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Idk where or how yr getting 65B

For simplicity; 40B in 2014 is 120B today. That's x3. That would out wage theft at 150B.

Which is far more believable. These mfers are in court in a dozen states over child labor violations, I don't think they suddenly found a conscious

If they had any quality of character these grifters would be refusing to take the pay and benefits package but is that what we see?

Noooooooooooooope.

It's not even the first time cities have hollowed out.

"Will the last one leaving please turn off the lights"

Torys have been buying up the land that NHS hospitals are on and jacking up their rents

...then railing on and on about the ever rising costs of health care

Playing the long game until some crisis comes and then poof, welcome to the American Health* care system, you give us everything you own and we'll give you 3 months to live. Maybe.

And forget about dental and vision. That's for rich people.

Seriously Neoliberalism is anti-nationalist. The rich fucking despise regular people and do everything they can to, first, ensure that they are getting the government contracts, and then B, looting all that money, saying government doesn't work and dismantling us back to fuedalism.

No shit. People were just starting to right their ships from 2008 and then the pandemic wiped all that out.

If by second great depression they meant second american revolution, then I'd agree.

If you take the time to learn about trauma response in survivors and the various ways trauma manifests then extrapolate that out to the macro level, everything becomes much clearer. And sinister.

It's all just abuse. Society doesn't want you to be self sufficient, critically thinking and debt free. Then it would have to persuade you thru rational discourse.

If your broken and in need, well, the old saying applies; the power to relieve pain is 1000x greater than the power to inflict.

It also helps when you're the one inflicting the pain, then rationing the salves.

---there isn't a literal cabal of people that actually enforces it (although the Fed is trying to boost unemployment with tight fiscal policy, so its not the market is natural and exists on its own without human manipulation)

You say there isn't while describing the one that is.

Regardless, those at the top meet annually in Davos. They all know each other, they sit on various boards with each other. They don't need to even make phone calls to spread any word or idea, just spread it in a board meeting and by the end of the week it'll be global

With power in the hands of so few, there doesn't need to be a singular voice in control. all their interests already align

So "market dynamics" really just means the explicit interests of robberbarons and landleaches.

Consolidated wealth has a profound effect on the human psyche, not one bit of which offers anything beneficial.

Philanthropy isn't charity, it's PR.

Well besides the throwing out the window part, it also means to undercut and remove an authority. Unfortunately.

Though even in removing from power, to have the word also means thrown from a window really adds some nice nuance. Definitely paints a nice patina, the exact kind I like on politicians, on the ambiance

Them's are my words, yessir

I mean, it was a Republican bill written by insurance companies. Romneycare in MA.That's not new news. And it wasn't hidden news then. Why do you think Republicans hated it so much?

because that was their answer for medicine and Democrats stole it from their platform, bc Democrats are spineless and won't do anything to upset the corporate overlords. They'll pre-negotiate amongst themselves like a bunch of bitches guaranteeing they'll be whittled further to the right than they already are (Democrats ARE NOT left wing).

Once Lieberman killed the public option I said it to everyone; so much for hope and change? One party wants a shock and awe event to take us back to fuedalism, reneg suffrage and bring back out in the open slavery. The other party doesn't have any actual vision, they just want to make sure it's incremental.

And Medicare won't pick up the tab until after youve liquidated your estate.

Your entire life's work, even assuming modest stock gains, modest living, no vices, doesn't matter. Gone. You can have medical insurance. Doesn't matter. Gone. You're fighting for a few good years left so you can put a bow on yourself and insurance is gonna drag it out, squeeze anything you got left, and make sure the case will last longer than you, guaranteeing them the win. That's Capitalism baby!

Cuz you lost the genetic lottery.

I'm just playing.

It happens to us ALL, everyone of us thats lucky enough to live long enough. It's GUARANTEED.

Losing the summation of your lifes efforts, so you can have medicine. The decks is so stacked against us, so rigged motherfucking Hitler would be in awe at our cruelty.

If you think you're gonna beat the odds, things are gonna go your way. Gamestops going to the moon baby! Diamond hands! Have you looked around? Did you not notice inflation stealing an entire generations worth of retirement? Oh the Boomers have earned their fair share of hate, but maybe some of them will wake up now that they'll have to sell their overly inflated house or go back to work. No twilight years for you Trish, so sorry. And don't give me the "market forces" bullshit. Take that and that meritocracy bullshit, this insidious pair of myths, and shove them up a liberals ass, so they can die a cowards death from inaction. The largest stimulus of the pandemic went to the business class. Zero inflation. None. It didn't even REGISTER against the dollar. I think the dollars value rose that entire month actually. But the people get some money, and ooOooOo no. One trip to the country club, a couple conversations and let Greedflation commence!

Millennials. Take note. Gen Z already gets it. There is no future that's anything better than now. They'll be no retirement. You're guaranteed bankruptcy. Get hurt and your family loses everything, or you get put down like a sow. Thems the breaks. It's not IF, it's WHEN. Thats Capitalism, baby!

You know, of all the things we did during the pandemic, why didn't we put a moratorium on all debt payments? All of them, world over. Why does everyone have to sacrifice but the bankers?

