![]() Two things can change that risk assessment: having employees or being funded by venture capital. The JPMorgan Chase Institute surveyed 600,000 of its small-business account holders and found that they held a median cash balance of just $12,100. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures deposits of up to $250,000, and most small businesses probably keep far less money than that in the bank. How many small businesses are at risk?Įxperts say most small businesses face little risk in a bank failure. So she opened a second business account at a larger bank. ![]() With a president named ‘Snow’ you’d hope so.She rarely carries more than $250,000 in the bank, but during the recent banking turmoil, she worried that if Atlantic Union also failed, she might not be able to make her $60,000 biweekly payroll for her nearly 40 employees. Which leads me to ponder: would drugs be legal in Panem (defo the Capitol)? And when that change is glimpsed the uncertainty disappears – and broader change has an opportunity to take root.Īt least that what happens in fictional Panem – and real world places where rec use cannabis is legal. But as the OG HG trilogy shows us (ACTUAL SPOILER), even though challenges to Snow’s regime seem futile, all it takes is something to defy the odds to catalyse the deep-set desire for change. Yes, accepting your fate as an omen of ‘the odds’ is a form of contract too – even when they’re not in your favour. ![]() So, while it may seem equal parts tedious and terrifying to enter into a proverbial contract with an ‘official power’ – whether you’re waiting for your name to be drawn in your District’s reaping, or eagerly anticipating your first cannabis retail license to be drawn in the state lottery – understanding that this is an essential first step towards change is crucial. In other words, we have to play the game by its own rules and then push up against them to broaden the barriers of acceptance. Take something as ‘uncreative’ as… governance (shudder!)Īs mindnumbingly frustrating as the process of endowing any form of cannabis, in a given jurisdiction, with a governance framework might be I’d also argue that it’s an essential part of the liberation process. In fact, they give us a starting point and boundaries to edge up against – and eventually, expand. There are no parameters.īut having parameters – rules, basically – doesn’t stop us from being creative with the tools we have at our disposal. Or in other words unless we have clarity and a way of containing chaos – a contract of sorts – there can be no corresponding judgment or result. Hence the more drugs in a person’s possession, the harsher the sentence.Įqually, if we can’t contain chaos in some way, we give it more credibility. This is arguably why governments have traditionally demonised and made certain substances illegal.Įxercising control at large can only be effective when the threat is magnified. And when we’re not in control of a given situation, everything else is a threat. Losing ControlĬhaos leads to a lack of control. Therefore I’d like to posit that – be it making cannabis mainstream or adjusting to life under COVID – we don’t fear change per se we fear the uncertainty and disorder that we think change will bring. Her take on humanity is about as bleak as you’d expect from your average sadist: “ Without control in the form of a contract, chaos will reign” (I’ll say no more… film’s out next year).ĭespite her negative stance, there’s a malevolent insight there… which got me thinking about cannabis legalisation (admittedly never far from my mind). ![]() One particularly poignant moment in the story (NON SPOILER!) is when the young ‘Coryo’ discusses the nature of society – and the Games themselves – with head gamesmaker, the fearsome Dr Volumnia Gaul. And even though he’s a nasty bastard, he gets sh*t done.Īs documented in the trilogy’s prequel book – The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – Old Snowy’s more a victim of circumstances than a one-dimensional villain a story we get to bear witness to in this tale. I love Donald Sutherland, who plays him in the movies. But I do love President Coriolanus Snow from The Hunger Games series (hold on tight to the tangent…).Īctually, I don’t love him. Or much care for politicians, truth be told. Don’t know much about politics generally. ( Originally published on the thermidor< website: check it one time! ) Creating cannabis content often leads me to grapple with all the peculiarities of this massively complex business: policy being one of them. Oh my! What a maddening bag of badgers this sector can often be. ![]()
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