Us - Them = Rest?

The currency of life is money and time.
Before the invention of debt it was time
which with nearly no time pieces to measure it,
was practically infinite.

When money and time are well invested
they create a sense of longevity rewarded.

When they were used to dis-invest in others
whilst appearing to do the opposite,
then other people become the foot-soldiers
in an undeclared war in which all life is devalued
-because war degrades everything it touches.

We like to pretend that employers are people.
People who contract to exchange their money
for their employees time and labour.
But whatever image employers project,
the value of their money comes in how
their employees can now afford debts
that they can pay off later.

But people still have to think for themselves
if their lives are not to be devalued
by shrinking bargaining powers
for over-hyped opportunities.