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Homelessness sets the floor for everyone's wages (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by anticolonialist to c/latestagecapitalism

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm at the lowest level of rich and even at this level I fear not working and ending up homeless. How? In the US it is easy. I've already had major heart surgery and cancer, anr I'm 51. All it takes is a prolonged battle with cancer or requiring a heart transplant to wipe us out. Or perhaps one of us (wife or I) has a stroke and becomes fully dependent on the other. What if we don't die early enough? We don't have family or children. Are we going to die, sick, on the streets. How much money is it going to take for me to grow old in peace. When can we finally stop killing ourselves?

This country...this system...does have an upside, but has no safety net, no heart, no compassion and no pity. It is vicious and it is ruthless.

PS: You bet your ass I had to work through cancer and heart failure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro sorry to hear about your cancer and heart failure. I really do have hopes that we can cure/medically prevent those two at some point in the near future.

[–] Evolith -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are lifestyle modifications to lessen the likelihood of each. That's not to say that there isn't a significant hereditary factor for each (there is, upwards of 60% chance based on genetics), but it is important for us to look at his comment: It's all "me, me, me". Not an ounce of selflessness in that rant. Not "do I have enough to give others when they need it" but rather "will I have enough for myself in my later years". No mention of even passing on knowledge to the next generation or volunteering for a cause (which can even be done as early as in your 20s, I do so myself), but rather the need to lament his own wealth.

He's already indoctrinated into the idea of not caring for other people, which is a method that this system has incorporated into its successful persistence through the last two centuries. Of course he isn't the problem when there are bigger fish to fry, but he is an example of the results of the problem since there are thousands just like him who have grown wealthy enough through selfish desire and barely understand the potential that they have for the sake of others.

[–] K1nsey6 2 points 1 month ago

Giving an example how the system has fucked them over too isn't 'me me me.' I doubt someone's concern after battling heart attack and cancer is how do I help someone else

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you got enough money to change the country, why don't you move to one that respects older people?

[–] MutilationWave 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some rich people choose to stay and fight for what they want their country to be, instead of only thinking of themselves. I respect that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I do too, but only if one has strength and health.

[–] Bosht 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, except that policy change in this country requires money to be able to pay off politicians. It's not as easy as just 'sticking around' and 'voting'.

[–] MutilationWave 1 points 1 month ago

We are talking about rich people. If they need to pay off politicians for progress then fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

marxism 101