There’s a difference between “broke” and poor. Yeah, some young people are not financially conscious. But it’s still different to what these right wing assholes are actually talking about. They’re trying to conflate brokeness and poverty, they’re trying to paint young irresponsibility with the brush of “poverty,” when in reality what happened is there was a massive wealth transfer up-class, and there are fewer opportunities and less wealth for younger generations because since the 80s there has been a reversal of wealth distribution. Before the era of deregulation, we had the longest sustained period of economic growth in US history—but we, starting with Reagan, deregulated everything that led to it. Leading to the money that was being distributed and bolstering the middle class funnel backwards, up to the top, and we got billionaires and multibillionaires instead. That isnt solved by not buying avocado toast or not getting delivery. It’s solved by dismantling the structure that is so irreparably broken that we can’t fix it without top-down violence threatening those of us that want to.
Oh I wasn’t arguing that the system isn’t broken. I make less today than I did 25 years ago and everything costs at least double. I don’t just blame Reagan though. We’ve had plenty of other Republicans and Democrats who could have made changes. Obama might have had the best opportunity for a year or so. But both parties have sold out to the owner class.
There’s a difference between “broke” and poor. Yeah, some young people are not financially conscious. But it’s still different to what these right wing assholes are actually talking about. They’re trying to conflate brokeness and poverty, they’re trying to paint young irresponsibility with the brush of “poverty,” when in reality what happened is there was a massive wealth transfer up-class, and there are fewer opportunities and less wealth for younger generations because since the 80s there has been a reversal of wealth distribution. Before the era of deregulation, we had the longest sustained period of economic growth in US history—but we, starting with Reagan, deregulated everything that led to it. Leading to the money that was being distributed and bolstering the middle class funnel backwards, up to the top, and we got billionaires and multibillionaires instead. That isnt solved by not buying avocado toast or not getting delivery. It’s solved by dismantling the structure that is so irreparably broken that we can’t fix it without top-down violence threatening those of us that want to.
Oh I wasn’t arguing that the system isn’t broken. I make less today than I did 25 years ago and everything costs at least double. I don’t just blame Reagan though. We’ve had plenty of other Republicans and Democrats who could have made changes. Obama might have had the best opportunity for a year or so. But both parties have sold out to the owner class.