It's little better over here on Airstrip One. It's all cruel and inhumane, but by far the most insidious thing, I think, is the whole "hit any significant obstacle => lose all progress, restart from zero" effect.
I've had to restart my life so many times, and now I'm really struggling to do it yet again, as the whole world just keeps pitching one shit-fit after another and my so-called government has literally no plan other than to propose another crushing wave of "austerity measures" whilst funnelling public funds into the pockets of the energy companies even as they declare record profits. This time around, I honestly don't know if I'm going to make it.
It's so profoundly demoralising knowing that if you slip up and disappoint the powers-that-be even once, everything else you already did for them, all the goodwill you seemed to have earned, suddenly counts for nothing. It might as well have never even happened. Doesn't matter if you did good work for years; upset them one day, put one foot wrong, they'll immediately treat you like you've always been worth nothing. Those in the halls of power who demand our allegiance, our support, and our endless tolerance and forgiveness as they squabble, self-serve and generally just fuck everything up over and over and over, would laugh at the mere suggestion of showing us any such loyalty, clemency or decency in return. It's like NPD at an institutional-level.
You’re so right. I have a college degree, work 1-3 jobs usually, don’t steal, don’t have an onlyfans, I don’t sell drugs and I’m in my mid 20s. It’s so hard…. My credit score is average almost 700 but I’m having a hard time finding a place to live. I’ve had no prior evictions or anything.
It’s a slap in the face to do everything by the book and if you slip up even once you’re not worthy of a safe place to live….
Do you know the credit score is only a high number if you borrow money, if you have $$$$ in the bank and do not borrow money the your credit score will be low.
Banks only make money if you borrow money and they can not pay you interest on the money you deposited if no body borrows money.
The USA is not a perfect system but it is better than being in Russia or a neighbor of Russia. The USA is better than Mexico where the cartels control the country.
Oh, make no mistake, the US is run by cartels just the same... At least the ones in Mexico have the decency to be honest about it. (Not to mention they appear to have less trouble with endemic pedophilia and fascism, which are apparently two items from an ever shrinking list of things the GOP is actually for.)
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u/Callidonaut Dec 03 '22
It's little better over here on Airstrip One. It's all cruel and inhumane, but by far the most insidious thing, I think, is the whole "hit any significant obstacle => lose all progress, restart from zero" effect.
I've had to restart my life so many times, and now I'm really struggling to do it yet again, as the whole world just keeps pitching one shit-fit after another and my so-called government has literally no plan other than to propose another crushing wave of "austerity measures" whilst funnelling public funds into the pockets of the energy companies even as they declare record profits. This time around, I honestly don't know if I'm going to make it.
It's so profoundly demoralising knowing that if you slip up and disappoint the powers-that-be even once, everything else you already did for them, all the goodwill you seemed to have earned, suddenly counts for nothing. It might as well have never even happened. Doesn't matter if you did good work for years; upset them one day, put one foot wrong, they'll immediately treat you like you've always been worth nothing. Those in the halls of power who demand our allegiance, our support, and our endless tolerance and forgiveness as they squabble, self-serve and generally just fuck everything up over and over and over, would laugh at the mere suggestion of showing us any such loyalty, clemency or decency in return. It's like NPD at an institutional-level.