Be mad at the CEO & hedge fund managers making millions of dollars a year by exploiting the working classes, who will happily move all the jobs overseas tomorrow if they can't hire in America. Not your fellow worker who was born on the other side of an imaginary line.
You're not losing wealth because of the Honduran guy mowing your neighbor's grass. You're losing wealth because the top 1% is accumulating an ever larger share of total wealth.
My fiancé and I have been doing better than most Americans. No debt, relatively high pay - we're pretty happy right now.
But we feel like we are stuck.
Perhaps its the golden handcuffs, or maybe we're being over-dramatic. But I couldn't imagine having a kid (or kids), and $XXX,XXX debt with the uncertainty of my profession alone. Having been through a couple layoffs in my ~10 year career. Take into consideration the state of the world, and we have decision paralysis.
I want to be optimistic, but I'm having a tough time.
This might come across as over-dramatic, but this country is a factory that mass produces the most dangerous thing on the planet. A young, lonely, angry man that has nothing to lose - a man that sees only doom in the future. And they can buy an AR-15 when they hit 18 in most states for less than it costs to get your teeth cleaned. Plus ammo delivered to your door!
Anyways enjoy your Wednesday.
The great illusion/trap that forces you to continue being a productive asset until you are used up.
I tried finding an escape from the handcuffs, but my career was also a dud, so I never had the insane salaries. Most jobs such harder, and the ones that don’t I’m never going to be able to do. There were a few things I was interested in, till I realized changing careers like that is insanely expensive both in real and opportunity costs and doesn’t happen often for a reason.
At this point, I want to just find some cheap property, away from people and maybe with some nice amenities like a nearby river. That’s the only was I see myself contented now.
