16. Unions aren’t there anymore.
“Companies don’t give a fuck about loyalty.
Unions aren’t there anymore.
If the unions were there, they couldn’t protect you from automation and a global labor market.
Almost everyone is less than 700 bucks away from their life falling apart.
The most common living arrangement for 18 to 35 year olds is to live with a family member.
My dad has two houses and a pension; he dropped out of middle school and didn’t know how to read and write until my mother taught him. He got by on ‘muh hard work’ at the same company for 40 years. (with union negotiated breaks every two hours and an hour-long lunch break). I graduated college and my most realistic path to home ownership AND retirement is to move to Seattle and build a tiny home myself.”
