John Amos - The Marginalization and Disenfranchisement of Young America
May 1, 2012 We old folks complain loud and often about the state of our society. Often, we read and hear about our young not working at making a place for themselves in this world. Believing this propaganda, however, in my view, is very erroneous.
Here where I live, and elsewhere, I see capital that would allow the development of progress and livable jobs for our younger generation being withdrawn and moved to places offshore and out of reach of our own younger citizenry.
Only when our capitalists see a need to engage our young people in specific tasks that benefit the capitalists themselves, do they pony up barely enough capital to employ and engage our younger generation in viable pursuits that will allow them to progress and enjoy a full life. But, in most cases, our young are underpaid and marginalized even when they are employed. It is as if American society and American corporations want to suck the life out of them before they ever get a chance to make their mark in the world
We can speculate that the 1% of super rich at the top is doing this intentionally.
I have long suspected that the present deconstruction of our society and the destruction of the US middle classes is a convenient way that our present day upper crust (read our old money billionaires and our new-money, digital-age nouveau riche’ super wealthy) can sustain their empires that do little to sustain or progress humanity.
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