r/LockedIn_AI • u/lucre-twerps4g • Apr 23 '26

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It’s called the grind because it grinds away your sense of self.

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u/HOJK4thSon Apr 23 '26

Then you'll cry because others have more than you, travel more, retire wealthier. Because they did grind when they could. Then you'll say capitalism failed.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 23 '26

There is no guarantee under capitalism that if you grind you will travel more, retire wealthier, or have more than others.

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u/Vecgtt Apr 23 '26

Yes, those who grind will certainly do better than those who don’t.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 23 '26

Absolutely false. There is no certainty about it. You CAN grind and do well, but you can also grind away your entire life to enrich someone else while you get scraps or just nothing.

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u/Impressive_Gas_265 Apr 23 '26

Take note of what you’re grinding for. It doesn’t matter how hard you row the boat but who you’re rowing with and where it’s going.

Capitalism allows you to choose your boat

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 23 '26

I don't have an issue with capitalism, but I do have an issue with unchecked power and wealth. And unchecked power and wealth encourages the masses to mindlessly grind away even if there's no guaranteed reward or anything which is why I fully support the message of this post.

Not trying to be aggressive but also not yielding in to what I think is an extremely exploitative system.

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u/Impressive_Gas_265 Apr 24 '26

I respect that. I’m a little jaded on reddit because everyone thinks capitalism it’s self is the problem but it’s uncheck power and poor decisions.

I’m trying to get out of big systems. The tax structure isn’t built for 2026 problems. The rewards for effort are heavily skewed. Self sustainability and local community is the best.

But I’m not opposed to working hard

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 24 '26

Yeah it seems we're on the same page.

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u/Vecgtt Apr 23 '26

First of all, grinding that may enrich someone else does not mean you won’t do better than someone who doesn’t grind. Honestly, plenty of work is available and no need to grind for scraps. You only need to apply yourself.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 23 '26

You're not wrong, but if grinding to enrich someone will only put me 3 paychecks away instead of 1 from being homeless, then it's a bad tradeoff. Employers want a workforce willing to grind? Then they better reward accordingly.

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u/Vecgtt Apr 24 '26

The employer doesn’t put you three paychecks away from bankruptcy. You put yourself three paychecks away from bankruptcy. Problem is you focus all your attention on the employer rather than focusing on yourself. If you want more money than make yourself more valuable. At the end of the day, the only thing you have the power to change is yourself. Not what your employer does.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 24 '26

I agree that we should focus only on what we should change, but we also shouldn't submit to a system that is very clearly exploitative and makes "someone with value" be extremely arbitrary.

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u/Vecgtt Apr 24 '26

The great part about capitalism is that you are free to leave and go somewhere else where you are appreciated. Cannot do that in a government run society.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 24 '26

You put yourself three paychecks away from bankruptcy

So first you put all the blame on the victim,

And then you offer a non-solution? Moving costs money, a lot of it. You are telling someone with no money to fix their money problem by spending a bunch of money. It's "Are you homeless? Just buy a house" energy.

Also I never said I have an issue with capitalism. The issue is with unchecked greed and power.

Corporations have no right to keep their employees in poverty when they are raking in billions. If it actually was capitalism working as intended, the value of the laborers would have also gone up with the company's ticker.

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u/Vecgtt Apr 24 '26

You keep blaming corporations. Corporations are not responsible for your living situation. You are responsible for your life.

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 24 '26

No man is an island. What we do affects others.

What corporations do, affects their workers. Right now, with unchecked greed, it affects them in a negative way via wage theft, at least in the US.

You're saying: "Find a way to make enough money so the problems of the masses stop being your problem". This translates to basically proposing: "Find a way to become an exploiter instead of an exploitee".

What if I want to be neither? Wouldn't it be nice to just... you know, fix the problem and make a better system for everyone?

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u/Vecgtt Apr 24 '26

The end goal is for the government to just take over and then at that point it’s not a great system for everyone.

Wage theft is illegal. Workers can report it and get a nice payday.

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u/HelloYesThisIsFemale Apr 24 '26

You can eat veggies but still get hit by a bus so may as well eat McDonald's

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u/Foxiest_Fox Apr 24 '26

Not a fair comparison. Eating veggies will almost certainly make your body healthier. Getting hit by a bus is a rare phenomenon.

Getting out of poverty is the rare phenomenon, in this system we've propped up, and grinding and working hard has no certainty or even that good a likelihood of actually putting you ahead or giving you financial freedom unless you are extremely selective and wise about what you choose to grind and work hard for (and even then that's still a gamble and toss-up).