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'not my circus not my monkeys' says the countries who's banks are intertwined with america. While I respect why small countries wouldn't want to work towards collective action given america's reputation. However, the narrative stating 'they didn't understand the economics' is charitable at best. experts in some of the richest countries, with the best social and education programs, didn't understand. okay.

yes, tyranny bad. it doesn't help and end in bloodshed. but that's not why tyrants become tyrants. and if tyrants were granted foresight, they would only try to protect themselves more, not be less decadent and self-indulgent.

I don't know much about anything involving economics, and while this might be slim critique, 'unskilled workers' is an outdated term. I get what he was saying, but terms shape how we perceive others. While he doesn't outright admonish either group, given the language towards the end I assume he doesn't have a favorable look on 'wallstreet' and banks. However, given authors detachment, one can only wonder.

chapter 5 complete. it's wild to read something that mentions Ukraine's independence given today. Given russia's stranglehold on oil and the increasing 'concerns' that they were outdated, drove prideful monsters into what they are today. Not surprised.

oh the gore is so good

Finished chapter 4
note for later: post democracy? -in terms of Germany
ah yes, blame everyone else other than the banks. guess the trend had to start somewhere. and by people, you mean the media that has an invested interest in how the banks fuck people over. This book is all facts, rarely giving opinion. it's not wrong per say for that, but I was expecting an expert's opinion.

I love that this scottish granny, upon meeting an eldritch horror takes it home and treats it like a new pet. She scolds it! It SHRINKS BACK.

I feel like i made a lot of good progress today, however I fear that I cannot tell you much about any of it. There was a lot I had to go back and forth with given people/places/structures referenced by name rather than in concept. He used more stories to explain his points this time around, but if I'm being honest, it hurt more than it helped this time around.

I state the previous because the global economy was being threatened, and while I can blame the common ignorance that has allowed such negligence in my country's oversight, it was everywhere. Global banks and markets were scrambling, or at least, that is what I gather from this chapter. Its as if people were to look at you and go 'what pandemic'?

this was lighter than chapter 2, probably due to the more general over scope of the look rather than the mind numbing minutia that fucked up my life. all fascinating in it's own right. what I find most interesting is not that it effected everyone. That I knew. It's that when I told people that the crash of 2008 moved me (cali child) to the midwestern united states, they hadn't a clue what I was talking about.

Loved the opening, rightfully pissed at the hook, and sorta surprised that Arthur actually pulled the trigger at the worker's feet. This tale is definitely going to make me mad not because of what it says, but because the horror of having your home taken away from you is all too real.

Getting to the meat of policy decisions. There was a line about penalties failing to attend gymnasia that put a lot of this back into perspective. I know there were other things earlier that were 'of the times', but it's not like sexism/racism/literally any form of othering isn't around today.

Finished chapter 2. I have tried picking this up when I first got it back in like 2023. It's dense, it's pure information in a field I was rarely educated on. I have to know about this if I am to ever genuinely provide an opinion/fight against the opposition. Small bites.

I got it on audiobook, I'm flying through the book. It's only until after I finish the chapter do I realize that it has moved forward in time.

I love how this book uses food to emphasize mood/tone/circumstance. However, it's gotten pretty hard to get through on account of the minimalistic prose. It doesn't tell you what to think (and I rather like it that way), but it leaves everything bland. It's like recalling a melancholy memory, one you just had to be there to feel. And I struggle to relate.