Late Stage Capitalism is Sucking the Life Out of Young Americans (facebook link)

[Swede]

These young peoples stories are so sad. Tired of 2 or 3 jobs not paying the bills. No life outside of work. And absolutely stuck. The system sucks all value to the top. It's a game for the elites.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17Zj9dBfxs/

[Initech]

1. The tech bros are building a high tech casino playing with our lives.

Fuck Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Peter Thiel. No circle of hell is appropriate enough punishment for them..

[tanyev]

2. And has been for awhile.

“You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that."

To a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

― George W. Bush

[jmbar2]

3. See Gary's Economics for good discussions on this topic

People are experiencing declining living standards. Politicians have to have a clear message of how they will reverse that slide, or they will vote right again.

[Turbineguy]

4. We are reaching the point that the Soviets tried to reach.

Making capitalism so unattractive that communism prevails.