Reply #15: This is our future [View All]

[boobooday]

So sad.

But I have to say, us working-class folk (and I include myself with pride, even though my whole life has been about trying to educate myself out of the working class -- I'll let you know if it ever works) have got something that none of the trust fund babies I've met could come close to. I've met a few of the old money people and most of them are sad. They don't know the freedom of "nothing left to lose" or the joy of "I survived that on my own."

And I've watched them play games with their children, holding the "inheritance" out there like a carrot, and I have to say it is the most appalling thing -- the first time I saw it, I was devastated. Nobody in my family ever had anything to pass on to their kids, so nobody was waiting for anybody to die, or playing head games about who was going to get what. I was filled with pity for these people. They just flat out don't know what the hell.

But the boot heel has to come up. We are talking about the people who damn well get it done every day, and there is no way that anybody in this country who works their entire life should die hungry, in destitution. It's just shameful. Same for young people who work full-time. That has to get you a living wage, or we're just crap.

I think the time for class warfare is way overdue.