Man’s Search for Nothing

 

Kyle Smith is one of my favorite writers on National Review. He has a brilliant article up today about a brilliantly stupid movie: Boogie Nights – a movie about a fictional ’70s porn star named Dirk Diggler who is unremarkable in every way except for an unusually large body part. Kyle posits that this Paul Anderson film is a profound commentary on American culture. I pray that he is wrong. But he makes some good points:

Anderson’s is a fairly dark take on humanity, but I can’t deny it’s a compelling one. All around us are people who bob along on life’s current, doing whatever work is necessary, having as much fun as they can afford at any given moment, heedless of whatever consequences might await, unconcerned with where it’s all heading. It’s not even necessary to turn to an industry steeped in hedonism to find examples of people who lack any purpose or structure. They’re all around us. The movie’s jukebox soundtrack underlines the point: This is a culture of singles, meaning both hit songs from the radio and atomized individuals. The titles of the songs provide ironic counterpoint to the action: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” goes one, by Elvin Bishop, but though everyone in this movie is fooling around, no one ever falls in love.

…Life in the porn business in the Seventies — and maybe far beyond that realm — is like so many hit singles on the soundtrack. It all happens in three-minute bursts of pleasure. One song ends, and the next begins. People bob along from one hedonic act to the next, never even questioning the sustainability of their life choices, much less grasping that their lives are morally and spiritually empty. Rarely, if ever, has any filmmaker depicted the void with so much sparkle and wit.

As they say, please read the whole thing. It’s outstanding.

I suspect that when Aristotle wrote that true happiness was impossible without having some meaningful purpose in life, he was thinking of people he knew who lived like Dirk Diggler. Nietzsche and Frankl took similar views. A life without purpose is empty and hopeless. So you fill the emptiness with fake friends and you dull the hopelessness with drugs.

In the ’70s, it was crazy parties and cocaine. Now, it’s Instagram and Prozac. Whatever. There are a lot of Americans who seem to drift through life with no discernable purpose, and thus no chance of ever truly being happy.

In fact, they have no chance of ever even understanding what happiness actually is. But their relentless efforts to equate pleasure with happiness inevitably results only in emptiness. As it always does. They fall into a pit of emptiness, they get stuck, and they can’t get out.

Or, more precisely, they don’t get out, because they don’t even realize that they’re stuck.

So people lose their will to work. Their only belief system is narcissism, which makes them incapable of love, which makes them either worthless or dangerous to others. Their only interest is in instant gratification. Their drive for long-term achievement is weakened, and they fall on hard times. So our government gives them money. Out of compassion, of course. But that compassion exacerbates the original problem, of a lack of purpose. So they lose more of their drive, so their situation gets worse, so we give them more money. And around and around we go.

Those who vote for such government compassion feel better about themselves – like Dirk Diggler, their narcissism blinds them to the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the recipients of this generosity are stuck in a pit of emptiness. But that’s ok because they don’t even know that they’re stuck. They don’t appreciate the generosity, but they resent efforts to reduce it, because they don’t understand that you can’t fill an empty hole with more money, or more instant gratification. It’s still empty.

Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor? Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

History would argue that such riches are rare indeed. I don’t understand why, and that saddens me.

Dirk doesn’t understand either, but he doesn’t care. Which means he’s either a fool or a genius.

I’d rather not think about which one is correct…

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  1. RufusRJones Member
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    Dr. Bastiat:

    So our government gives them money.  Out of compassion, of course.  But that compassion exacerbates the original problem, of a lack of purpose.  So they lose more of their drive, so their situation gets worse, so we give them more money.  And around and around we go.

    Those who vote for such government compassion feel better about themselves – like Dirk Diggler, their narcissism blinds them to the consequences of their actions.  Unfortunately, the recipients of this generosity are stuck in a pit of emptiness.  But that’s ok, because they don’t even know that they’re stuck.  They don’t appreciate the generosity, but they resent efforts to reduce it, because they don’t understand that you can’t fill an empty hole with more money, or more instant gratification.  It’s still empty.

    Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor?  Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

    I would say the problem is the structure of the government and the financial system has been stealing peoples agency since 1991 or so. Probably when Nixon went off the gold window. It doesn’t really matter because there are several dates you could point to.

