Matisyahu's Blog

Finished work at 10pm once again, went for a walk then came home and had a sandwich for a quick meal. I’m making sure I enjoy the weather while I can because as we get closer to June the temperature will drop and the day will be less hospitable but I’ll keep getting out each morning to go for that walk because I know at the end of it I feel a whole better for it knowing I have stuck my my routine.

At the moment I an working on a blog post regarding the decline of the right wing or at least the latest manifestation of the right. I’m working through it but I’m trying to avoid engaging in hopium – giving people the impression that the cancer of far right politics is in remission because just like a cancer in remission there is always a possibility of it coming back. There is also a possibility that many who have become despondent may drop out of politics but some may get coopted into even further right wing politics which is why it is important for the left to offer a bold positive vision rather than the more of the same managed decline and telling people that this is as good as it is going to get so don’t expect things to improve.

The reason why I don’t have much faith in the left (or at least the left wing and the nominal left) is the tendency by far too many to have their work view being manufactured by the media. One only needs to look at the mainstream media in the US are failing to report on issues that media outlets outside of the United States report on. Let’s get one thing straight, the media is ultimately the mouth piece of the capitalist class which is why the will spend a whole week talking about the ‘deep and hidden meaning’ behind Trump posting Covfefe rather than covering how the Department of Education is being dismantled by Linda McMahon and the impact of its dismantling.

On Monday I’ll go for a walk, come back home, have a shower, cash in the $50 voucher I got from work then head down to the supermarket to pick up a few items using that $50 voucher. I was going to hold onto it for a few more weeks but knowing my luck I’ll end up forgetting all about it so I may as well make use of it. What I might end up doing is walk down to the supermarket, grab what I want and then catch the bus back which will have the benefit of getting some extra exercise it while saving a couple of dollars.