You are completely missing the point. Because they have money to begin with the have the money to invest. For example, buying a home instead of paying twice as much to live in a motel because you can’t get a loan because you weren’t born with wealth.
The principal is about the cost of poverty. It’s not meant to be taken literally.
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor; and if one is a member of a captive population, economically speaking, one’s feet have simply been placed on the treadmill forever.” - James Baldwin
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. … But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.” - Terry Prachett
Yes, convict leasing was designed to be a direct replacement for slavery. It was used that way right after slavery ended when you could arrest a black person for anything you could think of. No job? Arrested, leased. No home? Arrested, leased. Etc…
Sports and entertainment are down across the board. They can’t sell tickets because people can’t afford a night out, so this is their attempt to drive sales. They aren’t throwing families a bone, they are trying not to have to draft players with a much smaller budget next year. You can’t sell any concessions if people won’t buy tickets.
Older Tom Cruise would still have a face that moves. The weirdness is mostly plastic surgery. Or the refusal to age.
The perils of plastic surgery.
Wait until they find out how much time they spend naming federal buildings, especially post offices.
You’ll have to ask Mr. Gutenberg. No, not Steve.
It hasn’t been a regular thing for decades. Boomers were probably the last generation to regularly get these. And even then it was industry and position dependent. I had a job that gave Christmas bonuses but that was an anomaly in my career where a large portion of my total compensation was performance based bonuses in that job.
The problem with the that solution is that lots of innocent people get swept up in the killing. The chaos of a violent revolution is always a great time to kill the people who have slighted you and get away with it. And then there’s no guarantee that what comes after is any better at all.
This was a fluke. Very few people with the education, intelligence, and especially the resources of this guy will end up in his position and find themselves planning a murder. Even fewer will succeed now that every major CEO will demand 24/7 private security.
Most people in this guy’s financial position would never end up screwed like he did. The resources it took to secure the weapon, the fake IDs, the travel are no small ask. Most people being crushed by the healthcare system don’t have the time and money left over for for such an elaborate murder plot.
And I know a lot of people are going to knee-jerk reply about how it’s really not that much money. I will just preemptively reply that those people should enjoy their privilege.
I was diagnosed with a life threatening chronic illness right after my 22nd birthday. I know the pain and absolute financial anchor around your neck an incurable chronic illness brings. I would have never had the time and resources to pull this off. I was too busy trying to figure out how to find a job I could keep with my condition, one that had health insurance that was worth a damn. And how to pay my doctor’s bills while still scrounging enough for rent, food, and utilities. I didn’t have money to buy a ghost gun, (or a printer to make one) and multiple bus tickets, and fake ids. Or the cash to live for a few days in New York while I scope out a target.
And that’s how this all works. As long as we’re all struggling to keep our heads above water, there’s no time left for a revolution.
But there is time for the 1/3rd of adults who don’t vote, to fill out a piece of paper. There’s time for them to give a shit about primaries and pick candidates that care about real people.
The quarter that was doing most of the work.
If only you could train a human to operate a camera and follow the ball.
Another piece of the genocide puzzle put in place.
I really wished what little labor protections we had could have lasted my lifetime.
The goal is both, and money does fund leisure. Personally I’m more focused on work life balance than anything. The wealthy have more free time than anyone. Good luck!
Sometimes there are local resources for learning the craft of resumes and interviews. Sometimes they are also free. Check with your local library, the local community college, the local social services. I would also seek counseling and medication for the anxiety. Don’t let that stuff be an excuse to hold you back. Sacrifice some money and free time now and you’ll make a lot more money later. I know this is all easier said than done, but it’s worth doing.
The only way to get better at something is to do it more. That includes interviewing for jobs.
It’s about the lock in of poverty. It’s not meant to be taken literally. It’s about the increased costs levied on the poor that make it impossible to get out once you are in.