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Arnold Drake World is a treasure of a human being. For years, he& #39;s spent his days holding down a table in the cafe at Portland& #39;s Powell& #39;s Books, folding intricate, gorgeous "botanically correct" flowers out of paper napkins.
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Now he& #39;s in serious trouble. He& #39;s broke and his landlord is about to kick him out of the RV he rents-to-own. The stores he normally sells his art through are closed and many aren& #39;t expected to reopen.
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He& #39;s trying to raise $10K to he won& #39;t lose his home. He& #39;s currently at $3k. I kicked in $25.
Neoliberalism& #39;s signature move is squeezing the slack out of the system. Is there a storehouse of ventilators no one is using right now? Sell & #39;em off! A cash reserve? Stock buyback!
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Neoliberalism& #39;s signature move is squeezing the slack out of the system. Is there a storehouse of ventilators no one is using right now? Sell & #39;em off! A cash reserve? Stock buyback!
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Is there a neighborhood where people live cheap? Bulldoze it and replace it with luxury flats that no one ever intends to live in,only to use as safe-deposit boxes in the sky.
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Ripping slack out of the system doesn& #39;t just make the world brittle, it murders the quirky and idiosyncratic things that give the world texture and delight. It& #39;s the reason every shopping street in London and NYC (pre-crisis) looked like a looping Flintstones background.
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The same 6 shops, over and over again: CVS, Citibank, realtor, 7-11, Chase, Citibank, Walgreens.
Arnold Drake World is one of those treasures that you only get when there& #39;s slack in the system, like a bolt of insight that only comes when you down tools and laze in the grass.
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Arnold Drake World is one of those treasures that you only get when there& #39;s slack in the system, like a bolt of insight that only comes when you down tools and laze in the grass.
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He represents one of the many likely casualties of covid, as we bear down on whatever slack remains in the system, making our world more brittle as we do.
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