So much potential, so much happiness, so much living is lost through capitalism's insistence that poverty is necessary for wealth creation. We became the broken eggs for the 1% omelette of excess. People are living the nightmare of lost hope in the 21st century because of neoliberalism's response to COVID-19, the cost of living crisis, the refugee, and the climate crisis. We live in bleak times. Before my father died in 2018, he wanted to demonstrate through talking about the history of his life and that of his working-class contemporaries born in the early 20th century -that unless we embraced a socialism fit for the challenges of our times, fascism and wealth inequality would destroy not just our society but civilisation itself.
At a month from 80, life in its survival, both the body and one’s needs, has become a journey I never suspected to travel. While I am not confident in a paid subscription, I am so glad to be here as a guest, Harry. Your writing struck home.
Thanks to Harry for imparting a future shock. Here in the US we are fighting an escalated form of capitalism, authoritarianism. The 1% in this country are spending the money they take from the rest of us, by means of insane tax cuts, inflation created by unnecessary price increases and out right fraud, to try and burn down our Democracy as we have known it for over 200 years. Our Republican party is swearing allegiance to a convicted fraudster who is encouraging them to do nothing in the way of governing our country. Our Republican party supports the 1% robbing us blind. They are taking millions of dollars in bribes and fighting among themselves. We are headed down a path to replay the times of Harry's young life only much worse. This seems to be a world wide issue with many countries running down the same road and some already there, Hungry, for instance. I fear if a great power, such as the US, falls into this quagmire the rest of the world will follow. This time there will be no way out. God help us.
Thank you John for bringing your father's warning back to us.
At a month from 80, life in its survival, both the body and one’s needs, has become a journey I never suspected to travel. While I am not confident in a paid subscription, I am so glad to be here as a guest, Harry. Your writing struck home.
Thanks to Harry for imparting a future shock. Here in the US we are fighting an escalated form of capitalism, authoritarianism. The 1% in this country are spending the money they take from the rest of us, by means of insane tax cuts, inflation created by unnecessary price increases and out right fraud, to try and burn down our Democracy as we have known it for over 200 years. Our Republican party is swearing allegiance to a convicted fraudster who is encouraging them to do nothing in the way of governing our country. Our Republican party supports the 1% robbing us blind. They are taking millions of dollars in bribes and fighting among themselves. We are headed down a path to replay the times of Harry's young life only much worse. This seems to be a world wide issue with many countries running down the same road and some already there, Hungry, for instance. I fear if a great power, such as the US, falls into this quagmire the rest of the world will follow. This time there will be no way out. God help us.
Thank you John for bringing your father's warning back to us.
It's a well written interesting tale, but so depressing, but life can be hard, now just as then