    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

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  2. Columbo Inactive
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    @Columbo

    Another parallel … Hunter refers to Dad as ‘the Big Guy’. Hmmmm?

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12952604/source-claims-joe-biden-is-big-guy-in-hunter-emails-leak/

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  3. RufusRJones Member
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    If you want to hear a small slice of what I’m talking about in #1, start at 1:01:00. The last 25 minutes of this are highly recommended. 

     

     

    This is the same thing that Chris Cole et. al. is saying except in more specific terms.

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  4. Hoyacon Member
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    I enjoyed the review but believe that Smith gives the film too much credit.  He has found an intelligent way of superimposing his own themes on the structure of the film.

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  5. OldPhil Coolidge
    OldPhil
    @OldPhil

    Hoyacon (View Comment):

    I enjoyed the review but believe that Smith gives the film too much credit. He has found an intelligent way of superimposing his own themes to the structure of the film.

    That’s what critics — film, books, art, architecture, whatever — often do. They have a point of view to present, and they use any vehicle they can to do so.

    But I also enjoyed the review.

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  6. Addiction Is A Choice Member
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    @AddictionIsAChoice

    So many brilliant scenes in that movie!  One of my favorites is the “You Got The Touch” sequence.  Mark Wahlberg is slightly off, slightly late; like when Jack Benny plays the violin.  And John C. Reilly dancing in the window kills me every time!

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  7. Stad Coolidge
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    @Stad

    Dr. Bastiat: a movie about a fictional 70’s porn star named Dirk Diggler who is unremarkable in every way except for an unusually large body part.

    I was the guy’s stand-in, you know . . .

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  8. Muleskinner, Weasel Wrangler Member
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    @Muleskinner

    Dr. Bastiat: Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor?  Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

    Poverty is not a lack of resources. The two go together, often, but not always.

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  9. Addiction Is A Choice Member
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    Stad (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat: a movie about a fictional 70’s porn star named Dirk Diggler who is unremarkable in every way except for an unusually large body part.

    I was the guy’s stand-in, you know . . .

    If that were true, you’d be “Stud” not “Stad.”

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  10. Columbo Inactive
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat:

    So our government gives them money. Out of compassion, of course. But that compassion exacerbates the original problem, of a lack of purpose. So they lose more of their drive, so their situation gets worse, so we give them more money. And around and around we go.

    Those who vote for such government compassion feel better about themselves – like Dirk Diggler, their narcissism blinds them to the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the recipients of this generosity are stuck in a pit of emptiness. But that’s ok, because they don’t even know that they’re stuck. They don’t appreciate the generosity, but they resent efforts to reduce it, because they don’t understand that you can’t fill an empty hole with more money, or more instant gratification. It’s still empty.

    Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor? Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

    I would say the problem is the structure of the government and the financial system has been stealing peoples agency since 1991 or so. Probably when Nixon went off the gold window. It doesn’t really matter because there are several dates you could point to.

    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    AOC illustrates for us how this pattern is used over and over by the democrats and fake ‘Republicans’ ….

    AOC’s Plan to Keep People Out of Jail: Stop Building Jails – Louder With Crowder

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  11. Stad Coolidge
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    Addiction Is A Choice (View Comment):

    Stad (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat: a movie about a fictional 70’s porn star named Dirk Diggler who is unremarkable in every way except for an unusually large body part.

    I was the guy’s stand-in, you know . . .

    If that were true, you’d be “Stud” not “Stad.”

    Actually, I wanted to use that handle but I accidently typed an “A”.  Been stuck with Stad ever since . . .

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  12. Stad Coolidge
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    Addiction Is A Choice (View Comment):

    Stad (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat: a movie about a fictional 70’s porn star named Dirk Diggler who is unremarkable in every way except for an unusually large body part.

    I was the guy’s stand-in, you know . . .

    If that were true, you’d be “Stud” not “Stad.”

    True story:

    Stad is my nickname.  I was eating lunch in the cafeteria with two of my coworkers, one of whom was Doug.  Our supervisor came to sit with us.  As we were talking, my other coworker Lisa wanted to say something to Doug and me.  However, she got tongue-tied and said, “Hey Stud . . .”

