Dispatches from a Dying Empire

Dispatches from a Dying Empire

An overdue update

Or, where I've been hanging out and why it hasn't been here

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Penfist
Apr 03, 2023
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Hello dear readers,

I apologize for my absence. I’ve been working hard on financial stability. That’s so I can stop worrying about where my next meal is coming from should I become unable to work forever (and I am all over the map at the moment). That’s so I can continue my exploration of why the world is like this and how it could be much, much better for all of us.

I digress, which is common when you are afflicted with ADHD, as I am. Below is a screenshot that, for you, may be rather boring. For me, it is life-changing. The below image represents where I am at with the process of having my federal student loans forgiven.

This image represents, numerically, the pending forgiveness of 100K borrowed, which, with interest, has spiraled to 215K owed. Unfortunately, I only rate forgiveness due to my total and permanent disability status with the Veteran’s Administration. All the other foolish student borrowers who were not quite foolish enough to go fight a war based on utter lies do not get…

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