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Wake up from the liberal fantasy, young people

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Published: 18.05.2024 06:00

Liberalism does not stay in the bottle as it appears. What is it, they say? "The minimum wage is a burden on the economy." "Every raise to the minimum wage lowers purchasing power." True! But why? Furthermore, if you don't raise the minimum wage, what will happen to the purchasing power of the minimum wage earner?

By law, the minimum wage corresponds to the lowest wage at which a worker can sell their labor. So, why is such a limit needed? Because the reason a worker sells their labor is to make a living, and they must be able to make a living to be able to sell their labor. Well, is it only the worker who needs to make a living? Don't retirees need to make a living? Should retirees neither sell their labor nor receive anything but charity in return for years of labor? As if this weren't enough, their pensions are subject to garnishment for various reasons! Since garnishment can be applied, it must be assumed that a minimum wage worker and a retiree receiving even less than that can make a living on three-quarters of their pension. Well, is that the case? Of course not!

According to the liberal fantasy, the minimum wage should not be applied to workers, and the employer's burden should not be increased. Instead, the market should reach equilibrium on its own. According to the liberal fantasy, everyone can become an entrepreneur, invest money in the stock market, watch Robert Kiyosaki, forget their poor father, follow their rich father, and become rich. As per the rich father's advice, they can evade taxes. Because everyone can choose a rich father for themselves.

The liberal fantasy is gaining followers like crazy. The new racism called "secular nationalism" and the free-market mentality are going hand in hand. Both, instead of seeing the state, capital, the market, imperialism, or capitalism as responsible, see the oppressed and the laborers. Yes, the laborers and the oppressed are responsible. Because those who support these two movements the most are the children of these two groups.

Both tendencies are gathering followers from young people who are spectators of power struggles. These young people desire to take sides in power struggles and win. They get caught up in the fantasy of crushing the weak alongside the strong.

These young people of ours watch with admiration the 'winning candidate', a country that terrorizes its region, and ultimately a regime that does not transfer resources to its retirees and its poor.

There is nothing wrong with the desire to win. As long as we realize who is winning and who is losing. While talking about secular-conservative, we unfortunately overlook the companies that increase their profits, the groups that secure tenders, and those protected by international power balances.

Let us remind those friends who are lost in the liberal fantasy. Our children are in the quagmire of drugs, and a significant portion of our young people are making a living through prostitution. The unemployed with diplomas have turned into cheap labor in the service sector. Our young people with crafts have turned into day laborers under the name of "trial". They are tried for a few days and then kicked out.

The liberal fantasy does not stay in the bottle as it appears. Rinse your mouth and come to your senses!

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