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Friday, July 8, 2011

Origin of “Hipster”

The term “Hipster” is a reference to a poem by Ginsberg's epic poem "Howl", in which he celebrates his fellow "angel-headed hipsters" and harshly denounces what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States, is one of the classic poems of the Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a bunch of really creative people who traveled a lot and saw a lot of things.  They did not fit in.  But they hung out with each other even though they didn’t always get along. 
Too much information and not enough information are creating the same problem.  Don’t make an important decision under a timeline.  Breaking news is typically not very important.
The first thing “white” people did was “remove” the original people.  The second thing “white” people did was exploit natural resources for quick economic gain.  Only a few “white” people were able to benefit from this.  You can make a lot of money by exploiting people, or exploiting natural resources, and even more by doing both.
Manufacturing waved bye, bye to Eau Claire long ago.  If it is not made in China we probably don’t need it.  Also not a good idea to dump chemicals in a river.  Or promote family members who take advantage of the company plane.  There is a reason everyone hates you but no one will tell you that.
Fear.
You hire people with a limited skill set, exploit that knowing full well these people have no other option.  Move the company.  You will never expand out of the midwest and will be bought out by some Asian People.  You offer noting of Cultural Value to out city.
Eau Claire is now the Cultural Center of the world.  The middle class is the new Casa de' Medici. Since you do not like culture or the middle class we are asking you to leave. 

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