    Our supervisor almost choked on his food.  While we were laughing, Lisa had to explain how she got mixed up.  The super still hurried up and finished his lunch . . .

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  13. Chris Oler Coolidge
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    You know, I can like Beethoven and the Spice Girls at the same time. No, Boogie Nights does not reflect American culture. Because a piece saying it is so does exist, it certainly reflects a perception of American culture at large, and not a few have that perception, whether the example is apt or not.

    But I am tired, tired, oh, so tired of people finding the worst straw and turning it into the exemplar for the stack.

    “Ah, but young people don’t go to church…!” Is that what this is about again?

    Yeah. My wife and I don’t do this. We don’t do this because what we experienced growing up was social pressure to be seen at church, not to actually go and learn or listen or value. So we explore spirituality on our own and spend quite a bit of time with it, really. Which, by the way, is not unique. In practical terms: we’re down with the JC (a phrase I heard from a former minister friend years ago, sorry if it offends), but it’s an ongoing discussion between grown adults instead of a lecture.

    Meanwhile I’m surrounded in my neighborhood by Biden voters who also profess to devout faith (in a sect shared–well, really claimed–by the current president). They’re in church all the time…not sure what they’re hearing, though. 

    My greater point here is not to go by what you see on the surface. 

    My comment about Mr. Smith’s article is that if I watch any movie enough times, or stare at a cereal box long enough, I’m likely to see the world I perceive reflected in it. He says the movie is entertaining nihilism and I agree in part, the latter part. Boogie Nights was one of those movies that was just time not well spent, but everyone is free to write what they want.

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  14. OldPhil Coolidge
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    Columbo (View Comment):

    AOC illustrates for us how this pattern is used over and over by the democrats and fake ‘Republicans’ ….

    See the source image

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  15. Gary McVey Contributor
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    @GaryMcVey

    Kyle Smith is terrific. I don’t always agree with him, but I nearly always enjoy reading his stuff. 

    Boogie Nights is a world you wouldn’t want to live in, and the sometimes shocking subject can out-flash the droll truth in a lot of it. People who were unwanted children and incompetent parents try to make their friends and co-workers into substitute “families” in a tragicomic imitation of the real thing. 

    Anderson has a good feel for absurd tragicomedy, such as porno producers regarding videotape as a cheap degradation of their sacred artistic technique. 

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  16. TBA Coolidge
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    Columbo (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat:

    So our government gives them money. Out of compassion, of course. But that compassion exacerbates the original problem, of a lack of purpose. So they lose more of their drive, so their situation gets worse, so we give them more money. And around and around we go.

    Those who vote for such government compassion feel better about themselves – like Dirk Diggler, their narcissism blinds them to the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the recipients of this generosity are stuck in a pit of emptiness. But that’s ok, because they don’t even know that they’re stuck. They don’t appreciate the generosity, but they resent efforts to reduce it, because they don’t understand that you can’t fill an empty hole with more money, or more instant gratification. It’s still empty.

    Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor? Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

    I would say the problem is the structure of the government and the financial system has been stealing peoples agency since 1991 or so. Probably when Nixon went off the gold window. It doesn’t really matter because there are several dates you could point to.

    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    AOC illustrates for us how this pattern is used over and over by the democrats and fake ‘Republicans’ ….

    AOC’s Plan to Keep People Out of Jail: Stop Building Jails – Louder With Crowder

    It reminds me of the Chinese plan to stop making people. 

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  17. Doug Watt Member
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    Kyle Smith is terrific. I don’t always agree with him, but I nearly always enjoy reading his stuff.

    Boogie Nights is a world you wouldn’t want to live in, and the sometimes shocking subject can out-flash the droll truth in a lot of it. People who were unwanted children and incompetent parents try to make their friends and co-workers into substitute “families” in a tragicomic imitation of the real thing.

    Anderson has a good feel for absurd tragicomedy, such as porno producers regarding videotape as a cheap degradation of their sacred artistic technique.

    After some time working a vice car,  I know I’m a downer, but the sex trade is a dangerous business. It involves violence, and drug addiction. It’s a cash business that involves violence. Sometimes it’s the consumer that is violent, sometimes it’s the provider.

