comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 57 seconds ago
Ok, I'm sorry I misunderstood your opening post.
I get where you're coming from, but those aren't the only options in my eyes. I live in a country that generally requires coalition governments, so I can cast a vote for a fringe party in the hope that they will be able to sway some policies towards the changes I'd like to see made.
But even in the UK, there's been ample evidence in recent years of severe cracks in the traditional two-party system. Political change is painfully slow, but not entirely impossible. And it also makes sense that a lot of people are reluctant to change, because there's probably never been an era quite like the second half of the 20th century in terms of the material comforts large swathes of the population have enjoyed.
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The 'Baby Boomers' will never understand the benefits that they've been fortunate enough to enjoy because that is all they've ever known. From a job for life, a great pension scheme and inflation of around 1500% since the early 70's boosting their assets massively they still never believe they are the luckiest generation in the history of mankind. I know this because i look after 4 of them daily. None of them worked particularly hard but have a combined wealth of around £2.5mil. (and no, i don't need their money)
The world has since got harder for many and the young today struggle massively so what's gone wrong? Fiat-currency. A deliberate fraud cast upon a unaware public. The closer to the top of the pyramid you are (our oldies) the better off you will be. Our youngsters work longer and harder yet are worse off due to a constantly devaluing currency. We need a new currency that suits us all, not just those who print it from thin-air at cost (interest).
It really is that simple.
I read you post something very similar the other day, but I’ll be honest with you, to me it seems anything but simple and reads like a protracted ad for cryptocurrency.
I turn 54 this year too, so we’re of the same generation. Most of my mates are worse off now than when we were just a few years into employment, but so many things have changed in our lifetimes that I’d be reluctant to pin it on a single factor.
The population boom has to be one of them. The ageing population another. In some countries at least, the seismic shift in family and and workforce structures. The throw away culture we’ve all gone for - the textile industry mentioned here is a prime example, but the same can be seen everywhere you look. Our years have seen the commodification of everything. Home appliances, electronic gadgets, cars, people...
Personally, I also think the dismemberment of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall removed an essential counterbalance that kept the capitalist system in check and forced it to make workers’ rights part of the equation. It basically allowed big business to reset the rules. Ever asked yourself how “free market capitalism” only deregulates to the point that is beneficial to corporations, and will re-regulate when it suits those same corporations? Remember the banking sector bailouts? Our governments erect all kinds of trade barriers, tariffs and even sanctions where suitable - but cannot demand that any imported goods be manufactured in compliance with the same or similar labour laws and rights we conquered in our own societies. It’s obviously a great thing for developing nations, but that has been merely circumstantial - the real reason all of this has happened is because it’s allowed big business to completely circumvent the restrictions workers’ rights imposed on their unfettered greed.
During all these years there have been people who understood the long game and how it would play out, but appeals to the rational brain have been drowned out by the short-circuiting of the reptilian brain in response to the 24/7 advertising of the latest iteration of happiness a box for just £2.99, £3.99, 120 convenient £300 instalments.
And we continue to fall for it, because we’re hooked - a society of junkies that need our latest fix and just sleepwalk from dopamine hit to dopamine hit, ever closer to the cliff edge. We’ve already pushed most wildlife off it, our number is bound to come up soon.
How dire do the warnings have to get…
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posted on 6/4/22
comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 57 seconds ago
Ok, I'm sorry I misunderstood your opening post.
I get where you're coming from, but those aren't the only options in my eyes. I live in a country that generally requires coalition governments, so I can cast a vote for a fringe party in the hope that they will be able to sway some policies towards the changes I'd like to see made.
But even in the UK, there's been ample evidence in recent years of severe cracks in the traditional two-party system. Political change is painfully slow, but not entirely impossible. And it also makes sense that a lot of people are reluctant to change, because there's probably never been an era quite like the second half of the 20th century in terms of the material comforts large swathes of the population have enjoyed.
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The 'Baby Boomers' will never understand the benefits that they've been fortunate enough to enjoy because that is all they've ever known. From a job for life, a great pension scheme and inflation of around 1500% since the early 70's boosting their assets massively they still never believe they are the luckiest generation in the history of mankind. I know this because i look after 4 of them daily. None of them worked particularly hard but have a combined wealth of around £2.5mil. (and no, i don't need their money)
The world has since got harder for many and the young today struggle massively so what's gone wrong? Fiat-currency. A deliberate fraud cast upon a unaware public. The closer to the top of the pyramid you are (our oldies) the better off you will be. Our youngsters work longer and harder yet are worse off due to a constantly devaluing currency. We need a new currency that suits us all, not just those who print it from thin-air at cost (interest).
It really is that simple.
posted on 6/4/22
I read you post something very similar the other day, but I’ll be honest with you, to me it seems anything but simple and reads like a protracted ad for cryptocurrency.
I turn 54 this year too, so we’re of the same generation. Most of my mates are worse off now than when we were just a few years into employment, but so many things have changed in our lifetimes that I’d be reluctant to pin it on a single factor.
The population boom has to be one of them. The ageing population another. In some countries at least, the seismic shift in family and and workforce structures. The throw away culture we’ve all gone for - the textile industry mentioned here is a prime example, but the same can be seen everywhere you look. Our years have seen the commodification of everything. Home appliances, electronic gadgets, cars, people...
Personally, I also think the dismemberment of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall removed an essential counterbalance that kept the capitalist system in check and forced it to make workers’ rights part of the equation. It basically allowed big business to reset the rules. Ever asked yourself how “free market capitalism” only deregulates to the point that is beneficial to corporations, and will re-regulate when it suits those same corporations? Remember the banking sector bailouts? Our governments erect all kinds of trade barriers, tariffs and even sanctions where suitable - but cannot demand that any imported goods be manufactured in compliance with the same or similar labour laws and rights we conquered in our own societies. It’s obviously a great thing for developing nations, but that has been merely circumstantial - the real reason all of this has happened is because it’s allowed big business to completely circumvent the restrictions workers’ rights imposed on their unfettered greed.
During all these years there have been people who understood the long game and how it would play out, but appeals to the rational brain have been drowned out by the short-circuiting of the reptilian brain in response to the 24/7 advertising of the latest iteration of happiness a box for just £2.99, £3.99, 120 convenient £300 instalments.
And we continue to fall for it, because we’re hooked - a society of junkies that need our latest fix and just sleepwalk from dopamine hit to dopamine hit, ever closer to the cliff edge. We’ve already pushed most wildlife off it, our number is bound to come up soon.
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