{"id":109099,"date":"2015-11-07T02:35:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T02:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=109099"},"modified":"2019-11-26T04:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T02:52:43","slug":"wake-up-and-smell-the-cold-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=109099","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gallery-flexslider flexslider\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nxfb6qfNRl1qa68vyo1_1280.png?fit=748%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><!-- \/.slider -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=77190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wake up and smell the cold hard capitalism,\u00a0people<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that time of year again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wake up and smell the cold hard capitalism,\u00a0people It\u2019s that time of year again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[99,595],"class_list":["post-109099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","tag-advertising","tag-christmas","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77190,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=77190","url_meta":{"origin":109099,"position":0},"title":"Wake up and smell the cold hard capitalism, people","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"07\/11\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s that time of year again","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/buyyourhappinessxmasads_illustration_libertyantoniasadler_formetro.png?fit=748%2C528&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/buyyourhappinessxmasads_illustration_libertyantoniasadler_formetro.png?fit=748%2C528&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/buyyourhappinessxmasads_illustration_libertyantoniasadler_formetro.png?fit=748%2C528&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/buyyourhappinessxmasads_illustration_libertyantoniasadler_formetro.png?fit=748%2C528&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102064,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=102064","url_meta":{"origin":109099,"position":1},"title":"It\u2019s the most wonderful time\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"19\/12\/2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the\u00a0year from awkwardfamilyphotos","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oifg9vRMkU1qa68vyo1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":108016,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=108016","url_meta":{"origin":109099,"position":2},"title":"It\u2019s the most wonderful time\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"13\/12\/2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the\u00a0year via massiveceegure","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nzaps3WFtw1qa68vyo1_500.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":148961,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148961","url_meta":{"origin":109099,"position":3},"title":"The 7 Lies Capitalism Told You (And You Still Believe)","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"10\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yhpyHV1iz00?si=PyQlzphxwpEsBwDR They told you freedom meant choice.But only between two cages. 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