I think a lot of our parents just got more benefits, had more to look forward to, just got paid more for less, got more mileage out of their money, and none of the consequences of the lifestyle were ever on the horizon.
That joke about buying your first house straight up cash from the money you made in one year at your minimum wage job and selling it for a quarter million years later has more than a kernel of truth in it.
I know someone from my parent's generation who worked retail pharmacy. They became a pharmacist before there was any extended school requirement, and they were making nearly 6 figures a year coasting on that. Now, you would need excellent marks from a great school, do an accelerated 'doctoral'-like program for 3-4 additional years, and make a fraction of that with less benefits and less stability.
The people from our generation, I don't understand how they do it either. I think a lot of people are just grinding to try to survive, and sadly they have no exposure or access to socialist or communist thought.
People are cultivated to function within capitalism like cogs. Any revolutionary movement needs to be emancipatory, educational, inclusive for this very reason
I think a lot of our parents just got more benefits, had more to look forward to, just got paid more for less, got more mileage out of their money, and none of the consequences of the lifestyle were ever on the horizon.
That joke about buying your first house straight up cash from the money you made in one year at your minimum wage job and selling it for a quarter million years later has more than a kernel of truth in it.
I know someone from my parent's generation who worked retail pharmacy. They became a pharmacist before there was any extended school requirement, and they were making nearly 6 figures a year coasting on that. Now, you would need excellent marks from a great school, do an accelerated 'doctoral'-like program for 3-4 additional years, and make a fraction of that with less benefits and less stability.
The people from our generation, I don't understand how they do it either. I think a lot of people are just grinding to try to survive, and sadly they have no exposure or access to socialist or communist thought.
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when you can append "morty" to the end of your sentences and they scan, you need to rethink your attitude to your fellow man
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No idea what this means
Its a cartoon reference i think
People are cultivated to function within capitalism like cogs. Any revolutionary movement needs to be emancipatory, educational, inclusive for this very reason
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boomers don't have retirement beyond their house "investments"