Hey, at some point one has to realize that the system we've got is the ONLY one we've got, and one has to make a living within it and plan ahead for when one's too old to do so... without factoring Social Security into the equation. Working within the system while trying to change it aren't necessarily conflicting goals. Gotta make peace on some fronts, keeep waging war on others.
I'm old enough to remember when Jello & Co. got started. Back then, we compared Cowboy Ronnie to the Antichrist. Turns out Ronnie was a boyscout. Bush Jr., Cheney, Ashcroft & Co. scare the living sh!t out of me. I have NEVER felt as fearful about this country's future as I do today.
As this particular "punker" approaches the 36 year milestone, he wonders what kind of stability the current administration promises for the future. Diplomatic isolation, open-ended warfare and perpetual oil depenencies do not bode well to him.
Sorry... but I see an iceberg on the horizon and a captain at the helm who's determined to "stay the course".