Companies used to actually take care of hard working employees. It was something they actually took pride in. I'm not sure when this changed but I believe it was in the 60s when the mentality of companies shifted.
A man working in a factory doing basic labor could afford to buy a home and raise a family with enough left over to build a nest egg. Once retirement came at 60 they would be well taken care of by the company that they dedicated 30 years of their life to. It was genuine mutual respect. It was common for companies to gift retiring employees nice gold watches.
Now people doing essentially the same jobs make a hair over minimum wage while struggling to support just themselves. If they have retirement benefits at all they are not enough to live off of.
I really think America as it used to be is dead. America died a long time ago. The train of destruction is traveling so fast downhill that there is no stopping its momentum. America will remain but it will not resemble anything even remotely close to the original America.
This is what I refer to as a sad reality similarly to the death if a loved one. No matter how bad you wish it were untrue it is true nonetheless. This is why I think the best you can do is create a bubble of happiness around you and your family. Find a way to be happy despite the world burning around you. This is something you do have control over.
In reality everyone who reads this probably has a really great life all things considered. We forgot that sometimes.
God bless.
Companies used to actually take care of hard working employees. It was something they actually took pride in. I'm not sure when this changed but I believe it was in the 60s when the mentality of companies shifted.
A man working in a factory doing basic labor could afford to buy a home and raise a family with enough left over to build a nest egg. Once retirement came at 60 they would be well taken care of by the company that they dedicated 30 years of their life to. It was genuine mutual respect. It was common for companies to gift retiring employees nice gold watches.
Now people doing essentially the same jobs make a hair over minimum wage while struggling to support just themselves. If they have retirement benefits at all they are not enough to live off of.
I really think America as it used to be is dead. America died a long time ago. The train of destruction is traveling so fast downhill that there is no stopping its momentum. America will remain but it will not resemble anything even remotely close to the original America.
This is what I refer to as a sad reality similarly to the death if a loved one. No matter how bad you wish it were untrue it is true nonetheless. This is why I think the best you can do is create a bubble of happiness around you and your family. Find a way to be happy despite the world burning around you. This is something you do have control over.
In reality everyone who reads this probably has a really great life all things considered. We forgot that sometimes.
God bless.
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