My point is that you make it seem like being unable to afford nice things is mostly a result of personal choices. In reality, the reason people struggle to afford nice things is because rich people are picking our pockets. The solution here is not to join the ranks of the fat cats, but instead to stop the absurd levels of thievery they are doing. This is not a personal problem that can be solved with personal responsibility, but a systemic problem that requires a systemic solution.
If you need an easily comparable situation, I think it is important for people to recycle and limit their waste production. No matter how conscientious I am, Elon Musk is going to overpollute our planet on the scale of a small country with the broad approval of our government. This is also a problem that requires a systemic solution because Elon Musk is only capable of creating so much pollution since he is supported by the systems our government runs on.
You don’t get to pick the circumstances of your birth, but you can decide if you want to make the choices to overcome them.
It doesn’t guarantee you will, but if you systematically never attempt it, you definitely won’t. And the issue with so many folks is they totally refuse to try. especially middle class white people.
Go talk to some fresh off the boat immigrant and ask them if they feel like life in american is pointless and hopeless and they will never improve their lot in life… oh right, you won’t because they came here precisely to do that and a large chunk of them see huge improvements in their quality of life and often change children that are very successful because those children inherent their attitude and work ethic.
It has nothing to do with the existence of elon musk or climate change. Those are just excuses you use to justify your lack of drive. Which is fine, but you’re making your own bed. Being angry that Musk was born with millions and turned them into billions isn’t every going to do anything positive in your own life.
The solution is to get off your ass, improve your life, and get involved politically to push forward your political goals. But people dont’ want to do that, especially on here. They want to sit around and complain about how everything is hopeless and awful and there is no point in ever trying because they have tried so hard and they aren’t rich and it’s not fair :(
I mean fine man, you want to whine about Elon go right ahead. Nobody is stopping you from doing that, but you using him as justification why you should also be a shitty person, is well, what shitty people do. Shitty people blame everyone else other than themselves, and usually pick a abstract scape goat to blame all their problems on. As if Elon dying tomorrow would do anything to change your personal life…
Why are you so accepting of rich people stealing from you? People like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates only became mega wealthy because of government funding they recieved. I too could be uber wealthy like Elon if the government freely gave me billions of taxpayer money with no strings attached. This is not a joke or hyperbole; our government has given Elon over $30 billion that he’s pissed away investing in AI anime chatbots and silencing dozens of his baby mamas.
Doesn’t that upset you? Doesn’t it make you angry that your hard earned money is funding the drug addiction and lavish lifestyle of some halfwit from South Africa who hasn’t worked a day in his life? Why is your focus on lecturing people with full time jobs wanting to afford a fulfilling life instead the Epstein-class who is stealing everyone’s money to fuel their disgusting lifestyles? Why is your response to being stolen from, “just work harder so you have enough money after the theft”?
Because nobody has stolen anything from me. Except a few douchebags when I was a teenager who stole like 20 bucks from me.
I too could be uber wealthy like Elon if the government freely gave me billions of taxpayer money with no strings attached
Yeah… the fact this is how you think tells me you are living in delusional la la fantasy land. Whatever you need to cope man. Maybe you should start buying lottery tickets? That’s a good way to get free millions of taxpayer money with no strings attached!
My point is that you make it seem like being unable to afford nice things is mostly a result of personal choices. In reality, the reason people struggle to afford nice things is because rich people are picking our pockets. The solution here is not to join the ranks of the fat cats, but instead to stop the absurd levels of thievery they are doing. This is not a personal problem that can be solved with personal responsibility, but a systemic problem that requires a systemic solution.
If you need an easily comparable situation, I think it is important for people to recycle and limit their waste production. No matter how conscientious I am, Elon Musk is going to overpollute our planet on the scale of a small country with the broad approval of our government. This is also a problem that requires a systemic solution because Elon Musk is only capable of creating so much pollution since he is supported by the systems our government runs on.
because ultimately, it is.
You don’t get to pick the circumstances of your birth, but you can decide if you want to make the choices to overcome them.
It doesn’t guarantee you will, but if you systematically never attempt it, you definitely won’t. And the issue with so many folks is they totally refuse to try. especially middle class white people.
Go talk to some fresh off the boat immigrant and ask them if they feel like life in american is pointless and hopeless and they will never improve their lot in life… oh right, you won’t because they came here precisely to do that and a large chunk of them see huge improvements in their quality of life and often change children that are very successful because those children inherent their attitude and work ethic.
It has nothing to do with the existence of elon musk or climate change. Those are just excuses you use to justify your lack of drive. Which is fine, but you’re making your own bed. Being angry that Musk was born with millions and turned them into billions isn’t every going to do anything positive in your own life.
The solution is to get off your ass, improve your life, and get involved politically to push forward your political goals. But people dont’ want to do that, especially on here. They want to sit around and complain about how everything is hopeless and awful and there is no point in ever trying because they have tried so hard and they aren’t rich and it’s not fair :(
I mean fine man, you want to whine about Elon go right ahead. Nobody is stopping you from doing that, but you using him as justification why you should also be a shitty person, is well, what shitty people do. Shitty people blame everyone else other than themselves, and usually pick a abstract scape goat to blame all their problems on. As if Elon dying tomorrow would do anything to change your personal life…
Why are you so accepting of rich people stealing from you? People like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates only became mega wealthy because of government funding they recieved. I too could be uber wealthy like Elon if the government freely gave me billions of taxpayer money with no strings attached. This is not a joke or hyperbole; our government has given Elon over $30 billion that he’s pissed away investing in AI anime chatbots and silencing dozens of his baby mamas.
Doesn’t that upset you? Doesn’t it make you angry that your hard earned money is funding the drug addiction and lavish lifestyle of some halfwit from South Africa who hasn’t worked a day in his life? Why is your focus on lecturing people with full time jobs wanting to afford a fulfilling life instead the Epstein-class who is stealing everyone’s money to fuel their disgusting lifestyles? Why is your response to being stolen from, “just work harder so you have enough money after the theft”?
Because nobody has stolen anything from me. Except a few douchebags when I was a teenager who stole like 20 bucks from me.
Yeah… the fact this is how you think tells me you are living in delusional la la fantasy land. Whatever you need to cope man. Maybe you should start buying lottery tickets? That’s a good way to get free millions of taxpayer money with no strings attached!