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I haven't been following this, so I don't have a lot of context, and a quick google doesn't tell me if he had student loans or much of anything about the contex
by DoreenMichele 6y ago
I haven't been following this, so I don't have a lot of context, and a quick google doesn't tell me if he had student loans or much of anything about the context of his life.
Some initial thoughts that may be wildly off the mark:
1. Is it pertinent that he was a college student in a world where student loans are eating the futures of students while not giving them the good careers they thought it guaranteed?
2. Is it pertinent that the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer during the pandemic? It's kind of a winner-take-all economy and we just crap all over everyone else and then blame them as lazy whiners who need to try harder and basically tell them "shut up!" if they try to point out "I'm doing all I can and it's never enough because the system is broken."
3. If you aren't one of the "winners" you get kind of this dystopian reality where you can't get health coverage, you can't get housing, once you are homeless no one wants to hire you so escaping seems nigh impossible, etc.
4. We have raised the ceiling on our economy and put in no floor. Then we wonder when folks slip through the cracks.
5. If you have overwhelming real world problems such that it makes you think suicide is your only option and you try to talk to someone, you will most likely be dismissed as "mentally ill" for being suicidal.
This is tragic and I assume Robinhood does need to handle things differently, but I can't help but wonder what this says about or how this relates to other societal issues in the US today.