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Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Truth!
Some people are actually out there working on: cleaning the planet, reducing carbon emissions, fighting wealth inequality.
A big part of the problem is that a lot of people who do manage achieve this, feel like they deserve to be exempt from the problems because they worked so hard. And then decide they don’t need to help others because ‘no one helped them’
I mean that basically, that’s my philosophy at least, the worlds to fked to fix rn
That’s the point. Capitalism tells everyone that problems are their own fault for being lazy or incompetent. If you just earn enough you can pay to fix your problems.
Of course, the reality of paying to solve problems *is* true, so it’s a feedback loop.
I’m attempting to do both… I run a youth counseling program, and am attempting to invest/make enough money for me to not give a fuck.
Yep, and the stupid irony of it all is that there’s enough for everyone, but nobody who has more than they need is forced to share.
This is the TRUTH!
Couldn’t agree more.
If the solution is to make enough money so the problems don’t apply, then the problem is money.
Which is honestly the best course of action you can take.
Because the problems we face now will take too long to fix for the “buy it now” generation….
Damn….the truth in this statement is raw and cuts like a knife.
Seems to be the way.
“You don’t like stuff? If you get rich enough, you don’t need to worry about that!”
it’s more like crabs in the bucket mentality. There are people trying to fix problems, but the other people (some struggling) are actively pulling them down and working against them.
And this is why Luigi is celebrated
Solid Strategy!
The oldest story of capitalism
In America being rich is a necessity not a luxury just so that you can afford decent healthcare and not file for bankruptcy if you get sick.
That is the way the entire world works isnt it? Which country OP Xeeting from ?
You nailed it. Now get to work!
That’s it lol
So true. I really believe that there is no problem we can’t over come. The problem is unless someone can make money off of it nothing will get fixed.
The elected officials who are largely bought and paid for don’t try change. Even the most thoughtful capitalist will build profit over trying to improve quality of life for general population.
Need to get money out of politics (not likely to happen) or get national grass roots to get change candidates (not going to happen).
So here we are. Personally I’m 🙏🏻 for space rock to reset this mess.
Yes, that’s called the American Dream and it actually works pretty well.
People do try, but half of the country says they wants cheaper things, but more expensive gas because climate change, cheaper houses, but not in my backyard, less crime, but defund the police, cheaper healthcare, but force everyone to buy “insurance”, which is not an insurance at all.
Do what you gotta do.
My buddy and I are working on a mobile game that will cash in on the MAGA grift. There’s nothing they love more than parting with their money in the name of the cult. Getting to fight the woke mob in a video game is just a bonus.
Doesn’t need to be huge or successful. Just successful enough.
People are trying to fix the problem, but first have to get themselves in a financial situation to do so. The problem for mankind is not going to be fixed by someone who has the problem. I have a lot of problems to fix. My finances are holding me back.
Life is a shit sandwich, and the more bread you have the less shit you have to eat.
It’s true. I can’t fix the world but just maybe I can fix MY world.
This is very true. But mostly because I don’t see a reasonable way to fix the general issues with the US. Both political parties are bought and paid for by the ultra wealthy and congress is not doing anything for the average person. Meanwhile the national debt is about to send us into an inflation doom spiral in a few years. Add in impending WW3 and another potential pandemic in the near future. Yes, I am going to hoard money selfishly
I’m doing my part!
We together can fix the problems.
“You need to save yourself, no one is coming to save you” is bullshit. Are you really so self-reliant that you don’t need a doctor, the police, fire fighters, electricians, car mechanics, IT staff, lawyers, or Door Dash?
Stop the extreme individualism takes because we all make the world happen, we accept whether laws are just or not, we build and make everything; together.
One of the biggest thefts today is the rape of our privacy so that Big Tech/Big Data and all of the sectors of society and people we do not know whatsoever can profit from us just living and breathing.
I propose Basic. Basic would offer a basic foundation of life; food/healthcare/shelter.
All of these are subsidized to begin with or largely owed by corporations. If they need additional funding it should be paid for by Big Data/Big Tech who make trillions off of our data. You cannot even opt out for cultural/religious reasons because Starlink enmeshed the globe and you need to accept Terms&Conditions to participate in society. An additional method is to take the $0.001, $0.003, $0.005 from streaming views, gas pumps, stock trades, etc into a collective Basic pool.
