Is society miserable?

[Rose White]

@Anitza it’s not just you! So many jobs are just bullshit or come with a hefty dose of emotional abuse or inhumane treatment. It’s very hard. I will also be working until I die or die from working. Also I know a veteran who receives disability benefits and he is in destitute poverty. The only way to survive on social security, that I can see, is to be married or have a second income. You are not alone.

 

[Roland]

Although I'm not in your situation with a family, this really resonated with me. I've been a hospitality worker most of my life. It's something I was born into but have never managed to escape even with a useless "liberal arts" college degree. Anytime I've left, I've returned because I couldn't make enough to live. That being said, as a person with C-PTSD, it has absolutely killed me. That environment is literally like pouring gasoline on your PTSD every day, and getting paid for it. You can quickly google how scientists say that waiting tables is the most stressful job, as much so as being a neurosurgeon. I just don't know what I'm going to do...And the office jobs I've had killed my spirit to the point where I wanted to ram my head into my computer, especially when I wasn't bringing enough money to survive and was being sexually harassed! I often wonder if it's just me! I wonder if I should be on disability sometimes because I cannot continue in this way and NEED to work! No trust funds here

That's rough!

I don't think disability would really solve your problems though because you're limited in how much money you are allowed to make and disability isn't much. That said I hope you can find something more fulfilling

 

[Roland]

It suddenly dawned on me that so-called rich people can also have less than nothing by being in massive debt but surrounded by stuff. I don’t know why economics is so confusing to me—oh wait, it’s confusing to most people I think.

This was hard for me to understand growing up, but yes rich people don't usually spend money on a lot of things unless they're a certain kind of rich people and middle class people are broke because they spend money on dumb things like name brand stuff, new cars they can't afford etc.