Another Oligarchy

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The skies have mostly cleared by the afternoon while the lawn service came by and gave us a quick mow. And supper is slowly cooking on the stove, much to my surprise to my wife’s approval. For the past few months we have been relegated to just having cheap ground turkey as a protein. Which would leave most untrained families with only Hamburger Helper or Spaghetti to eat. While I would be lying if I said we don’t eat those things. My main fix for ground turkey would be to cut the tube in half and mix it with seasoning and any variety of fresh or canned vegetables we have on hand. All while fixing my late Granny Thornton’s depression staple sticky rice.

As I discovered years later, I was basically making stir fry. Something we thought was a treat when I was a kid when my dad would take day-old rice and stir in eggs and onions. I laugh to myself thinking about it now of the crazy things my dad and his mom come up with. Like cold pork-n-beans with eggs and a little mayonnaise and maybe diced ham, egg pie, or whatever thing that woman would come up with to feed a hungry family of seven in the midst of a depression. The same can be said for Granny Geiger having to feed a family of six on ration vouchers during World War Two.

It's all a little funny and sad at the same time, that now in the late months of 2025 that we still have to ration food in the midst of this so-called prosperity. With wars and rumors of wars playing out like dominos in our leaders heads. All while keeping our minds occupied with fear and outright hate towards those of a slightly different skin tone. While women are being spat upon for not producing enough pure breed young. All the while the elite and ignorant pray for red cloaks and silence. What have we become? A nation of laws that for nearly ten years has been reduced to yet another oligarchy.