Greetings good citizen, one of the topics I frequently expounded upon was 'economic reality', in the fifties our parents [for my fellow boomers out there] reaped the double benefits of The New Deal and the easy pickings provided by a world with a bombed out infrastructure. Work was plentiful and times were good. What our silly parents didn't seem to realize is they wouldn't ALWAYS be this way.
The rest of the world recovered and started producing their own stuff and suddenly US Manufacturer's saw their market share dropping because halfway around the planet still meant something before global air travel was established.
But I digress, what 'worked' for Grandma and Grandpa isn't the deal now. Those who enjoyed long working careers thanks to the labor shortages created by WWII were the 'exception' rather than the rule. Soon things reverted to how they were in the 'old days'.
Always lots of work for kids with their vigor and eagerness to establish themselves...they were also 'trainees'. The young neither cost a lot nor did they care if the job provided a 'future'. [They were building their 'resume'.]
Yet today most jobs are 'kid jobs' and while you don't 'have to be young' to do them, it makes it easier on all parties concerned if you are.
The other 'problem' with kid jobs is they don't pay enough to become a fully functioning member of society. They weren't intended to pay well. It is a job you were supposed to 'grow out of'.
Back in the post war 'glory days' you worked at the [mill, plant, mine, refinery] after school. Back then there was no shortage of 'monkey work' that needed a 'warm body' and paid well [for the time] too.
These were 'gateway jobs' the lead onto the shop floor and if your folks were well off enough, you could go to college and get a job in the plant's front office [but 'paying your dues' performing monkey work when you were a youngster was mandatory!]
Now those jobs don't exist here, they were either automated away or the whole industry moved offshore. What we have now is the 'service industry' where people mow each other's lawns and sell each other houses [that magically keep increasing in value for *no good reason!]
(* Banksters used the housing market as a basis to expand the money supply and 'fortified it' with CDO's to 'reduce the risk' of loans defaulting...which they did, big time, when 'economic reality' caught up with economic fantasy.)
As the 'Western Economy continues to be 'hollowed out' [the consolidation of 'market share' begins with an iron grip on the supply chain!] workers are finding their 'shelf life' greatly reduced, often being laid off multiple times until the are forced to seek more stable forms of employment.
What blows most worker's minds is the industry that got rid of them is still seeking workers...but they are only hiring kids. They don't want 'experienced workers'.
How are you feeling about your 'job security' now?
Took a while to get here and (as usual) this is where it gets 'interesting'.
While the 'perpetual training mode' constitutes a 'sweet spot' from many modern operations, the accompanying 'churn' spells suicide for the society that indulges in it.
'Failure to Launch' has reached epidemic proportions because CAPITALISM DOESN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFE SUSTAINING JOBS!
Your 'shelf life' today is roughly 20 years. If you haven't re-invented Silicon Valley or emptied Wall Street into your private account in the Caymans by the time you reach 40 you're TOAST.
This would be all fine and dandy if the average life expectancy were 42.
As it is we're struggling to hit 77 and going backwards if all indicators are to be trusted [thanks to the pernicious spread of poverty.]
Yes, failure to launch leads to a corresponding collapse in 'eligible workers' for the rapacious to exploit. If you never move out of your parents basement chances of you reproducing drop dramatically.
Your perceived 'inability' to provide for yourself makes you 'unsuitable' as mate material.
How fortunate is it for the exploiters that most kids are 'accidents'?
Sadly, the inability to 'keep it in our pants' is only adding to the powder keg preparing to blow society apart with epic force!
The, er, 'frightening' part of this twisted scenario is those responsible for these circumstances will be doing everything in their considerable power to 'deflect' the blame by blaming the original VICTIMS!
Most 'failure to launch' victims blame their parents for not stepping aside! For grabbing what the feckless few tell them should have been 'theirs'.
What the feckless few DON'T tell them is THEY are the reason why the future is bleak for EVERYBODY!
[Those 'silver spoons' for THEIR BABIES/GRAND-BABIES have to come from somewhere and guess who they're taking them from? Takes a whole lot of taking to make a worthwhile 'trust fund'!
Now those kids are having kids and heaven forbid if the neighbors kids have more than theirs do!
Now do you see why most of the wealthy have more than they can spend?
It's a disease for which there isn't a cure...per se.
Can't take it with you but part of the illness is the compulsion to leave behind as much as you can so the future will 'remember you'.
Someday we will establish a global day of loathing specifically for those who care more about their 'legacy' than their fellow humans. [We can hash out the details later...right now the idea alone is strangely comforting.
