The Wisdom(?) of Riley Chance

Nothing happens for a reason.

Common knowledge goes unquestioned whether it is right or wrong.

The society shown to us on screen is coloured by consumerism

The Capitalist Singularity - The moment, recognised historically, when the first domino fell.

We are in the age of - what have you done for me lately?

Free press? The irony of the situation, lost on the masses, is inflicted on the masses.

Nobody can dictate your attitude to life.

The wealthy are a problem. Society finds ways of taking care of problems.

The arts community is a Marxian club - Groucho, not Karl.

Economics is a social science - economists pedal theories not facts.

Politically - an unengaged society is unlikely to have a democracy worth saving.

You can write in the past, present or future, but you need to live in the present.

It is definitely not the critic who counts.

Young people vote - you have more tomorrows in the game.

Drinking to excess is definitely borrowing tomorrow’s happiness.

Opinion and journalism are mutually exclusive.

You either belong or you don’t. It’s binary.

Money isn’t real which makes capitalism nihilism.

Individual responsibility - how corporate business avoids responsibility and regulation.

Reductionism is the childish inability to join the dots.

An uninformed citizen is a dangerous oxymoron.

Groucho Marx was not a grumpy communist.

Sometimes we need to throw the baby out; sometimes we just need the bath.

There’s a widening chasm between what we know and what we’ve heard.

Centrist politicians focus on voters not people. Centrist governments pander to them.

Utilitarianism - the greatest good for the greatest number. Neoliberalism - the greatest good for the smallest number.

Ignorance is not bliss, it’s ignorance.

Society’s greatest existential threat is the status quo.

Banks move money from the poor to the rich. That is it.

The outcome from underpaying teachers is an ill-educated society. History tells us where this leads.

The thinnest legacy is bequeathing money to children you don’t know.

The biggest risk is to not know what’s the biggest risk.

Justice at the mercy of money is unjust.

University’s focus on money is death by degrees.

Never drink alone: by yourself or in a crowd.

21stC Nihilism - the belief that only money has meaning.

Productised education is unfit for human consumption.

Corporate citizenship – The least cash needed to look like you give a shit.

The big picture can’t be seen on a screen.

We mistake fads for progress.

Capitalism continued guarantees climate change.

Reasoned progress is not drunken lurching towards the abyss.

The ideas from the social sciences are needed outside the university.

Everyone’s answer to - “How much money is enough?” - is - “More than I have”.

When reading news ask: who is telling me this? How do they know? What’s in it for them?

Privilege - the subtle art of being able to not give a f*ck.

McDonaldsisation - trading delight or disappointment for bland repetition.

A guru is a person selling rebranded commonsense

Enjoy the journey, arrival can be an anticlimax.

Making money distracts us from living.

The term ‘the market’ can be replaced with ‘God’ without losing meaning.

The leadership fad summed up. ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall ….’