ally-golightly:

“The big lie about capitalism is that everyone can be rich. That’s impossible. Capitalism works only if the vast majority of the population are kept poor enough to never quit working, are kept poor enough to accept distasteful jobs society cannot function without. If everyone were a millionaire, who would empty the trash or repair the sewers? It follows that the poorer the general population is made, the greater the worth of the money held by the wealthy, in terms of the lives which may be bought and sold with it.”

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Michael Rivero

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This so much all over. God, I am so tired of the way politicians here in the U.S. defend capitalism as though its this wonderful system that makes people free and equal, while saying “socialism” like it’s a curse word, as though the idea that someone is entitled to hold onto the profit they made by working other people nearly to death is something to be defended. 

The truth about this is that you can work as hard as you want in the U.S. and never get ahead. You can work three jobs and be on time every day and be responsible and every other good moral admirable thing and pay your damn taxes and you can spend your entire life fighting because hard work doesn’t cut it. This isn’t a meritocracy, and you really can be too poor to get educated, too poor to be healthy, too poor to live. And if after all that striving you ask that maybe, just maybe, the people at the top contribute as much in money as you have in blood, sweat, and tears, people think you’re talking about killing babies. *rolls eyes*

(via madamethursday)

I agree. Did you know they do pancreas transplants? Yeah, apparently John’s uncle or whatever had one and no longer had diabetes and such. Most of my fucking problems (though, trust me, not all) come from my pancreas. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t take care of giving me enzymes are breaking down my foods, it doesn’t produce insulin, it doesn’t do shit. A transplant wouldn’t solve everything, but with all the other health problems that I have, the stress on my body tends to cause my pancreatitis and diabetes to act up. Which in turn causes my other issues to flare even harder. And back and forth with the catch-22. I’ve been through several comas and should be dead. I don’t have much of a life ahead of me. This operation could save my life. AND save the insurance or who the fuck ever money on all my hospitalizations. But I can’t afford the operation so it will never happen.

My father worked three jobs. I barely saw him and when I did he had to try to rest. It wasn’t enough. So he had to go overseas to make money to pay for all my hospitalizations. And both my parents and myself are still very much in debt. So don’t you dare talk to me about how great capitalism is.