"They don't want to face the fact that they've got to control the person in their mirror."
  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    672·
    9 months ago

    This is what neoliberalism and capitalism wants the younger generations to believe, but a large percentage of that wealth will be stolen via health care and similar predatory, exploitative systems.

    • Frozengyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      9 months ago

      And do you think the inflation caused solely by greed might be related? They need to capture that money now before it is inherited.

    • Kalysta@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      This. My grandparents were well off and set up a trust for me and my brother.

      It wasn’t much. And then all of it went into her nursing home when the dementia got so bad we couldn’t care for her ourselves anymore.

      And the rich got richer