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  18. RushBabe49 Thatcher
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    If I am not mistaken, didn’t the guys in Boogie Nights get into the porn industry on a lark?  They were never serious about it, but got so far in, they couldn’t get out.  I rented that movie when I was single, and I remember not being able to watch the whole thing.  I took it back, since it was so disgusting and useless.

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  19. The Reticulator Member
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):
    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    How about giving us a summary or a takeaway from the videos for the benefit of those who seldom do videos. It might also be an inducement for some people to watch further.  You don’t need to provide a synopsis of the whole video.

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  20. The Reticulator Member
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):
    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    How about giving us a summary or a takeaway from the videos for the benefit of those who seldom do videos. It might also be an inducement for some people to watch further. You don’t need to provide a synopsis of the whole video.

    One way to do it would be to pick out a memorable qu0te from the video and post it as a QOTD, with perhaps a few lines of explanation or commentary.

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  21. kedavis Coolidge
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat:

    So our government gives them money. Out of compassion, of course. But that compassion exacerbates the original problem, of a lack of purpose. So they lose more of their drive, so their situation gets worse, so we give them more money. And around and around we go.

    Those who vote for such government compassion feel better about themselves – like Dirk Diggler, their narcissism blinds them to the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the recipients of this generosity are stuck in a pit of emptiness. But that’s ok, because they don’t even know that they’re stuck. They don’t appreciate the generosity, but they resent efforts to reduce it, because they don’t understand that you can’t fill an empty hole with more money, or more instant gratification. It’s still empty.

    Why is it that a country that is so financially rich is so spiritually poor? Is it even possible to be rich in both realms?

    I would say the problem is the structure of the government and the financial system has been stealing peoples agency since 1991 or so. Probably when Nixon went off the gold window. It doesn’t really matter because there are several dates you could point to.

    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don’t watch those videos is because they seem like icing for a cake that isn’t even close to being mixed yet, let alone baked.

    Or they’re a road map when we don’t even have the vehicle that we know is required.

    After there’s a sensible House and Senate and President, maybe THEN get back to me with the icing, or the detailed road map.  Until then, learning/knowing exactly what to do when there’s currently zero chance of it actually happening, just seems like wasted time.

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  22. kedavis Coolidge
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    Addiction Is A Choice (View Comment):

    So many brilliant scenes in that movie! One of my favorites is the “You Got The Touch” sequence. Mark Wahlberg is slightly off, slightly late; like when Jack Benny plays the violin. And John C. Reilly dancing in the window kills me every time!

     

    I prefer “I Have The Touch.”

     

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  23. RufusRJones Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don’t watch those videos is because they seem like icing for a cake that isn’t even close to being mixed yet, let alone baked.

    Or they’re a road map when we don’t even have the vehicle that we know is required.

    It’s why you have socialist and populist voting patterns. People on the right that don’t get that we have a regressive economy or making a big mistake in understanding.

     

    kedavis (View Comment):
    After there’s a sensible House and Senate and President, maybe THEN get back to me with the icing, or the detailed road map.  Until then, learning/knowing exactly what to do when there’s currently zero chance of it actually happening, just seems like wasted time.

    Everything is going to keep going in the same direction and some people on the right aren’t going to get what Trump etc. is all about. The Democrats don’t have this problem.

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  24. kedavis Coolidge
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don’t watch those videos is because they seem like icing for a cake that isn’t even close to being mixed yet, let alone baked.

    Or they’re a road map when we don’t even have the vehicle that we know is required.

    It’s why you have socialist and populist voting patterns. People on the right that don’t get that we have a regressive economy or making a big mistake in understanding.

    kedavis (View Comment):
    After there’s a sensible House and Senate and President, maybe THEN get back to me with the icing, or the detailed road map. Until then, learning/knowing exactly what to do when there’s currently zero chance of it actually happening, just seems like wasted time.

    Everything is going to keep going in the same direction and some people on the right aren’t going to get what Trump etc. is all about. The Democrats don’t have this problem.

    I already know that the Dims need to be replaced, by Conservatives more like Trump than Romney etc.  Until/unless that happens, spending a lot of time listening to people talk in detail about what needs to be done AFTER that happens, is time I can put to better use.  Even if that’s just mowing the lawn, or sleeping.