Post script: Your 'shelf life' is directly related to your continued success in contributing to the gene pool. It is one of the most important factors facing humanity and it WILL threaten an extinction level event if we continue to allow the self-interested to run things into the ground.
Time for a STRIKE!
Get it together people of the world!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
The rest of the world recovered and started producing their own stuff and suddenly US Manufacturer's saw their market share dropping because halfway around the planet still meant something before global air travel was established.
But I digress, what 'worked' for Grandma and Grandpa isn't the deal now. Those who enjoyed long working careers thanks to the labor shortages created by WWII were the 'exception' rather than the rule. Soon things reverted to how they were in the 'old days'.
Always lots of work for kids with their vigor and eagerness to establish themselves...they were also 'trainees'. The young neither cost a lot nor did they care if the job provided a 'future'. [They were building their 'resume'.]
Yet today most jobs are 'kid jobs' and while you don't 'have to be young' to do them, it makes it easier on all parties concerned if you are.
The other 'problem' with kid jobs is they don't pay enough to become a fully functioning member of society. They weren't intended to pay well. It is a job you were supposed to 'grow out of'.
Back in the post war 'glory days' you worked at the [mill, plant, mine, refinery] after school. Back then there was no shortage of 'monkey work' that needed a 'warm body' and paid well [for the time] too.
These were 'gateway jobs' the lead onto the shop floor and if your folks were well off enough, you could go to college and get a job in the plant's front office [but 'paying your dues' performing monkey work when you were a youngster was mandatory!]
Now those jobs don't exist here, they were either automated away or the whole industry moved offshore. What we have now is the 'service industry' where people mow each other's lawns and sell each other houses [that magically keep increasing in value for *no good reason!]
(* Banksters used the housing market as a basis to expand the money supply and 'fortified it' with CDO's to 'reduce the risk' of loans defaulting...which they did, big time, when 'economic reality' caught up with economic fantasy.)
As the 'Western Economy continues to be 'hollowed out' [the consolidation of 'market share' begins with an iron grip on the supply chain!] workers are finding their 'shelf life' greatly reduced, often being laid off multiple times until the are forced to seek more stable forms of employment.
What blows most worker's minds is the industry that got rid of them is still seeking workers...but they are only hiring kids. They don't want 'experienced workers'.
How are you feeling about your 'job security' now?
Took a while to get here and (as usual) this is where it gets 'interesting'.
While the 'perpetual training mode' constitutes a 'sweet spot' from many modern operations, the accompanying 'churn' spells suicide for the society that indulges in it.
'Failure to Launch' has reached epidemic proportions because CAPITALISM DOESN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFE SUSTAINING JOBS!
Your 'shelf life' today is roughly 20 years. If you haven't re-invented Silicon Valley or emptied Wall Street into your private account in the Caymans by the time you reach 40 you're TOAST.
This would be all fine and dandy if the average life expectancy were 42.
As it is we're struggling to hit 77 and going backwards if all indicators are to be trusted [thanks to the pernicious spread of poverty.]
Yes, failure to launch leads to a corresponding collapse in 'eligible workers' for the rapacious to exploit. If you never move out of your parents basement chances of you reproducing drop dramatically.
Your perceived 'inability' to provide for yourself makes you 'unsuitable' as mate material.
How fortunate is it for the exploiters that most kids are 'accidents'?
Sadly, the inability to 'keep it in our pants' is only adding to the powder keg preparing to blow society apart with epic force!
The, er, 'frightening' part of this twisted scenario is those responsible for these circumstances will be doing everything in their considerable power to 'deflect' the blame by blaming the original VICTIMS!
Most 'failure to launch' victims blame their parents for not stepping aside! For grabbing what the feckless few tell them should have been 'theirs'.
What the feckless few DON'T tell them is THEY are the reason why the future is bleak for EVERYBODY!
[Those 'silver spoons' for THEIR BABIES/GRAND-BABIES have to come from somewhere and guess who they're taking them from? Takes a whole lot of taking to make a worthwhile 'trust fund'!
Now those kids are having kids and heaven forbid if the neighbors kids have more than theirs do!
Now do you see why most of the wealthy have more than they can spend?
It's a disease for which there isn't a cure...per se.
Can't take it with you but part of the illness is the compulsion to leave behind as much as you can so the future will 'remember you'.
Someday we will establish a global day of loathing specifically for those who care more about their 'legacy' than their fellow humans. [We can hash out the details later...right now the idea alone is strangely comforting.
Post script: Your 'shelf life' is directly related to your continued success in contributing to the gene pool. It is one of the most important factors facing humanity and it WILL threaten an extinction level event if we continue to allow the self-interested to run things into the ground.
Time for a STRIKE!
Get it together people of the world!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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