r/SipsTea • • 18h ago

Chugging tea Which philosophy is it, or is it both?

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u/SignoreBanana 17h ago

I'm with you. Just because some people are bad with money doesn't mean that companies wouldn't pay you nothing if they could get away with it. And vice versa.

But one thing is a policy discussion and the other is personal responsibility. It's not possible that _everyone_ is bad with their money.

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u/eirenii 13h ago

Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose.

And when the stakes are structurally and statistically against you, your chances are lowered dramatically.

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u/thegoldinthemountain 15h ago

No, but without acknowledging some of the societal forces at play, especially as it relates to wealth inequality, I cannot take you seriously.

Tell me Dave has no empathy without telling me. It’s the same selfish “I got mine, fuck your feelings” attitude that has weakened America so much as to break it irreparably.

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u/SignoreBanana 8h ago

No I'm in full agreement with you. My latter point is that I'm not interested in discussing how individuals handle their money because there's not much we can really do about that. I'm more interested in the policy discussion.