Seems like a perfect solution to me. You got rid of your telly so the licence is irrelevant.
My own view is that I should pay the Combine (as John W calls it) whenever I or anyone in the household uses its services. That applies to public transport, groceries, TV licences, etc.
I am trying to disengage as much as I can from the Combine, so one day I hope not to have even think about these things.
But it's one step at a time and yours is a big step. Well done!
'The Combine’ is what I have fallen into the habit of calling the actual, concealed world government, which has finally, with the Covid cult, bared its fangs. I borrowed the term from Chief Bromden, the protagonist of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, subsequently made into a movie by Michael Cimino, featuring a different protagonist, R.P. McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholson. ‘The Combine’ is what the Chief, in both contexts, called the evil syndicate he intuited as bearing down upon humanity, seeking to oppress it and re-set its behaviour. The Combine runs everything, using technological, technocratic means, as well as human agents like Nurse Ratched and her vicious orderlies.
A beautiful exchange, Abby - your words convey the pure spirit in which you are appealing to them. There is much emotion - but emotion can cloud the truth. Revolutions are different than revolts, and it seems to me that the difference is the ability to carry the truth forward unclouded by the energy of emotion. You did not allow emotion to cloud your words. I am deeply grateful there are those like you who can speak for those who are too emotional to put their thoughts together in a timely way. We truly need each other. Thank you, Abby - and thank you for sharing your experience. 💖💜
Mar 25, 2023·edited Mar 25, 2023Liked by Abby Wynne
Well done again Abby for taking a stand, it's a thank you letter I'd be sending at this stage for the beautiful empty space now available to you after that black box was disposed of and all its egotistical mind bending bs 🥴💨
Brilliant
Seems like a perfect solution to me. You got rid of your telly so the licence is irrelevant.
My own view is that I should pay the Combine (as John W calls it) whenever I or anyone in the household uses its services. That applies to public transport, groceries, TV licences, etc.
I am trying to disengage as much as I can from the Combine, so one day I hope not to have even think about these things.
But it's one step at a time and yours is a big step. Well done!
What does JW call the Combine? Tx.
JW wrote this a few months back:
'The Combine’ is what I have fallen into the habit of calling the actual, concealed world government, which has finally, with the Covid cult, bared its fangs. I borrowed the term from Chief Bromden, the protagonist of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, subsequently made into a movie by Michael Cimino, featuring a different protagonist, R.P. McMurphy, played by Jack Nicholson. ‘The Combine’ is what the Chief, in both contexts, called the evil syndicate he intuited as bearing down upon humanity, seeking to oppress it and re-set its behaviour. The Combine runs everything, using technological, technocratic means, as well as human agents like Nurse Ratched and her vicious orderlies.
The system, government, etc
A beautiful exchange, Abby - your words convey the pure spirit in which you are appealing to them. There is much emotion - but emotion can cloud the truth. Revolutions are different than revolts, and it seems to me that the difference is the ability to carry the truth forward unclouded by the energy of emotion. You did not allow emotion to cloud your words. I am deeply grateful there are those like you who can speak for those who are too emotional to put their thoughts together in a timely way. We truly need each other. Thank you, Abby - and thank you for sharing your experience. 💖💜
Thank you x
Well done again Abby for taking a stand, it's a thank you letter I'd be sending at this stage for the beautiful empty space now available to you after that black box was disposed of and all its egotistical mind bending bs 🥴💨
👏👏👏
Thank you!