Mike Essig
1 min readMar 23, 2017

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Using the word Resistance in this case is a severe diminution of that once honorable (or at least meaningful) term. Temper tantrums are not resistance. I remember seeing a captured, wounded, NVA soldier who looked like a (young) teenager being severely beaten during an interrogation by his south Vietnamese captors. He never said a word. That’s resistance. Not whining over a latte before you Uber over to the start-up. Either words mean something or they don’t. Sadly, Resistance no longer does.

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Mike Essig
Mike Essig

Written by Mike Essig

Honorary Schizophrenic. Recent refugee. Displaced person. Old white male. Confidant of cassowaries.

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