ok so ireland is like the richest most succesfull country in a universe at the moment allegedly.
the roads are full or brand new mercs and bmws'
everybody has new designer clothes and gardeners to keep the homes looking smart
but i've a question
when the boom time ends which it has to as that is the way things work what will we have to show for it
slightly better roads
public services that we'll never be able to keep funding at the rate we do given their inefficiency (some exception i know but this is a rant not analysis)
old cars with big engines that have to be filled with expensive petrol
an unfit malnourished population who find it difficult to engage with each other since they spent their youth in their bedrooms playing playstations
parents who can't relate to their children since they did little together except spend money when they were growing up
we'll have a nice o'connell street
and a lot of memories about the good old days when we were all rich
but we probably won't remember them because we'll have spent the whole time trying to get richer.
maybe we should build a huge monument to money so at least we'll have an idea
what we did with it all.
or maybe i'm just bitter
probably
i'm just bitter
but the general point is what are we going to have to show for all our success and wealth?
answers on a postcard to
the boy
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