Quarterlife crisis
The world as it looks today is not much different from what it has been for millenia.
A new world order has arisen. A new form of slavery has come into existence.
A delusion of freedom exists in most countries. In reality we are but slaves to our economic situation.
You work at a job. You earn money. You spend it to maintain the lifestyle of your peers.
Money from corporation goes to buy goods made by corporation.
The profit off the labors of the people go to the oligarchy at the top.You run the endless cycle of work-pay-buy-work.
I've joined the club. I'm an young professional. Get a better lifestyle and maintain the oligarchy.
The oligarchy changes from time to time. But the status quo remains with a new oligarchy in place.
It's 1984.
There exist but 3 classes of people--- the rich(the oligarchy), the poor and the middle class which contains the seeds of the next oligarchy.However, rich in this context implies not only monetary wealth but power to control wealth as in the case of political power.
In the midst of a quarterlife crisis I question my existence in this world order.
Is anyone truly free? The oligarchy---slaves to the system, the middle class---slaves to the oligarchy, the poor---slaves to everything and everyone.
Written - circa 2008
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