It’s not even bread and circuses now.
Saw another post the other day about how the average person had more spending power during the depression than they do now.
No hell, no sell. Pitchforks and torches ftw!
In Rome, they had gladiators to distract and pacify. Today, we have professional sports
It’s becoming a parody of itself now. With influencers going on pay per view boxing matches, or even billionaire CEOs riling up the crowds with just the potential of a fight. It all reeks of distraction.
a society needs to function for all of its members or it will decay. the rich have been getting richer every year while the average person gets poorer.
it used to be possible to believe in the idea of the ‘American dream’, that social mobility implied that by working hard you could elevate your position in society, but a growing number of people are starting to see that this simply isn’t realistic, that no matter how hard they work, society will screw them and they will be wage slaves until death.
the super rich are right to be concerned about wealth inequality. they have an inconceivable amount of wealth, wealth that they don’t need. wealth that they use for the express purpose of building more wealth. what is even the point? when you have billions of dollars, why do you need any more money?
it’s an addiction. asking them to willingly stop hoarding wealth is like asking a heroin addict to willingly stop using heroin.
one way or another, it cannot continue to go on the way it has been going. when a growing number of people have lost faith in their economic system and in their society, when they are in a position where they literally have nothing to lose, that is when the situation is most dangerous for everyone, including the ultra wealthy. they try to use politics to distract us and to divide us, but to me it seems like a growing number of people are starting to see through the political nonsense too. while there are worthwhile problems to address in the political realm, these problems are of less significance than the problem of Wall Street’s endless corruption and hoarding of wealth.
i think it’s fair to say that for most of us all we want is a modest comfortable living. most people actually enjoy working when work is meaningful, when it provides a sense of purpose, when it provides a living wage, when we have enough free time outside of work to enjoy hobbies and socialize with our friends and family. our world could be that way for everyone, filled with purpose and contentment, but for many people even this modest existence is unachievable because of the insatiable greed of Wall Street and other big industries.
i don’t know what will happen, but i remain optimistic. I believe that GME investors have discovered an opportunity that will change the world. the success of GameStop will result in the destruction of a cartel of parasites that exist only to take from society and to contribute nothing. when these parasites are finally eradicated it will have many positive consequences for our world. it will give us all a chance to build a better future.
