Anything Better
Ideas?
Out of college I floundered, struggled quite a bit, to find a job offering the solid financial footing I thought might one day buy me a good life. I worked part-time, happily stocking shelves mornings at a liquor store. Then one day I had the audacity to question the value of capitalism. The owner of the store shrugged, shook his head and calmly said, We haven’t found anything better. A quarter century on, with his store in different hands, I wonder if he too now realizes we’re all slowly being strangled by relentless market forces, because we’ve been unable to find anything better. Now it’s my turn to shrug, because I no longer readily accept it’s our burden to earn a living twenty four hours a day.
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