Unwell

The world is not well at present. I just need to look at my city contrasted against 10 years ago. There are poor and mentally unbalanced people everywhere in the core where they wander around asking for change looking despondent and depressed.

This is a global problem and the solution goes beyond charities. In the US there are more than enough empty dwellings to house all the homeless but that isn't something banks are about to do. Eventually something will need to be done because the numbers will only grow. As technological progress takes away more livelihoods, the prospect of UBI seems increasingly likely.

There is something greatly off-putting to me about those who hold all the wealth preaching to others especially when they aren't the least bit concerned about their welfare. Telling them to get a job might feel justified except that advice was better suited to a decade ago or more. If you make more money in a year than most do in a lifetime, you might also want to think about shutting up about paying taxes especially when during the Eisenhower era personal income above $200k was taxed at 70% or more.

Just remember that what we used to call the middle class didn't disappear by accident.