03-29-2019, 04:34 PM
(03-28-2019, 12:20 PM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: Well, the brainwashing didn't work on me. The little time off that I have is needed to avoid burnout, so I sure don't feel guilty.
Some relevant terms.
Staycation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staycation
Came across a definition for a Nearcation-going someplace within driving distance for a long weekend.
Stay-cation: not a vacation. It's almost an Orwellian term. People need to break their routines just to get the cobwebs out of life.
The decline of the vacation suggests that people are being worked harder for less so that a few can indulge even more.
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The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.