With Basic, it would matter less about minimum wage because our most vital needs are met. These needs are met because $ = Data = Life and we all profit and pay into it, it being civilization.
Basic would incentivize working too because you will want clothing, furniture, entertainment, technology, vacations, a bigger home (if you want to own property), vehicles, etc. Basic also incentivizes fertility because you have a foundation to grow instead of sprinting and scraping into the next week to merely survive on this globe that offers infinite water that feeds the flora that feeds the fauna, some from whose feces can be molded into shelter and offers fuel for fire.
Work would become a networking hub and a place to learn skills that will aid your success in your career and life. Your work has more value to yourself and society at large. You will have purpose in life because you will have a cushion to pursue passions and make mistakes in your endeavors without fear of homelessness or starvation.
Basic would reduce large swathes of crime as well because basic resources are not stolen or fought over.
To enact UBI would drive up costs and mess up the tax code for everyone. Basic offers the minimum needed for life to exist on our garden planet and no one needs to be taxed or lose money; in fact, there would be more money to be made all around, and Basic would balance inflation and other economic issues.
Just UHC still leaves the majority of your money going to pay for rent, groceries, and gas effectively leaving a great portion of society as wage slaves trying to afford a matchstick shelter that can be destroyed so easily yet requires tremendous time and resources to afford its ever-evolving upkeep.
Basic is the foundational policy needed for societal success and the fostering of our collective and individual potential.
I’m 14 and this is deep.
Beautifully put by in large. But seeing people volunteer and helping them makes me feel better.
On one hand it’s good that a handful of people can’t just steamroll a bill through to become law, but given the depth of modern issues and profound burn-out from daily life, we kinda need a more streamlined system which utilizes the strengths of how connected everything has become.
Having to go to a polling location or filling out sheets of paper every few years to address all the bull that happens is starting to lag behind the companies who can divide or pivot and wreak havoc in borderline-illegal ways for a year or two before legislation even gets proposed.
Nah- there are some people who are trying to make easier imaginary problems to “solve” so they can look good when they definitely solve the issue by simply assigning blame to whomever they’ve decided was at fault. Or just downright deny the problem exists, because they don’t want it to be a problem.
All so the economy- or what the wealthy want you to think is the economy- looks good.
True Truth
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Wouldn’t that solve the problem of the problem no longer apply to anyone?
Yup
Disagree. I try and be a good neighbor. I donate my time to local charities. I research and vote in each election. I try to practice compassion with people I may disagree with. Simultaneously, I’m also trying to make money for my wife and I to survive and deal with our ridiculous medical bills. I’ve no college degree but work in a trade that has allowed me to save money for our future. Takes some effort but not impossible to do both while staying in the middle class. We want to see things change for the positive good of humanity and stay afloat while singing in the life boats; giving up and saying, fuck everything is not a sustainable option.
The sad thing is it’s pretty much all your average American can do. A ton of people are working two jobs, barely getting by, and just trying to survive. Leaves little time for trying to make change. For a lot of people it even leaves little time to learn about issues.
They know exactly what they’re fucking doing. Get the average citizen in such a position where they can’t worry about the people that put them in that position.
We are an oligarchy.
Cus the masses are fucking lemmings and they can be easily manipulated to ruin any positive or wide spread change even when doing so directly detriments them and there’s no direct line of sight to their benefit.
Fifty years of red scare destroyed our last hopes of ever having a healthy and truly open national discourse about the role of Government and its ability to improve our lives. You start to talk about the most basic concepts of the Government helping the populace and you immediately become relegated to social irrelevance and pinko status.
Unfortunately, this is because the problems of late stage capitalism are typically things like “trying to keep your housing” or “trying to afford necessities”.
>Fixing ones own problems.
>Fixing other people’s problems.
Are we going to pretend this priority list was ever different or it only applies to America?
Considering the time line, I’d assume more people have their own problems they need to deal with, and an increasing percentage just never reaches stage 2 anymore.