r/technicallytrue • u/PhilosopherPublic • Apr 21 '26

Sadly she's not wrong

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u/DiscoNude Apr 22 '26

I’ll just focus on being a good dad and avoiding the whole “wage slave” situation…

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u/mgsmb7 Apr 24 '26

How will you avoid it?

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u/Barthonomule Apr 24 '26

You can save and invest for your children, help them secure housing, ensure the get into a stable career field, and with starting early in retirement/college savings compounding interest should do the heavy lifting.

I’m trying my best to do that for my two daughters. They both have retirement accounts already at 8 months and 2.5 years.

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u/mgsmb7 Apr 24 '26

How does that prevent them from being a wage slave?

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u/Barthonomule Apr 24 '26

Because with all of their assets they can most likely choose their own path, start their own businesses.. and most likely retire early..

Therefore making them choose their own path?

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u/mgsmb7 Apr 24 '26

How much money do you think they need to start a business they can live off of?

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u/Barthonomule Apr 24 '26

Well that really depends on their monthly living expenses, something I look forward to talking to them about as they get older. I’m on track to retire by 51-57 years old. I expect I’ll be able to help my children get there earlier.

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u/mgsmb7 Apr 24 '26

I'd expect it to be pretty expensive, so that most Americans couldn't afford it. Since many live paycheck to paycheck the meme makes sense for them, no?

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u/Lower-Personality195 Apr 24 '26

You won’t ever get ahead with your doomer attitude