WHY THE FUCK DID WE HAVE TO GO WORK AND DIE SO THEY CAN EXPLOIT MONEY AT THE RATE THEYRE ACCUSTOMED TOO, WHEN THEY ALREADY OWN ALMOST ALL OF IT.

Lessons learned from poverty accountanting; morality aside, if we could just push the button and look away for 5 minutes, prudence tells me itd be cheaper to simply wait for the World Economic Forum to commence then drop a Rod from God on them, wiping Davos off the map.

Just like the Templar's. When King Louie dropped a Rod from God on them. Yep. That's totally what happened

Moving on however.

Ready to clean the gene pool of Affluenza yet? I sure as fuck am. Let's do it now, while there's still some vitality in us.

Of all the actions a person can do that lend itself towards engendering compassion, empathy or altruism there is none more so than effort.

Whatever you're doing, even if you don't know it all, even if it isn't the best, simply make sure it looks like you care.

Small things. Like putting a potted lavender outside your front door, or whatever. It shows your attention to detail that primarily effects other people. It makes you approachable. It's the difference between your neighbors knocking on your door when your too loud or them filing a complaint or calling the police, both of which could have ramifications down the line.

It's a soft skill, sure, but it greases so many wheels I can't even begin to detail.

My yard is kept tidy. It's not finished, sculpted, or anything much special. But it's on purpose. Not always clean, I usually have some construction or project I'm working on, but that's always temporary. Im generally reclusive. I'd rather build my stuff and sell what Ive made or build for someone else and be left alone. But I'm always offering to help everyone with their projects. Rarely taken up, but like clockwork, I always extend help.

My obvious display of care over what's under my supervision is, honestly, defensive. I get the benefit of the doubt. My neighbors don't sick code enforcement on me, regardless of what I'm doing (which is all within code regardless, but county given the call will come out, Everytime.)

Again, it's a soft skill. A subtle thing, but it'll help you stand out, unconsciously at the very least.

It's a bit of a downer but being in my 40s now, and talking to my siblings and peers, the almost universal call of nostalgia doesn't really hit until after you've lost people, and depending how close they were to you = duh.

I can't listen to Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti without thinking of my dad the entire time. Same goes for Pink Floyd's Meddle and The Final Cut. All three albums I listen too from front to back, at minimum once a year, on what would be his birthday.

My experience is far from singular, in my circles apparently the norm, so theres something for you to set aside for later.

Some of the tropes about aging are true. I AM more patient, understanding and forgiving now, and I'm grateful for all that as well.

I am not however, and if anything I've swung hard the other way, growing more conservative. I was raised on the lie of Meritocracy, the looting from economic Neo-liberalism, Orwellian language from deceitful institutions (Department of Defense instead of War - they changed it in 1946, Department of Justice - as much as you can afford anyway, "Protect and Serve" - the property owners, not the community, or guarding food laden dumpsters during the pandemic so people can get free food. Fucking EVIL). I've watched everyone get more poor and normal social reinvestment, think infrastructure, slow to a crawl and now everything is falling apart. Inflation is a lie, it's a tool used to destroy any savings we might have stashed away from the greedy, cancer class.

Retirement is a carrot in a stick. We won't have it, if this round of inflation doesn't make that obvious. Idk why my parents and then Gen X aren't up in fucking arms that bc if inflation their hourly now is most likely the same value or less their wage when they started working. How do you go your whole life without a raise? Just to get your retirement stolen inches from the end?

Better to die on your feet than live on yr knees. My retirement is dying in the revolution.

I hope to watch it all die a swift, permanent and unresurrectable death.

Lol. I clearly missed the growing more conservative memo. Like, if we were to start over, from scratch, almost no part of society would we remake how it is now. That's all the surmising I need.

Brother I've been thru my share, let me tell you.

Shit July 6th my home burnt down. Everything. Lost. Wife woke me up at 5am pushing me screaming FIRE

I look up, entire wall and ceiling are already burning. We run out, 60secs later the roof collapsed where we were sleeping.

That's just the latest of challenges this life has thrown my way. Clearly I'm playing the master quest. It's just back to back boss battles at this point with no time to heal or save in-between.

Yr first sentence is what led me to my advocating for advocacy. An idea that, might possibly be getting spread elsewhere, but it's entirely absent in my life.

And so, be the change you want to see, right? I've spotted a void, that means I also have a chance to fill it for those behind me. My personal ethos; I consider it an obligation to do so. If you spot the problem, you've also inherited the responsibility to act on it. Cuz fuck you entropy, not today.

You second thought I actually disagree with and I'll tell you the distinctions that allowed me to grow beyond that pov.

• No one can know everything, we aren't alive long enough, it's a physical impossibility. Be quick to admit your limits, and abandon wrong positions, without shame, the moment you know better. It's better to adhere to the truth than to your ego. You can't build anything solid off falsehoods, or ego. Any solid foundations are built off truth.

• Denying help from someone else does NOT make you look better, more competent or stronger. It makes you alone.

And forgotten.

