Retiring Tired

Anthony Bialy
4 min readJun 17, 2024

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Joe Biden can’t retire in the Biden economy. Running to keep a job until he’s more than twice as old as Teddy Roosevelt at inauguration sets an example in his way to broke Americans who have no choice but to remain employed until they’re the elder senior citizens. Shuffling papers for yet another shift demonstrates how life’s going under his watch. He’s not seeing much. The president really does embody the nation.

A wholly unremarkable human’s services aren’t needed. But the supposed president isn’t going to vacate the office just because he’s older than duct tape. His career path would’ve been regrettable even when he possessed his faculties, which were never worth much even subtracting Biden’s signature inflation.

Anyone could grow up to be president. Work nonstop to train. The only person with secure housing is the one who gets a majority of electoral votes. Getting a roof over one’s head is the best reason to run. For non-presidential Americans, it’s too costly to stand in the shadow of a dwelling. The dream of renting a home with four other people who put ads on Craigslist is out of reach.

The timing connected to the way nobody could buy anything only seems uncanny. Inventing corporate greed allowed capitalist pigs to cruelly sabotage the intended gentle reign of an selfless public executive focused on cooperation. Sure, life became unaffordable once Biden inflicted losses by getting policy wins. But that must be because diabolical corporate overlords fretted that geezers who ceased clocking in would spend slightly less.

The response to previous screwups is always to try them more intensely. This is liberalism we’re discussing. Federalized health insurance made more than the economy sick, which must mean single-payer is the cure. Cede wholesale control so a government where Biden is head of state can be in charge of your well-being.

Government made life unaffordable, which they’ll fix by making everything free. Results will kick in if you have enough faith to re-elect a twit born before D-Day who holds older awful notions. The routine of pretending to work brings him comfort, if not necessarily productivity.

Elderly people keeping going is either deflating or heartening. Today is in the midst of an era for patronizing remarks about how spry the erstwhile retiree class. Their era featured trips to Five Guys that didn’t require seeking the approval of a loan officer. A president who’s almost able to walk around on his lonesome may sadly inspire dolts born during his vice presidency to ruin the economy into the 22nd century.

Creating value continues for many elders who aren’t content with shuffleboard. Fans of blues combos are grateful they can still see the Rolling Stones. The emblematic rockers who reclaimed the good name of dinosaurs recorded their recently-released live album in 2002, which is about 65 percent into the band’s history. Selling seats isn’t just for whippersnappers 64 and younger. Keith Richards is younger than the president.

By contrast to the soul survivors who brought the world Beggars Banquet, Biden is not about to start creating anything meaningful. A fossil who can’t admit he’s gone extinct was vestigial even in his alleged prime.

A bipartisan agreement to never go away shows agreement on only the wrong issues. Donald Trump should’ve retired after all that totally legitimate real estate success building understated towers. But the behavior that led him to fake success doesn’t disappear with age.

The uplifting inspirer loves you so much that he’s running again to save America, which can’t start until his fifth year. A rebooted Republican is like a quarterback from the USFL days, which is why the New Jersey Generals didn’t win a championship before he wrecked the league. Building another pyramid scheme on the ruins is totally not a scam just so the greatest phony who ever was can skim enough to cover his endless legal bills. This is Donald Trump we’re talking about.

The problem with a representative government is how apt it is to blame those represented. Voters could’ve chosen retirement on behalf of either nasty nominee. But like binging The Office again, they settled for something familiar instead of taking a moment to search for an interesting novel offering. That’s what she said.

Every condemnation of success is based in thinking everyone else rips off contributors, too. CEOs who have enough to order guacamole must have indulged in corruption just like the grifting boss. The equivalent of thinking a corporation is ripping you off for selling you something voluntarily is as messed up as re-electing a thorough failure.

Refusing any chance to walk away from power is Biden’s sole principle. His entire adult life has been squandered condemning the greed of people who like him are rich and who unlike him earned it via completing tasks. The incumbent would be able to afford Chuck E. Cheese at every meal even if he resigned this afternoon. But there’s still more Ukrainian-bound cash that can fall off a truck.

Biden embodies the worst stereotypes of his generation. The ostensible commander-in-chief is rather advanced in only one sense. A self-centered superstitious buffoon believes in his own abilities despite having no marketable skills, and we could all use an inspiring example of confidence.

Biden could do nothing all day. That’s the best hope for if he wins again. But he sort-of chose to still do something. At least, his minders did. Doing something so useful that others will pay for it is as foreign a notion to him as correctly counting grandchildren.

Wage slaves can’t stop because of a anti-emancipation president who creates nothing but aggravation. Citizens can only wish he’ll never retire because work is so fulfilling. Empty existences and PayPal accounts enhance that eternal toiling feeling.

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