re: #34 SanFranciscoZionist

Your problem, lady, is that you think you’ve got some kind of dignity as a person with a history of work experience and gainful employement. In Cain’s world, dignity is only something you got when you got money. If you don’t have money, you take whatever you can get, and if you can’t get anything, it’s your fault.

That’s not just “Cain’s world”, though. It’s the fundamental point of capitalism: your social status is determined by the capital you control.

What people have forgotten in the past 30 years is that capitalism is a brutal system if you don’t soften the edges with a bit of socialism. Out of work and broke at 49? Who cares! The guys on the 49th floor are still making a killing.