Quote from T_Geithner:
... human existence is worthless, every aspect of it, ...
So you prefer to empty, inhuman stillness of outer space to Mozart?
Can the young not learn to temper their chemically-based passion with the wisdom of the mature? To transcend the genetically prescribed, play-mate-toil cycle, requires a higher understanding. Would you rather be born a wild dog living in the wild, far from humans? The natural dog lives in small packs. Only the alpha pair mate. All adults hunt themselves to a state of poor health to feed the young of the pack. No one makes them a slave to the alpha pair, it is just their genetics.
From what I can see in Florida, those who have been retired more than 10 years ago do not live so much better than the miserable, inhumane life you would wish for them. Does retiring at 65 with 50K in the bank so that they can witness the relative extravagance of the Jamaican immigrants who moved in across the street really sound like stealing resources from the young?
I cannot condemn you for your viewpoint. In a more poorer society, perhaps we could not afford to how sympathy and humanity. Thankfully it is not our world. It is too dark to be true.
It is certainly a basic model in human economics that the young with vitality, sharpness of mind, lack of attachment, and lack of position/ownership have their opportunities molded to suit the needs of the economy as seen by the older who, on average, are more passive, dull-witted, entangled, but possessing station/wealth.
The solution is individual opportunity. There are certainly economies of the modern world where this is quite exploitative, but socialism/revolution/workers-taking-for-themselves, does not give the individual the opportunity to make the most of their lives. Quite the opposite. Leveling of society equalizes opportunity only by destroying it. There is a certain obvious desirability to be in a zero unemployment environment, until the reality that one is really a slave to a less definable master sinks in.
No, revolution is not the solution. Barring cases of extreme exploitation, inflation is a strong tool to entice those with station/wealth to empower the youth to the betterment of all. The current regime of low inflation, low interest rates, and low risk tolerance cannot continue. Unfortunately, humans are quite good at deceiving themselves. The only real solution to that is maturity and knowledge.
