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unfinishednetwork2026-01-25 03:27 pm
fellfurthest) wrote in unfinishednetwork2026-01-25 03:27 pm
Backdated before event kickoff -- 50 shades of Economics Doesn't Work That Way
[Lucifer's script is clearly handwritten and ridiculously ornate, like someone is doing calligraphy well past medieval era for no discernible reason. Made more ridiculous and anachronistic by the words.]
This is not a book review.
This is a complaint about why Earth human economics (especially North America) are completely dysfunctional and only serve to turn people into puppets, not liberate humanity from being tied to the yoke of Father's latest whims and "don't worry, I have one single person who will solve it for all 8 billion," madcap ideas.
1] Christian Grey is not an economist.
2] Nor an investor.
3] He's not even a competent sadist or dominant, but that's neither here nor there. It shows in his "business endeavors" and it is insulting to humans with critical thinking skills, because no one should treat their employees like pets. Also, you should not even treat pets the way he treats his employees. Respect yourself more, I'm begging.
4] He dropped out of Harvard University to start a "business." No specifics, just ~"business."~ The only point of Harvard business (instead of any other college in America with a business program) is for the political and business connections, you gigantic buffoon. There is absolutely no reason to drop out, especially since if you come from a poor background (as he supposedly does) then your tuition is free in Harvard, it's the second largest charity write-off after the Vatican, and even ahead of Red Cross.
5] Red Cross should be number one. (For those who don't know; it's an organization that helps save lives, administer first aid to wounded from disasters and the like, and brings blood where it's most needed.) This is why Earth is worse than Hell right now. Congratulations. You're number 1. In hellaciousness.
6] It's very clearly written by a British person who engaged in fantasy Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, and Christopher Puegot (German, not British) would never dream of. It is actually more ridiculous than any of the Twilight counterpart, and there's a reason I don't write about humans, because I'm not one. Don't write about Americans if your only concept of them is from trashy films, and reality tv, or soap operas. All of this would have made more sense if it was a reference to Rupert Murdoch, Robert Maxwell, or any of the British owning tabloid CEOs who demonstrably hate women, and have more mental health issues than literal demons.
7] No one in America is a "wealthy entrepreneur" in their 20s after dropping out of college. Even the few who did drop out, already WERE millionaires from their parents. Increase your higher "earning" tax bracket, please. Or don't. Your suffering is also my profit, but not yours. Historically speaking your wealth income disparity is worse than every other time in human history guillotines and other mass revolt weapons were brought out, but that's none of my business. I keep saying "your," but I mean for almost all of Earth in the 21st century, though I realize many here have no idea what Earth is. Carry on, I'm sure you're doing great. I'm confined to Earth, so I get to be more irritated about it. And I am.
8] Basing him in Seattle was a stupid pointless reference to Bill Gates. Who, while he did drop out of Harvard, didn't become a billionaire until his 30s, and I cannot emphasize this enough: did so based on the production and skilled labor of others. Also, he revolutionized computers to make them user friendly. If that wasn't the case, everyone would be using Linux (and they don't). Christian (I hate his name too, his Mom's not even religious, why do this? - But that's not the point) isn't even a computer technician, supposedly. He's in ~finances~ whatever the author thinks that means. So why base him in Seattle? New York City is the real financial capital of both USA, and the world writ large. Which is ridiculous, but humans desperately want a Babylon over and over again I suppose. Fallen, Fallen - Revelations 17, if people really insist on making it happen, but it won't be my doing, I promise.
9] This supposed financial "genius" doesn't invest in companies, people, or ideas. He invests in land. No, not real estate. No, not development, or construction. Just land. No, not even soil enhancement or bioengineering the soil's microbiome for enhanced fertilization or analyzing means to progress production output. No, silly details like that would take time away from being a disturbed micromanaging narcissistic stalker of victims. Ignoring the absolute idiocy of that, the author tries to present this as all so altruistic, because he doesn't want people to starve. Just not enough to actually create and fund companies that do anything to maintain or create infrastructure to get food to people, to use his political clout to talk to the other tech CEOs in Seattle, or parley his private helicopter into better means of assessing ecological and weather pattern damage. No, no. Just micromanage and treat your employees with more disrespect than demons, and everything will work out great, surely. Also be profitable, even though there is no successful food distribution system on Earth for this yet. Wonderful.
10] Most egregiously, the author was an unpublished writer. The main heroine is a literary major. Yet at no point did either use this personal experience of how hard it is to get published to encourage their boss; an idiot who "invests" without investing, and has financial ties and connections from nowhere, (and not even a BDSM club or Harvard where it would have made sense!) to start their own publishing house, use being in Seattle to set up better tech algorithms to connect readers and writers, or even so much as try to create a 1990s style Zine. (A type of literary anthology hearkening back to the late 1800s/early 1900s serials like how manga is released in Japan in the 1990s/21st century, or how Sherlock Holmes, and most sci-fi through the 50s was initially published.)
Absolute bitter side-note: I hate that he plays piano, and his stupid suits. I'm glad he's too insecure about trying to seem "dominant," to wear a tie (idiot. Ties are amazing, let him miss out, I don't want him copying me.) He doesn't even like suits. He wants them to give him an air of authority, but that's not how clothes work. Suits can be armor, absolutely, but the man makes the suit, never the other way around. And the whole idea that he played piano as a kid is such a farce. Pianos are expensive. Piano lessons are not things starving children can just will by desire. Again, this is a problem with the economics of Earth, but clearly represented in the insanity of the author who thought through absolutely nothing in this whatsoever.
