As every year, sometime between the Ides of March and the Brexit “prime” number exit, the famous 42 (29+3+2+0+1+7) of the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy magic , the Friends of the Quiet Force gather for a festival.It is the famous “let them rot there, they know where” memorial day.This time it was held in Stonehenge III, a confederate site near some ruins, where is still seen ,half buried in the sand, a strange capital letter C with two lines protruding out of the middle of it. The story goes, but it may be a myth, that this was the headquarter of the EuTrotterTower, but nobody recalls exactly what was it real function .
This time the Opening speech, before the party festival got in the full swing, was held by our friend of the quiet force, the appointed unofficial speaker, Hansel Von Gretel, from the Witch hunters club.
This are the Witchdoctors recollections of the event.
Chuss, Tschuss!! Friends of the quiet force! We are here to make it big and high and party all night, but before that lets recollect in peace for some minutes….
As we all know, before our Stonehenge Confederation, this place was a center of the E Pawn Shop Corporation. The E Pawn Shop Corporation was organized in local Pawn Shop Branches which at the beginning were called States. But soon the Pawn Shops discharged this State name and notion,a remnant of the ancient times and ,frankly, nobody knows what was its meaning.The Pawn Shop was an ancient institution. It was located on the the Mount of Mercy , Monte Della Pieta´, just opposite the Debt Mountain.This Mount of Mercy was a paleolithic credit institution with his own capital which gave pittance- small change money- to the people which pawned their possessions in exchange for some peanuts. It was located near our friends of the quiet force Stonehenge VII, near a place called Perugia (Italy) and it was established in 1462 AC, which is far far out and away, luckily for us.
This usury practice was developed through the centuries and became the basis of the new economic model called Neoliberalism or “living within your means” and who really cares what was the real meaning means for them.. The aim and goal of the Pawn Shops was easy to understand, they wanted to pawn and impound all, meaning ALL… for a pittance and make people slaves of the Pawn Shop. They even did not use their own capital anymore to do this, it was all out of thin air, but only for them.
OOO HHH UUUAAUU!!! – the crowd sighed and groaned angry and in disbelief..
Yes friends, Hansel Von Gretel continued,these evil masters slowly established the Local Pawn Shops which eventually joined all together in the E PAWN SHOP CORPORATION. The E pawn Shop Corporation prospered briefly, people being full of the pawn shop tickets and spending them. But soon with the decline of the jobs, which became some strange things called vouchers, mini jobs,gig economy, zero hours, yes , do you remember minijobs, people of the Stonehenge III?
Yes, we remember, the people in the crowd shouted, it was our grand mothers and grand fathers which told us this incredible story.
Well, Hansel Von Gretel continued, soon the people were earning less and less, competition was heavy, and then came the Algorithms and the Robots, and the sand started shifting North and the camels came to Stonehenge III.
And slowly it all just vanished,slowly there was nothing to pawn any more, nobody was buying pawned goods and nobody was wanting to buy the pawn tickets, it just all went in smoke, vanished, dissipated in the air. The vanishing of the E Pawn Corporation.
Just before this happened, the Pawn Shop masters were having big fun.They were meeting, laughing and they were all telling the same. Telling we need this, we need that, like, we need jobs (they already had one to tell you your needed bollocks) we need growth we need we need. They were all needy and they were telling this for years and years, promising, and , puff, it all vanished.There was at that time a Father in White, warning, telling them to hurry and act but… you know…. pufff.
As we know, We were lucky and this is the “let them rot there, they know where” memorial day and lets party!!! Let celebrate the vanishing of the E Pawn Shop Corporation, all of us, blue, white, black, green ,yellow and pink and you name it!
That was the speech of the Hansel Von Gretel friend of the quiet force, as Witchdoctor recollects.