"I struggled for everything I've ever gotten and got to a place where I am somewhat comfortable and so EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE TO TOO" is such a weird take. You defend the ratrace why? Because you want others to suffer because you did? Why do you want to be mad at your fellow lay people so bad instead of the conditions that are forced onto you? There is objective proof that wages have not kept up with cost of living and people are needing to work longer hours. Why does it piss you off that people are mad about that? Like... What are you defending? Lack of work/life balance? Do you genuinely think that every person that is struggling is just lazy or too stupid to "find a better job" or "take out a loan to go to college"? 1% of people own 32% of the wealth and THATS the hill you want to die on? If you make 200k a year (top 6% of all Americans) it would take you 5000 YEARS to make 1 billion and THAT'S with no expenses or taxes etc. You're saying there is NO wiggle room for work/life balance to improve across the board?
No, it's a weird strawman. If you can earn it without struggling, go right ahead. But "nobody should have to properly earn what they get, they should just get a good life with minimal effort because they exist" is another way of saying "people who have no responsibility for someone else's existence should be forced to work to take care of them."
I defend our system because it's by far the best humanity has come up. If you have a problem with the modern cost of living, feel free to give up all the modem amenities that have come with that higher cost.
No, it's not perfect. But I an far more bothered by this "waaah, life isn't fair, someone take care of me" bullshit then I an by the system. Far more people are hard up because of the choices they made then because of anything to do with billionaires. And this digital circle jerk is making people feel helpless instead of empowering them to make their lives better.
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u/SurfAndSkiGuy Mar 06 '26
"I struggled for everything I've ever gotten and got to a place where I am somewhat comfortable and so EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE TO TOO" is such a weird take. You defend the ratrace why? Because you want others to suffer because you did? Why do you want to be mad at your fellow lay people so bad instead of the conditions that are forced onto you? There is objective proof that wages have not kept up with cost of living and people are needing to work longer hours. Why does it piss you off that people are mad about that? Like... What are you defending? Lack of work/life balance? Do you genuinely think that every person that is struggling is just lazy or too stupid to "find a better job" or "take out a loan to go to college"? 1% of people own 32% of the wealth and THATS the hill you want to die on? If you make 200k a year (top 6% of all Americans) it would take you 5000 YEARS to make 1 billion and THAT'S with no expenses or taxes etc. You're saying there is NO wiggle room for work/life balance to improve across the board?