- Lucifer Morningstar
This is not a book review.
This is a complaint about why Earth human economics (especially North America) are completely dysfunctional and only serve to turn people into puppets, not liberate humanity from being tied to the yoke of Father's latest whims and "don't worry, I have one single person who will solve it for all 8 billion," madcap ideas.
1] Christian Grey is not an economist.
2] Nor an investor.
3] He's not even a competent sadist or dominant, but that's neither here nor there. It shows in his "business endeavors" and it is insulting to humans with critical thinking skills, because no one should treat their employees like pets. Also, you should not even treat pets the way he treats his employees. Respect yourself more, I'm begging.
4] He dropped out of Harvard University to start a "business." No specifics, just ~"business."~ The only point of Harvard business (instead of any other college in America with a business program) is for the political and business connections, you gigantic buffoon. There is absolutely no reason to drop out, especially since if you come from a poor background (as he supposedly does) then your tuition is free in Harvard, it's the second largest charity write-off after the Vatican, and even ahead of Red Cross.
5] Red Cross should be number one. (For those who don't know; it's an organization that helps save lives, administer first aid to wounded from disasters and the like, and brings blood where it's most needed.) This is why Earth is worse than Hell right now. Congratulations. You're number 1. In hellaciousness.
6] It's very clearly written by a British person who engaged in fantasy Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, and Christopher Puegot (German, not British) would never dream of. It is actually more ridiculous than any of the Twilight counterpart, and there's a reason I don't write about humans, because I'm not one. Don't write about Americans if your only concept of them is from trashy films, and reality tv, or soap operas. All of this would have made more sense if it was a reference to Rupert Murdoch, Robert Maxwell, or any of the British owning tabloid CEOs who demonstrably hate women, and have more mental health issues than literal demons.
7] No one in America is a "wealthy entrepreneur" in their 20s after dropping out of college. Even the few who did drop out, already WERE millionaires from their parents. Increase your higher "earning" tax bracket, please. Or don't. Your suffering is also my profit, but not yours. Historically speaking your wealth income disparity is worse than every other time in human history guillotines and other mass revolt weapons were brought out, but that's none of my business. I keep saying "your," but I mean for almost all of Earth in the 21st century, though I realize many here have no idea what Earth is. Carry on, I'm sure you're doing great. I'm confined to Earth, so I get to be more irritated about it. And I am.
8] Basing him in Seattle was a stupid pointless reference to Bill Gates. Who, while he did drop out of Harvard, didn't become a billionaire until his 30s, and I cannot emphasize this enough: did so based on the production and skilled labor of others. Also, he revolutionized computers to make them user friendly. If that wasn't the case, everyone would be using Linux (and they don't). Christian (I hate his name too, his Mom's not even religious, why do this? - But that's not the point) isn't even a computer technician, supposedly. He's in ~finances~ whatever the author thinks that means. So why base him in Seattle? New York City is the real financial capital of both USA, and the world writ large. Which is ridiculous, but humans desperately want a Babylon over and over again I suppose. Fallen, Fallen - Revelations 17, if people really insist on making it happen, but it won't be my doing, I promise.
9] This supposed financial "genius" doesn't invest in companies, people, or ideas. He invests in land. No, not real estate. No, not development, or construction. Just land. No, not even soil enhancement or bioengineering the soil's microbiome for enhanced fertilization or analyzing means to progress production output. No, silly details like that would take time away from being a disturbed micromanaging narcissistic stalker of victims. Ignoring the absolute idiocy of that, the author tries to present this as all so altruistic, because he doesn't want people to starve. Just not enough to actually create and fund companies that do anything to maintain or create infrastructure to get food to people, to use his political clout to talk to the other tech CEOs in Seattle, or parley his private helicopter into better means of assessing ecological and weather pattern damage. No, no. Just micromanage and treat your employees with more disrespect than demons, and everything will work out great, surely. Also be profitable, even though there is no successful food distribution system on Earth for this yet. Wonderful.
10] Most egregiously, the author was an unpublished writer. The main heroine is a literary major. Yet at no point did either use this personal experience of how hard it is to get published to encourage their boss; an idiot who "invests" without investing, and has financial ties and connections from nowhere, (and not even a BDSM club or Harvard where it would have made sense!) to start their own publishing house, use being in Seattle to set up better tech algorithms to connect readers and writers, or even so much as try to create a 1990s style Zine. (A type of literary anthology hearkening back to the late 1800s/early 1900s serials like how manga is released in Japan in the 1990s/21st century, or how Sherlock Holmes, and most sci-fi through the 50s was initially published.)
Absolute bitter side-note: I hate that he plays piano, and his stupid suits. I'm glad he's too insecure about trying to seem "dominant," to wear a tie (idiot. Ties are amazing, let him miss out, I don't want him copying me.) He doesn't even like suits. He wants them to give him an air of authority, but that's not how clothes work. Suits can be armor, absolutely, but the man makes the suit, never the other way around. And the whole idea that he played piano as a kid is such a farce. Pianos are expensive. Piano lessons are not things starving children can just will by desire. Again, this is a problem with the economics of Earth, but clearly represented in the insanity of the author who thought through absolutely nothing in this whatsoever.
- Lucifer Morningstar