age twelve and became a social progressive.
Basically a visual telling of turn of the century issues by political cartoons, illustrations, photographs ( hence kid w missing parts working machines) and matching articles.
The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394709411/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ixA2FbHR699KP
All these “laws that hurt business“ had their roots in the abuses listed in this book.
He did have quite the way with words--or they had their way with him--or something.
The guy who does the “crime a day” account has a how to book!
They've been mentioning the book sporadically for a while now, I'm relatively new and binged listened so I can't tell you how long ago. As of right now I believe the book is set to drop in February. Here's the Amazon listing for it.
I would probably get you "52 Times Britain was a Bellend"
plus extra bits depending on your awnsers to the Secret Santa questions.
This book is due to be released later this month and is bound to have a chapter or 2 about Ireland. 52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At School
I had a book years ago called The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible!, which is still on sale today. It used cartoons and photos from the period to show how horrendous life could be. The chapter on Food was ... memorable: before laws were brought in to enforce food safety, you basically had no assurance that the label on the box represented what you were getting. Flour and milk powder adulterated with alum, milk being watered down, and as for meat ... you don't want to know what it was like before refrigeration.
If you're looking for something a little more fun and less detailed The Mental Floss History of the World is surprisingly good. I can't vouch for the accuracy because I'm no history buff but I really enjoyed reading it.
It covers the first starts of civilization all the way up to modern times and presents it like an adult version of Kids Discover (except with less pictures). Every chapter has little subset text with additional info and timelines and stuff.
If you're really into detailed history this isn't for you but if you want a lighthearted (still 400 pages) look at history its not too shabby.
A good step up from high school level world history would be this book:
The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
Its a nice easy read and connects a lot of the history that is happening in one place to another. Its not deep, but most of it is good stuff and quite a bit of it is actually humorous.
Mental Floss History Of The World
This one's not bad. A little informal but an easy read.