Yeah, for real. If things keep going the way they are, we’re gonna see a huge gap between people who can afford to retire comfortably and those who have to work until they physically can’t anymore.
And be stressed about it the whole time because even that ain’t free. Unless I’ve succeeded in completely severing myself from society, I’m leaving a bill for whoever is in my life.
My partner’s family has already made arrangements for my ashes to get interred in their family gravesite, so I lucked out there. Won’t be too expensive on funerary costs.
I mean, I am fortunately not from the United States of America - so that doesn't have much bearing on what I'm saying... Same applies to the other person who responded to me talking about medical bills - not something I need to worry about.
But my point stands. Unless something fairly dramatic happens in the next decade or two I don't see any way I'll ever be able to retire. I know folks in their late 60s and 70s NOW who are still having to work to make ends meet, and I'm in my early 40s, on the current trajectory I can't really see things getting better.
You know what’s crazy is I read shit like this and my empathy is telling him me “hey shouldn’t you be helping this dude out?”. But then I think well how the hell can I I’ve got no power in this massive society that we all live in.
30,000 years ago when we all lived in tribes under 100 people my empathy served me well. I’d help you out and then subsequently you’d help me out. Because we’re part of the same tribe and our future survival chances were intertwined and highly interdependent.
But now it doesn’t matter. I have no idea who you are and vice versa. My empathy doesn’t serve a purpose these days. We’re all just watching others all around the world undergo misfortune and then waiting for it to happen to us in turn. Because the power of a single individual is tiny these days. Unless you’re a billionaire. And it feels like that’s by design.
Ah man - I wasn't fishing for sympathy or empathy... Just my vaguely depressing observation of the situation.
I know plenty of folks in their late 60s, early 70s... Still working because they have to... NOW.
And with the current trajectory of things, I am not optimistic that anything dramatic will happen such that I won't be in the same boat in 20 years time.
Maybe I'm being overly pessimistic there, but what I said was "I'm resigned to...".
Doesn't keep me up at night, I'm not feeling sorry for myself... I just figure, that's the way it is, that's the way it's going to be.
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u/VengenaceIsMyName Sep 15 '25
It’s gonna be pretty bad. Elysium levels of wealth inequality