OYM Ep. 62: The 'Great Reset' has been in progress for decades. Why are we just starting to notice?

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A lot of us are freaking out over Klaus Schwab (Head of the World Economic Forum) and his evil plans. We will “own nothing”, but we will still “be happy”... So he says.

However, over the past few decades, fewer and fewer Americans have been able to own much of anything. Salaries have declined in proportion to the cost of living. The federal minimum wage remains at only $7.25 per hour. Half of Americans earn $30,000 per year or less. Most employees no longer receive pensions from their jobs. Many no longer get paid vacation time, health insurance or other benefits that their parents or grandparents once took for granted.

Increasingly, living-wage careers require a higher education beyond high school, yet college tuition rates have skyrocketed to a level that most people can no longer afford without taking out debilitating loans. Student loans are the only debt that cannot be written off in bankruptcy. Gamblers and millionaires can declare bankruptcy for making foolish decisions, but students who come from poor families who are simply trying to obtain an education cannot declare bankruptcy—even when they can prove they are financially unable to repay the debt.

Meanwhile, the super rich declare bankruptcy whenever they want, and most of them pay no taxes. Many of them even get money back from the IRS every year. When a plan existed several years ago to tax inherited wealth, the super rich complained it was a “death tax” that they shouldn't have to pay. Yet poor and middle class people who grow old and die while on Medicaid are not allowed to leave their assets to their children and grandchildren. The government confiscates their bank accounts and other assets. That is a true death tax, but it does not affect the affluent, so again, no one seems to care... I guess if it isn't advertised as a problem on television, then the problem doesn't exist? Are we that dumbed-down as a nation?

Gosh, I wish I could blast every television set in the world out of commission. Imagine a world with no TV. It would absolutely be great!

Quality of life has been on the decline for most Americans for some time now, yet few seem to take notice. Why? Do we need to create a TV commercial for the subject in order to get people to see this as a problem? Do people even see their immediate environment anymore? Or are most people walking around in a daze, living for the next TV show, next Instagram pic, or Facebook post because the real world is just too depressing?

Are we that disconnected from each other and so addicted to our electronic devices that we cannot sit down and speak with our parents and grandparents and have an honest conversation about how quality of life has steadily been declining? Do we just not care about each other and the future generations? Are we really this selfish and ignorant?

Or do we just feel hopeless and helpless? Maybe we've given up? Maybe we don't think there is anything we can do to make things better?

Well, now, the affluent are being personally affected by the evil plans of the super rich whose greed has reached epidemic proportions. I guess it was okay when people living from paycheck-to-paycheck found themselves struggling, but now homeowners and business owners who are accustomed to a more affluent lifestyle are starting to hurt. Uh oh. Now that the affluent are struggling, I guess we'd better take this predatory behavior on the part of the uber rich seriously...