To whoever thinks that people lean more to the political right as they get older: Im over 50 and bust my butt at work for $3/hr over minimum wage, where even if I worked full time hours (not often scheduled), I couldn’t afford the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in my city, let alone eating or paying any other bills.
If anything, I’m seeing the downside of capitalism better as I age and thinking that our union isn’t doing enough.
Same! If anything I’ve moved to the far left as I’ve lived and seen enough of the abuses and exploitation of the marginalized, poor and working class by the Capital class.
@reay
I think that used to be true because by 40 or 60 a lot (but not all) of people used to get to a place where they have a big house and a big paycheck, and having so much to lose, having worked so hard and long for, people develop a "Now that I'm safe, pull the ladder up" mentality. Protect what is MINE at all costs, hypocrisy be damned.
But rampant greed has ruined that self-justifying cycle in capitalism.
@reay I dont think people move to the right as they get older, they move to the right as they acquire wealth and assets. Those two things used to go together but, sadly, that isnt the case anymore.
Oh, and this also comes on the heels of having just verified that the one and only joint account my wife and I share at our bank is costing us $30 a month.
We’re told that’s the upper limit for that kind of account there. That a joint account CAN go down to about $11 a month.
That we pay the bank.
To use our money to make themselves billions.
Not enough billions, though? So now it’s charging to have accounts with them?
Like… WHAT?
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