    It’s not like I’d listen to that stuff and then REALLY REALLY REALLY!!! vote for conservatives instead of Dims.

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  25. RufusRJones Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don’t watch those videos is because they seem like icing for a cake that isn’t even close to being mixed yet, let alone baked.

    Or they’re a road map when we don’t even have the vehicle that we know is required.

    It’s why you have socialist and populist voting patterns. People on the right that don’t get that we have a regressive economy or making a big mistake in understanding.

    kedavis (View Comment):
    After there’s a sensible House and Senate and President, maybe THEN get back to me with the icing, or the detailed road map. Until then, learning/knowing exactly what to do when there’s currently zero chance of it actually happening, just seems like wasted time.

    Everything is going to keep going in the same direction and some people on the right aren’t going to get what Trump etc. is all about. The Democrats don’t have this problem.

    I already know that the Dims need to be replaced, by Conservatives more like Trump than Romney etc. Until/unless that happens, spending a lot of time listening to people talk in detail about what needs to be done AFTER that happens, is time I can put to better use. Even if that’s just mowing the lawn, or sleeping.

    It’s not like I’d listen to that stuff and then REALLY REALLY REALLY!!! vote for conservatives instead of Dims.

    I think the better way to say this, is we need to do whatever to move away from communism. We have just gone to far the wrong way for idealistic GOP boiler plate. It’s also ridiculous to think that we can control spending with politics. Pedro Gonzalez of Chronicles Magazine is is pretty good about explaining this stuff outside of the financial system and the economic structure. Not my preferred way, but maybe that’s what is best.

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  26. JoshuaFinch Coolidge
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    https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mans-search-for-meaning.pdf

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  27. RufusRJones Member
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):
    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    How about giving us a summary or a takeaway from the videos for the benefit of those who seldom do videos. It might also be an inducement for some people to watch further. You don’t need to provide a synopsis of the whole video.

    MY WORK IS DONE HERE lol 

     

     

     

    @kedavis

     

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  28. Henry Castaigne Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but the main reason I don’t watch those videos is because they seem like icing for a cake that isn’t even close to being mixed yet, let alone baked.

    Or they’re a road map when we don’t even have the vehicle that we know is required.

    After there’s a sensible House and Senate and President, maybe THEN get back to me with the icing, or the detailed road map.  Until then, learning/knowing exactly what to do when there’s currently zero chance of it actually happening, just seems like wasted time.

    Until the third paragraph I thought you were talking about pornography. 

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  29. CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill Coolidge
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    @CarolJoy

    Are we spiritually poor? 

    Somewhere a parent is gonna get up an extra half hour each morning, to help the kid in the family who is struggling with their school lessons.

    Later this weekend, a neuro surgeon is going to go down to his or her garage at 3 Am, return to the hospital they left at 11Pm, and operate on yet another auto accident victim.

    An AA sponsor is going to visit someone new to recovery, even though they’d rather be hanging out at home with the family.

    Access to the media forces our attention away from the subtler realities, but they are all around us.

    When I first moved to rural America, I happened tp be following  this one gentleman farmer down the highway. He was driving that classic aqua Ford or GM pick up truck from the late ’60s, and I was admiring that old vehicle until his driving got sloppy.

    He began driving 15 mph in a place where 45 was the speed limit. He was weaving all over the road. Then when the road widened, I had my first clear view of his predicament.

    A herd of scrappy deer, some adolescents and some still with spots, needed him to herd them to safety. Once he convinced them to get off the road, he resumed driving normally.

    I sure felt bad I’d labeled him a drunk.

     

     

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  30. Henry Castaigne Member
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):
    I post videos about this all of the time and I can’t get anybody to talk about it. If you look in the economics section, the interviews with Chris Cole are very illuminating. Jeffrey Gundlach is very good as well, particularly his yahoo finance interviews.

    How about giving us a summary or a takeaway from the videos for the benefit of those who seldom do videos. It might also be an inducement for some people to watch further. You don’t need to provide a synopsis of the whole video.

    MY WORK IS DONE HERE lol

     

     

     

    @ kedavis

     

    Umm. Technology is still going to replace labor. Maybe we can manage the change better than we are but that ain’t changing. 

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