Tell me, @Book273, when was the last time you spoke the truth while feeling good about the world? Oh, yeah, right. You must only be thinking of telling selective truth -- one that awards your vanity, I suppose?I am kind of leaning toward you operating at an oxygen deficient level currently. Don't write self help books eh. Maybe read a few, talk to a counsellor. Your responses strongly imply a deep depression state. — Book273
While it may be true that being poor in the country is less stressful than the city, at least it sounds intuitive true, you still sight the virtues of being poor. Listen to the hyper wealthy talk casually about poverty, and you will find exactly that kind of dismissiveness. Jeff Bezos and his ilk are especially flippant about what is in fact a living nightmare, being poor that is.
However, putting aside how this kind of thinking plays into the hands of a wealthy person's rationalization, my happiest days were when I was, well, free of the bondage of possessions. — Constance
But yes, that's a zero sum game. Which is also true today. People argue that it's no longer true. But they fail to see the big picture. It's not just satisfying the basic needs of a person. — L'éléphant
Try harder. That's a cheap shot. — L'éléphant
Utopian world, I guess? — L'éléphant
Give me a sec, I'll launch my spreadsheet for the calculation per capita of the basic needs first, then entertainment second, then ability to enjoy luxury, travel, and leisure for everyone. :meh::up: An noble objective, no doubt but what's our strategy, economically? — Agent Smith
Give me a sec, I'll launch my spreadsheet for the calculation per capita of the basic needs first, then entertainment second, then ability to enjoy luxury, travel, and leisure for everyone — L'éléphant
Tell me why my post disturbs you — L'éléphant
I looked up the definition of trailer trash. Perhaps, you are correct. My OP is directed towards those with jobs, but earning at poverty level or below that.you are acting as if trailer trash is the only social grouping of low-income people there is when that's not the case. — MAYAEL
True that.It's essential to have some unemployed and low-income workers in the economy to serve as a reserve and a warning, A reserve in that the non-employed can start working when there is a big demand for unskilled labor (not so much these days). — Bitter Crank
Many people can't. There's just too much worship of billionaires and multi-millionaires. Notice that you see rationale here and there defending the accumulation of wealth by the very few, while at the same time, berating the low income people for being...well..low income. lol.Go ahead and acknowledge it. Admit it: you've been had by your capitalist employers. — Bitter Crank
I mean I'm low income, but I don't think i'm screwed. I wonder why. — john27
Everyone has their cross to bear. A rich man can be just as screwed and unhappy as a poor man. — god must be atheist
I explain that by saying that we expect to live forever, and death is not something we actually believe will happen. — god must be atheist
Money is certainly rewarding.
But only to a point. — god must be atheist
(or so I tell myself.) — john27
I am my own reward, hence I am in a perpetual state of bliss — john27
How do you handle the effect of the diminishing return of marginal utility? — god must be atheist
I felt attractive for twenty years — god must be atheist
I felt attractive for twenty years and never got laid. But it did not matter, because I was attractive, according to my delusion, and that made me happy, which is an illusion, just like the mind, which feels the happiness... Yikes. — god must be atheist
Self suggested happiness's margin is infinite! Poof? — john27
Ah yes, the so telling indicator of low income in this Millennium in the West: you cannot afford to go and eat at a Michelin star restaurant. But perhaps every 5 years. Mmmm.5. You don't ever try Michelin star chefs' foods cause you can't afford it. So you miss out on quality service and quality food. Btw, Michelin star chefs do not discriminate against who can and can't afford. Visit their restaurant once every 5 years. — L'éléphant
That last phrase was so poetic It compelled me to organize it. — john27
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