glowingfish

It's a very bleak world right now. I'm a lot older than you and remember a time when middle class was working class. Seemed like pretty much everyone around me could afford the basics of a decent life-- like food, water, heat. A place to live. A visit to the doctor. Etc. At this point I don't think more toys can distract us any longer from the stranglehold of corporate greed and predation we're subject to literally every day.

I guess in the end I believe people have to remake their outlook from the ground up. Refuse to buy nonsense. Take care of each other. Etc. Pull society and the economy into shape where you are. But it's hard to fight a juggernaut.

Personally, I've noticed that Lipton Tea has become garbage. I've been drinking it for decades! it was always nice, flavorful delicious basic tea. Suddenly I buy a box of tea bags (since I can no longer get LOOSE TEA): there's hardly anything in them and what is in them doesn't even look like tea. And it pretty much just turns the water brown and calls it a day.