I'm one of those younger boomers you mentioned, except I'm married and our millennial stepdaughter lives with us. We're just one multigenerational family among many on our older suburban block, something that wasn't common in suburbia 40 or 50 years ago.
It is now, for the simple reason that retirement in this country is a terrifying prospect for most working class people for all of the reasons you describe. This is a capitalist society in all its predatory glory.
Spot on, John! The sad truth is that most of those ground down under capitalism's wheels accept without protest that they are made only to produce and consume. I, from my position of privilege, desire to change that. I started Little Feline Press and "Little Feline's Poetry Periodical" that I might awaken the imagination of the enslaved and make them desire freedom and take it from the corporate masters.
John, your use of the word, “terrified”, is important. Capitalism is a WMD wielded by the 1% to everyone’s detriment. Thanks for your work. Beautifully written.
I'm one of those younger boomers you mentioned, except I'm married and our millennial stepdaughter lives with us. We're just one multigenerational family among many on our older suburban block, something that wasn't common in suburbia 40 or 50 years ago.
It is now, for the simple reason that retirement in this country is a terrifying prospect for most working class people for all of the reasons you describe. This is a capitalist society in all its predatory glory.
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Spot on, John! The sad truth is that most of those ground down under capitalism's wheels accept without protest that they are made only to produce and consume. I, from my position of privilege, desire to change that. I started Little Feline Press and "Little Feline's Poetry Periodical" that I might awaken the imagination of the enslaved and make them desire freedom and take it from the corporate masters.
John, your use of the word, “terrified”, is important. Capitalism is a WMD wielded by the 1% to everyone’s detriment. Thanks for your work. Beautifully written.