You’ve paid into Social Security your entire life. So why are politicians warning it’s “going broke” while Wall Street pushes privatization and Pharma keeps prices sky-high? The numbers tell a different story. This isn’t collapse. It’s a coordinated narrative battle over who controls America’s retirement future.
Reading this felt a bit like having someone switch on a harsh fluorescent light in a room we preferred in shadows, and yet it is needed. I appreciated how you connected the policy details to the very human fear of aging into precarity. It made me see how “systems” are really just stories we write about who deserves to feel safe when they are most vulnerable.
Reading this felt a bit like having someone switch on a harsh fluorescent light in a room we preferred in shadows, and yet it is needed. I appreciated how you connected the policy details to the very human fear of aging into precarity. It made me see how “systems” are really just stories we write about who deserves to feel safe when they are most vulnerable.
Rxan, Thankyou for breaking this down so a child can understand 🫶💖
Hmmm something new and good to think about.
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