I've been following the Occupy Wall Street movement these last couple of weeks. I find it amazingly inspirational, and I hope it'll open people's eyes to the many injustices of the world we live in
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*hugs* Thank you for this. I've been vocal on facebook and in person but LJ seems to be superquiet about it all. I need to write something up but honestly it all depresses me SO SO MUCH (especially the counter group "53%") that I can't even talk about it without feeling nervous, overwhelmed and panicked that we actually may be screwed. I feel powerless, lost, hopeless... it's so very terrifying on a daily basis going to work, happy to work my rear off if only I were able but with no hope of earning enough to pay my bills and though looking for a job daily, unable to get a single interview. Not because I don't qualify for positions but because there are simply too many of us fighting for the same job and I cannot dream of competing for work designed for people of my education level that is applied for by people two, three, four times overqualified. People with 20 years experience who should be my bosses' bosses but instead are taking entry level work. Master degree+ holders desperate to feed themselves, too, that they'll take anything from retail to fast food to admin.
I went to college, I have most of my debt down (just a few thousand in student loans, a bit of medical and a bit of credit from hard times prior.) I'm down to less than 1k left in my savings because each month I have to tap into it to buy groceries/gas, etc. and sadly I'm one of the lucky ones because I even HAVE the savings. Tove, I'm so scared every single day and I can barely breathe through it if I think too long.
And that doesn't even touch the anger I feel over it all. The anger towards the companies that have zero qualms with pulling a profit from the pennies in my pocket, pulling a profit because I HAVE to buy food, gas, electricity, etc, they're pulling profit off of basic human needs. Not only that but they think I'm greedy, I'm lazy, I'm the problem. And here's to hoping I don't need healthcare. Then there are my own godforsaken "countrymen" who have bought into the rhetoric that the reason so many of us are in this position is because we don't want to work hard. They post rants about starting to work as children with their parents, working 100 hours a week, working three or four jobs, never seeing their families, etc. and they don't even realize that it shouldn't be that way, that they're victims in this too. They might just be the biggest victims, even, working themselves into an early grave for basic human existence.
So, yes, thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring. Thank you for standing up for others. Thank you for the support. *hugs*
♥ I don't know what to say. Of course you have my support. We're all in this together, that's what it's all about. That's what we need to convince the people who refuse to tax their wealth!
I went to college, I have most of my debt down (just a few thousand in student loans, a bit of medical and a bit of credit from hard times prior.) I'm down to less than 1k left in my savings because each month I have to tap into it to buy groceries/gas, etc. and sadly I'm one of the lucky ones because I even HAVE the savings. Tove, I'm so scared every single day and I can barely breathe through it if I think too long.
And that doesn't even touch the anger I feel over it all. The anger towards the companies that have zero qualms with pulling a profit from the pennies in my pocket, pulling a profit because I HAVE to buy food, gas, electricity, etc, they're pulling profit off of basic human needs. Not only that but they think I'm greedy, I'm lazy, I'm the problem. And here's to hoping I don't need healthcare. Then there are my own godforsaken "countrymen" who have bought into the rhetoric that the reason so many of us are in this position is because we don't want to work hard. They post rants about starting to work as children with their parents, working 100 hours a week, working three or four jobs, never seeing their families, etc. and they don't even realize that it shouldn't be that way, that they're victims in this too. They might just be the biggest victims, even, working themselves into an early grave for basic human existence.
So, yes, thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring. Thank you for standing up for others. Thank you for the support. *hugs*
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I just discovered the 53% counter group yesterday, and I'm absolutely sickened by it. Thankfully there are also plenty of people like this http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/post/11524309540 .
Don't give up, keep fighting for your rights. The whole world is watching~
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