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https://billionairepsycho.substack.com/p/soviet-america

Today’s Soviet America has been objectively worse than many sci-fi dystopian movies. Because cinema needs to entertain an audience — narratives require dramatic suspense, wish fulfillment, and a charismatic hero. Real life, in contrast, has no such requirement to elevate heroism above the sordid slums of the favela. Many aspects of modern American life resemble the opaque bureaucracy of a Kafka novel, but in this absurdist and hyperreal version of America, the tangled maze of circuitous, redundant, and arbitrary paperwork is a ritual humiliation staffed by obese black women who mock their own customers.

A recent Frontier Airlines incident, captured in a viral video, involved a
passenger being refused check-in and taunted by staff after being hit with a
$25 fee. The situation escalated, leading to the termination of the employees
involved.

A passenger, flying from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston,
arrived 50 minutes before his flight but hadn't checked in online.

He was informed that he would need to pay a $25 fee to check in at the counter
because he missed the airline's 60-minute check-in deadline.

The passenger was then allegedly refused service and taunted by Frontier Airlines
employees.

A viral video captured the heated exchange, showing the employees arguing with the
passenger and refusing to let him check in.

Frontier Airlines confirmed the individuals in question, who work for a third-party
contractor, were no longer associated with the airline account, according to ABC11 News.

The incident highlights potential issues with Frontier Airlines' check-in policies and
customer service training, as well as the agency's reliance on third-party
contractors.

This video shows the Frontier Airlines agents taunting a passenger...

Patrick says

Many aspects of modern American life resemble the opaque bureaucracy of a Kafka novel, but in this absurdist and hyperreal version of America, the tangled maze of circuitous, redundant, and arbitrary paperwork is a ritual humiliation staffed by obese black women who mock their own customers

Haha perfectly said!

Thomas Jefferson “believed that the sole function of government was to protect citizens in the enjoyment of their lawfully acquired rights and goods, and that when it had gone so far it should shut down. But today its field of operation has been immensely widened, and its principal aim, in nearly all the great countries of the world, is to maintain itself in power by transferring rights and goods from those who oppose it to those who support it. The object vended is always somebody else’s property. The consideration is votes.”

H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe