Tag: commentary

• Bon Appetit, Babe!

  

  The above quote from Katy Perry’s single “Bon Appetit” as well as the rather questionable video that went with it took me back to a moment in Douglas Adams’ The Restaurant at The End of The Universe in which the protagonists are offered a platter of beef, only the beef is still attached to the…

  crowrider1990

  June 27, 2022

  personal, politics

  bernard grech, bon appetit, commentary, consumer culture, consumerism, douglas adams, hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, malta, maltese politics, partit nazzjonalista, pl, pn, political commentary, restaurant at the end of the universe., robert abela, social commentary, veganism, vegetarianism

• Keeping more in the larder…

  

  A person recently said that for the system to work, a person has to be subjected to some sort of exploitation. There is no profit without exploitation. It is in the best interest of the Capitalist to keep what profits are generated by the labor of the employee away from these in order to maximize…

  crowrider1990

  June 9, 2022

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  bernard grech, capitalism, commentary, exploitation, malta, maltese politics, neoliberalism, partit laburista, partit nazzjonalista, pl, pn, political commentary, politics, robert abela, sean gravina, social commentary, socialism, third party nationals

• The Powerless Educator, part 2

  

  A powerless educator is an unhappy and unhealthy educator. This is not to say that an educator should enjoy absolute freedom; that is a privilege that nobody in reality has or should have. There is freedom for, and freedom to, and a delicate balance in between that cannot realistically be broken without unfortunate consequences. But…

  crowrider1990

  June 2, 2022

  education, politics

  bernard grech, commentary, education, educational, educational commentary, malta, maltese politics, partit nazzjonalista, pl, pn, political commentary, politics, robert abela, social, social commentary, socialism