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I feel for them, truly. We American workers have been promised pensions that were taken because it was too expensive, Social Security that's now being reduced or threatened with reduction to save money, and told to gamble our retirement in the stock market which is crashing to save money. The folks that were up for retirement this year have been screwed by Trump and his tariffs. The folks already retired are getting screwed by the cost of living. And everyone else years or decades away from retirement are looking at the gates of Oblivion.
I used to work in a factory a few years ago while trying to get a tech job (had to pay the bills) and I remember this old guy that worked there with me. He was in his mid 70s, was slow, and tired. Definitely couldn't keep up with the fast pace environment that required 20, 30, 40yo people to do the job so he had the simplest most insignificant tasks to do. I asked him, one day, why he was still working when he should be at home retired. He said he needed the health care and if he had a medical emergency then there was always someone here that could save his life. That was pretty sad.
I knew a fellow that was in his 80s that worked at the same shitty company I did. It was also pretty clear to me that he just couldn't keep up. Very sweet guy too. Conscious of racism, opposed a lot of bad policies (and took direct action in his younger years).
He told me one day that he worked there so he could afford care for his wife. Soon after his wife passed, so did he. Didn't really get to retire.
Another victim of capitalism. But I don't know of a better system proven over time.