It's funny.
Trying to justify the cost of hiring me while at the same time being to stubborn to take jobs that refuse to pay a living wage anymore.
At this juncture I'd rather accept government aid and be able to focus on my writing and research in hopes of finding independent funding that will allow me to continue working in my own fashion while allowing me to pay back the assistance I've received financially from friends, lovers, and yes even the government assistance I've received over my life time.
Hell on the assistance payback I would like to pay in enough that at least two or three other people would be able to receive the same level of assistance that I have.
Either as direct financial assistance or subsidizing of their living situation.
Having a safe space to recover/rest in or at can be one of the most key things for helping an individual maintain a healthy life.
Fast forward to the current situation.
I'm to the point in my life that I would rather work as a baby sitter for a criminal than work for a legitimate businessperson trying to figure out how to pay their employees as little as possible.
Thing is, I might not agree with the human that a criminal is, but their children are young and I can be a positive influence no matter how dark the situation.
Where as working for a company or employer that, even though they follow the written law, their goal is exponential growth rather than managed expansion and maintenance.
Exponential expansion is unhealthy, and soon exhausts resources. While manged expansion and maintenance allows for flexibility in the business and better working conditions/pay for everyone involved.
And that's the model we're trying to fix right now.
Not that capitalism isn't a good resources management system.
Just that, as it stands currently, it is built on limitless/exponential expansion.
And we only have one Earth, and maybe a Mars that we can live on.
So yeah.
Be a positive role model for kids, regardless of their familial situation or help business keep a system of institutionalized slavery and discrimination as their operation standard?
Me?
I choose the kids, and anyone that wants to help educate them, so that they have the tools and knowledge necessary to correct our course before we hit an ice berg and, hopefully, avoid the chunks of the bergs we've already smashed into.
