I was just running my budget, and, yall, we are all so fucked it's not even funny.
I work a good job. I'm salary. I make about 2, 311 dollars a month after insurance, and it's still not enough.
I'm luckier than the average person. My home is paid for, my car is paid off, but I'm still just barely squeaking by every month and this is absolutely ridiculous.
If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation, I should be making closer to 5,000 a month, and that amount of money would be LIFECHANGING yall.
I could afford to save.
I could afford to go on vacation. Not anywhere fancy, just….. maybe New Orleans with my sister? To go see my brother? A nice weekend trip with my boyfriend?
I wouldnt have to be CONSTANTLY worrying about money; that one little mistake is gonna absolutely tank me and how can I ever recover?
The idea of not being afraid all the damn time is….. intoxicating.
But I look around the world and I see so many people so fed up, but just….. knuckling under. Accepting their fate. Letting this happen.
We ALL need to rise up……. but how the fuck do we organize something like that? How do we convince everyone that now is the time? How do we convince everyone that risking this is better than living this way?
I see so many people who cant afford kids but want them, who cant afford homes but desperately crave home ownership, who would buy things and travel and create and do, if only they could afford it…….
But everyone is too scared of losing what little they have to demand more, and be able to force the hands of the Billionaires in power…….
So how do we fix this guys? Because I'm desperate. I'm so tired of being afraid.