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What affect has capitalism had on your mental health? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get to stress about my 80 year-old parents driving for Doordash every day, in my car, and I have to trust that they're going to keep up with the oil changes and new tires and other maintenance.

Because when that car dies there is no backup plan. No one will employ them at their age and both major parties are content to let them starve if they don't have some other means of paying for the privilege of surviving in America.

[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The other thing is that we're going to have many more elderly people who outlive their savings in the coming generation.

The only good thing in all this was that watching their struggles impressed upon me at an early age the importance of savings, so even at my most destitute I've never chosen not to.