Authorship problems

The zombie told me that he can't log in using his own email because it had previously been associated with this blog. Bummer, he started this thing and now can't even take direct credit when he writes on it. We are a lot alike but there is a subtle difference in the tone of our writing. Yesterday he had a few thoughts to get off of his chest. Food trucks in Sheboygan and increased fees on them. I don't do facebook but he does and he saw somebody talking about it. Now, we both have a pet peeve about economics. Isaac Asimov's quote comes to mind: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”

Certainly, people have the right to complain. But really, they don't want to know how their politics or sausage is made. Since when is paying taxes the worst thing in the world? It really has gone beyond objecting to how tax revenue is used, and become the idea that all taxation is illegitimate. I admit targetting small business and new businesses like this is low-hanging fruit. They do not have lawyers and lobbyists that big business have. American culture is coarse, individualistic, and often very aggressive. On top of that most people are selfish by nature.The average joe on the street does not see all the things that happened to make society, the economy, and government possible. This blog you are reading right now has a lot of sausage-making going on behind it that you don't see, unless you are extremely proficient in code-writing and all of the other technical aspects. Just reading this blog also puts you in debt to all the past efforts making the internet and all this technology that has enhanced our lives, possible in the first place. The real cost of having a decent country, or state, or city to live in goes far beyond what anyone pays in taxes. Rome was not built in a day, as the saying goes.

Just a few thoughts for anyone willing to consider them. Questioning authority is good, but complaining for the sake of complaining or because it just crimps one's lifestyle a bit makes you look less like a jealous ex- and more like a toddler throwing a tantrum. It is a balance and obviously not everyone feels the same way about it. I suppose the zombie and I will continue to be accused of elitism for making a reasonable request like doing a little research before wildly slinging accusations. Or using juvenile ad hominem attacks and other fallacies instead of a real debate. Or, God forbid, having a little trust that the people you elect to govern your town might have some idea about what they are doing.

Anyway, the zombie is going to go back to his crypt, or grave, or wherever he goes. He is a little disgusted that the state of intertubes debate is still this bad. One post and he got a nasty comment, pretty discouraging. What the heck man? I've insulted many people far worse and barely ever get comments lol.