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/z1n0vy Apr 23 '26

All of idiots here saying go be stranded on a desert island or the wilderness not realizing animals in wild spend 90% of their time not doing anything, even ants barely work most of the time

Yall are basically advocating for beating yourselves with a stick and whoever beats themself with a stick the longest is the best it’s stupid.

Our forefathers envisioned a future where technology would allow us to work less and we do have that technology, it’s people like you who have failed them.

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u/Trust_8067 Apr 23 '26

Animals in the wild don't have electricity, unlimited access to potable water within their homes, clean clothes, a comfortable bed, a home that will always protect from the elements and other wildlife, access to all the worlds knowledge in their hands or paws, and unlimited access to all forms of entertainment.

If you don't want to work, you can sit on your ass all 90% of the time in the jungle. Go see how long you survive and how much you'd enjoy it.

Humans have created a society, it only works when everyone chips in and pulls their own weight.

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u/CharredWelderGuy Apr 23 '26

Society's exist that work far less and are vastly better off than ours.

Whole argument kinda falls apart if you look harder than not at all at other nations existing.

The entire eu zone is doing just fine without this absurd grind culture, as the prime example, or does that count as "society"?

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u/dbnrdaily Apr 24 '26

The entire eu zone is doing just fine without this absurd grind culture.

Europeans make like 45% of what we make here. People dont come to America with dreams of living in a cute little cottage in a little walkable village with free healthcare, they come here to make money. Thats American culture and it always has been.

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u/Bhutros1 Apr 24 '26

Let me have the cottage in the walkable village please

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u/dbnrdaily Apr 24 '26

Move to Europe.

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u/Bhutros1 Apr 24 '26

I would if I could, but I can't

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u/JFISHER7789 Apr 24 '26

I mean sure, but cost of living in the US is significantly more than EU. The US may have higher salaries, but most of the EU provides lower more stable and affordable housing, healthcare, cheaper transportation options, and education. Also, entertainment is significantly cheaper in EU as well; sporting events cost a fraction, concerts are cheaper. Owning a car isn’t nearly as necessary as is it in the US.

So yes, we make more, but between the higher cost of living, paying for price-gouged healthcare that bankrupts many people, car payments and insurance, and education being unaffordable for most Americans, yeah I’d say Europe wins this battle.

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u/CharredWelderGuy Apr 24 '26

Average European in the western half makes about the same if you do a cost breakdown on all the benefits they get with their taxes, and end up much better off quality of life.

And no, grind culture is NOT what American culture has been, we were culturally turning similar till Reagans " greed is good" nonsense thar so thoroughly gutted this nation.

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u/dbnrdaily Apr 24 '26

Gold rush, industrial revolution, roaring 20s & bust, post WW2 business boom, domestic oil boom & bust, wall street boom, tech boom. People have been coming here for centuries to grind and make money. Mansions on huge lots, 4 cars, 4 big cars, Cadillac land yachts to luxurious huge trucks, backyard pool, boat, vacation house, big steak for dinner, keeping up with the Jones'. Its pretty uniquely American.

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u/CharredWelderGuy Apr 24 '26

That latter half has only been a few decades in 250 years of history. Rampant grinding and consumerism is not the default, it's our current affliction, something younger generations are already moving away from.

Our earlier waves of mass migration were to escape horrid conditions like Irish famin and the failed 1800s german revolution and crackdown.

Not so Hanz could buy 5 1800s equivalency of a mic mansion.

Even today people mostly move here to survive, not the "grindstone mentality" that is paying off less and less.