Revolution 2.0
Competing for Toilet Paper and Racism (EP. 216)
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:07:24
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Introduction Both are born of ignorance, fear and a desire to be one up on, to be superior to, our fellow human beings. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Most of us have seen photos and videos of people wrestling over packages of toilet paper–some even actually fighting over them. And all of us have seen stills and videos where racism shows it’s ugly head. Is there really a connection? If so, Will, what is it? Let’s take a look at some of the facts and motivations behind these activities. On average, one person goes through two rolls, at most, of toilet paper in a month. That means that one 30-roll Costco bundle would last 15 months. To the best of my knowledge, no one has run out of TP. If they had, one or more news outlets would have featured this “human suffering.” So, why do people fight over something where there is no pressing need at all? Here is a list of the reasons: Overnight TP went from being a joke product, an item that was occasionally used to decorate t