whocares
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To me what I'm about to post about is a definite "social issue", so I'm hoping this is the right section of this website to post what I'm about to discuss in.
I'm going to start with a very specific situation and use it to illustrate the overall larger problem.
Ok, here it goes. I graduate from college this past May and I was lucky enough to receive an offer to Intern in Washington, DC for the summer. I had no money to live in Washington, DC so I put up an ad on Craigslist offering to work for free room and board. Long story short, I met a family in the Arlington, Virginia area that let me live with them while I worked part time at my internship in DC. It was an amazing experience. Definitely the best 3 months of my life.
NOW for what my post is about. I wanted to stay in Washington, DC badly. I wanted to work for the government in or around the National mall area, i.e. close to the white house, Washington monument, Capitol Building, etc. I was offered a full time internship with a congressman from my home state of Indiana, BUT it was totally unpaid.
a 40 hour per week, unpaid internship in one of the countries most expensive cities. Who could afford that? I'll tell you who, rich kids. And that is what the point of my post is about. I was SO VERY CLOSE to making my dream a reality. I was so close to interning for a congressman on CAPITOL ******* HILL. In the end I turned it down because it was unpaid. I'm sure some other kid took the offer, but I'm curious as to how they afforded it.
Now for the bigger problem. In this country, the fun life is reserved for the rich and privileged. This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that the rich and privileged do enjoy rubbing our noise in it. Take a look at anyone in the Congress or Senate. A bunch of rich motherfuckers who get a hard on or wet pussy because they're senators or congressman. Maybe I could have been one too if I had the money to get my foot in the door.
Same thing on TV. we have all these tv shows with these young, mid 20's people who live in these big pent houses in downtown NYC or LA. Who on earth could afford to do that in real life? Again, the rich and the privileged. Certainly not us who have to deal with the reality of life and a horrendous job market.
My point is that our society celebrates these amazing lifestyles even though 90% of the people in this country have no way to achieve such a standard of living. Look on the front page of magazines and the prime time sitcoms on TV. Look at the **** commercials we have to watch. All examples of a lifestyle most of us have no means of obtaining.
Is it any wonder people are losing their honeysuckle in this country? Shooting after Shooting. And guess what the Senate is doing? They're taking breaks during the day to watch the movie "Lincoln" on Capitol Hill as the ever impending fiscal cliff looms.
I've just had it with our culture celebrating these extravagant lifestyles as if they're the norm when the reality of the situation is anything but.
THOUGHTS?
I'm going to start with a very specific situation and use it to illustrate the overall larger problem.
Ok, here it goes. I graduate from college this past May and I was lucky enough to receive an offer to Intern in Washington, DC for the summer. I had no money to live in Washington, DC so I put up an ad on Craigslist offering to work for free room and board. Long story short, I met a family in the Arlington, Virginia area that let me live with them while I worked part time at my internship in DC. It was an amazing experience. Definitely the best 3 months of my life.
NOW for what my post is about. I wanted to stay in Washington, DC badly. I wanted to work for the government in or around the National mall area, i.e. close to the white house, Washington monument, Capitol Building, etc. I was offered a full time internship with a congressman from my home state of Indiana, BUT it was totally unpaid.
a 40 hour per week, unpaid internship in one of the countries most expensive cities. Who could afford that? I'll tell you who, rich kids. And that is what the point of my post is about. I was SO VERY CLOSE to making my dream a reality. I was so close to interning for a congressman on CAPITOL ******* HILL. In the end I turned it down because it was unpaid. I'm sure some other kid took the offer, but I'm curious as to how they afforded it.
Now for the bigger problem. In this country, the fun life is reserved for the rich and privileged. This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that the rich and privileged do enjoy rubbing our noise in it. Take a look at anyone in the Congress or Senate. A bunch of rich motherfuckers who get a hard on or wet pussy because they're senators or congressman. Maybe I could have been one too if I had the money to get my foot in the door.
Same thing on TV. we have all these tv shows with these young, mid 20's people who live in these big pent houses in downtown NYC or LA. Who on earth could afford to do that in real life? Again, the rich and the privileged. Certainly not us who have to deal with the reality of life and a horrendous job market.
My point is that our society celebrates these amazing lifestyles even though 90% of the people in this country have no way to achieve such a standard of living. Look on the front page of magazines and the prime time sitcoms on TV. Look at the **** commercials we have to watch. All examples of a lifestyle most of us have no means of obtaining.
Is it any wonder people are losing their honeysuckle in this country? Shooting after Shooting. And guess what the Senate is doing? They're taking breaks during the day to watch the movie "Lincoln" on Capitol Hill as the ever impending fiscal cliff looms.
I've just had it with our culture celebrating these extravagant lifestyles as if they're the norm when the reality of the situation is anything but.
THOUGHTS?