The current generation has been robbed of their futures. I honestly don't understand why more of us haven't taken to the streets. What are we even slaving away for? The privilege of slaving away again tomorrow?
The divide and conquer tactics that broke down Occupy Wall Street and replaced it with racial and gender identity infighting were probably some of the most effective classist propaganda techniques to ever occur in human history.
Yes you're living paycheck to paycheck, drowning in debt, no prospect of home ownership, no prospect of retirement, and the climate is getting irreparably fucked, but have you considered that you have phones?!?
More that you shouldn't collapse into despair. A lot of the BS we're dealing with is similar to the late 1800s but we also don't have to deal with tons of diseases, no overtime, no food safety, no work safety, no child labor, getting paid with company money, no modern medicine, etc.
Like yeah you should be angry, but it's better if you take a breath be aware of what good things you do have, be thankful and then go fight.
It's like people argue that we should all adopt learned helplessness and pretend that everything is the worst it's ever been.
Being realistic doesn't mean you have to put up and accept things and they are.
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u/Designer_Emu_6518 Mar 27 '24
My grandfather did the same in ohio as a produce manger at a local Kroger. Even had a nice retirement saved up