No one, including you, will waste space remembering your misallocation of stoicism. BEYOND THAT; you actively harm your relationship with whoever offered, by refusing to allow for it to grow by accepting help. You also deny them the chance to be their best self, which I think we subconsciouly learn to resent people for. Accepting help, and legitimately offering it, is pro-social, which we humans are. Therefore, it's the only moral response (morality being entirely built of behavior that reinforces and strengthens the tribe).

• If you can't help yourself, help someone else.

1. It'll take your mind off your problems, giving yourself a probably much needed break.
2. All you life inputs have led you to dead end. You need inputs from outside your normal routine. In other words, you don't have the answer, or know where to look, so open yrself up to new avenues, experiences and people. Go look for your answer in the unknown.

• If your life sucks and you don't do anything about it, you are accepting the same outcome. "Better the devil you know" =bullshit. Accepting suffering will crush your spirit and kill yr soul. Depression, anxiety, all kinds of ways it will manifest. Doing something drastic that you have no idea how it will turn out =at least you have hope then. If known A = guaranteed suck. Unknown B has the chance to be better. It might not be, but when shit sucks does it matter what color the shit is? Go bravely into the night.

• It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees. You are who you are. You don't need any approval or acceptance to exist. Looking for it actually makes it less likely you'd receive it regardless.

With all that said there's finally this • When you arrive at rock bottom, no one else is there. And no one is going to help you while ur there. Until they see you climbing out. We've all been burned. We've all been taken advantage of. People naturally help in times of catastrophe. People WANT to help. But people, generally, are walking bags of Capitalism PTSD. It's like finding love, you only find it when your busy improving yourself. People want to be there on the accent.

Life teaches you how to discern, you develop eyes to only help those who'll appreciate it and not squander it. It's part of the wisdom that can only come with age.

I expause advocacy because those of us who can see it and appreciate it for what it is can help each other not have to slide so far back =itll speed up the progress of all of our individual journeys.

There's much more experience gained, imo, from helping others than receiving help. But Graciousness is often overlooked and it's a scalable attribute all in itself. We all need to sink more proficiency points into exercising Grace and being Gracious. All of us. Myself included.

It's no mistake that when we see mastery (of anything) in action we describe it as being Graceful.

I think that was MTG, another epitome of class in congress.

Lack of class.

Waste of money. Those tits were a waste of money. On her, anyways.

0% chance those are real.

In theory sure. But there would need to be constant new construction for this to be the case. And that's assuming no remodeling construction.

As we've seen, when investment blocks are allowed to own large segments of supply they'll happily let units sit empty to artificially protect or inflate the price on the rest. Nimbys accomplish the same thing but voting down new development to protect the value of their homes.

Exactly the same way ghost hiring works to keep employees in line. And why the unemployment goal is 5% not 0%. It's not about building self sufficient people, it's about having just enough threat to be replaced to corral dignity, demands for decency and suppress wages. It's "sustainable" exploitation.

The efforts of our labor, our vitality, which we substitute money for to make trade easier, is being systematically farmed away from us, with just little tweaks to increase efficiency in the operation

Ah. Capitalism.

That thought occured to me but I hadn't had the chance to dive further on it.

Thank you for clarifying that for me.

Imagine a team lead calling other businesses for opportunities for you because you've hit the glass ceiling at your work.

Does that seem impossible? implausible?

For most, yea. Yes it does. Losing a valued member at a company will cost a company, sure. But when that member goes and works for competitors with that experience to tell, your stock amongst peers shoots up 1000%. Reputation like this is from principle, not principals. It's an earned investment

If youve experienced anything like this, you know how memorable that exp is.

There are few things in life as meaningful as an advocate. And I mean that. Maybe one or two things best it. It's that important to all life as it is experienced. If the word doesn't mean much to you - and to most it doesn't - rethink what you know about it. Refamiliarize yourself with that knowledge sphere. Imagine challanging situations you've had in the past. Imagine someone there with you advocating for you. Imagine how that changes a situation. How it couldve changed the outcome. How it would've changed you.

Now imagine what it's like to BE the one advocating for someone else. The relaxed kind of pride when they succeed where they didn't think they could. The emotional warmth you feel from the fire of their happiness or achievement.

That's the supervisor to be. That's the coworker to be. That's the family to be. That's the person to be.

Any interaction, be it personal, familial, academic or professional, that isn't foundationally built from ideation of support, I suggest you remove from your life.

But to surround yourself in support means you've also got to be supportive. Hence; my take on advocacy.

30% is a big deal.

Civil wars look like this (percentages are relative)

30% of the population is trying to kill a different 30%

The different 30% is defending to not be killed.

40% fucking stand there, but claiming "both sides". Neither fighting the aggressors nor getting in their way. These are your "centrists" or "moderates". Complacency is complicity.

So in actuality, it's 60% total armed and fighting but it's 70% against 30% defending.

Unsurprisingly, the 30% aggressors have no problem exploding any amount of the other 70%, regardless of how hard you neutral.

But go ahead and be a turnstile for the aggressors, you're still gonna die all the same, bootlicker.