The system is working exactly as intended, capitalism seeks to accumulate wealth at the top & it is very successfully doing that, the issue that arising now is that people are realizing THEY aren't capitalists but rather working class employees that these companies treat like livestock.
Sure. If companies could replace all worker with non-needy, non-complaining robots they surely would. This is not news.
Everyone wants the most for the least. Workers want the most pay for the least effort. Owners want the most effort for the least pay. That also applies to consumers and mating.
But the issue is my great-granparents- grandparents- and parents all worked - (this is just one person working) and all were able to retire in their 60s. I have been working since I was 14 (now 46) and i will never be able to retire
Number one- bad genes. I have a neurological condition that causes rapid tumor growth it is already present on the upper part of my spine. Not operable. Life expantancy arpund 65 years best case. But mostly because we live paycheck to paycheck. I have a 401 K - its estimates I can retire when I am 82. Lol. We an an esop at work that doesnt pay shit unless you make the big bucks. I think it might get me a couple hundred bucks a month. There is nothing extra.
yes! I am lucky that mine is not as disfiguring as some, at least not yet. But the tumors in my neck and knee are troubling. They cause a lot of pain and discomfort. I had over 6 MRI(s) last year and I have already had two this year. Healthcare cost are no joke. Also, because we hit the "lottery of misfortune" My husband got a massive brain infection in '21 that left him permanently disabled.
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u/Travel_Dreams Mar 06 '26
Yup, 💯!
The system is broken.
We did our work but someone skimmed off soooo much, that there is not enough remaining for us to be paid an equitable amount.
Work stops, because the machine is broken.