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I have never been bored. If I was unemployed, and I was never for long, I was working on the next step to be working again.

Being bored is for losers.

You could make the claim that capitalism has produced what I despise if that were true, but it is not. Corporatism is not capitalism. We have a corporatist system where big business and big government are now significantly the same and the government side is 80% Democrat.

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"I have never been bored."

Like literally never? Never had illness or injury where they rush you to the hospital for a whole lotta hurry-up-and-wait? Or do you always have your blackberry along when that happens so you can polish your resume on the gurney?

I am seldom bored. The world's a fascinating place, so even when my body poops out on paid work, I usually find ways to avoid the devil's playground — or I'd like to think they're ways, but who can really be sure when they're not getting paid for it, amirite?

"You could make the claim that capitalism has produced what I despise if that were true, but it is not."

Capitalism would never produce "what delivers short-term endorphins to [what you judge is] their own detriment", something you do, indeed, seem to despise? Only corporatism does that?

I have plenty of praise for free markets, but c'mon! Nobody could make bank on frivolous endorphin delivery in a truly free market?!!...

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