Reading about the contrasts between the politics of where you came from with where you live now for some reason reminded me of my disillusionment with the Democratic party. It was painful to live with some of Obama's very un-progressive decisions — particularly the ones where he broke campaign promises right after the 2012 election, when he had a mandate and didn't have to make some of the compromises he ended up making in favor of the wealthiest members of our society. But it ultimately helped me see the political world much more clearly than before.
I don't know what I would do if I were in your place. It sounds very difficult and totally unfair. People really ought to be able to do like your father taught you and to get by without having to choose between one necessity and another. My parents, although Democrats, taught my sister and me the same things about hard work. I couldn't apply what they taught me because my brain just wouldn't support me in any such effort. It was one of the hardest lessons I had to learn. And my sister, while able to work and enjoys work satisfaction, is unable to earn enough to live on her own, so she still lives with our parents to help make ends meet. She's ace and pretty aromantic, so she doesn't mind the dampener this puts on the possibilities for dating. But at her age — 43 — I imagine it's frustrating for her not to be able to live on her own.
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Date: 2015-01-27 09:55 pm (UTC)I don't know what I would do if I were in your place. It sounds very difficult and totally unfair. People really ought to be able to do like your father taught you and to get by without having to choose between one necessity and another. My parents, although Democrats, taught my sister and me the same things about hard work. I couldn't apply what they taught me because my brain just wouldn't support me in any such effort. It was one of the hardest lessons I had to learn. And my sister, while able to work and enjoys work satisfaction, is unable to earn enough to live on her own, so she still lives with our parents to help make ends meet. She's ace and pretty aromantic, so she doesn't mind the dampener this puts on the possibilities for dating. But at her age — 43 — I imagine it's frustrating for her not to be able to live on her own.