• walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    The lie is that if you just hustle a little bit more or for a little longer, then you’ll be able to get out of whatever hole you’re in. But really the system is set up like you said to make it a lifestyle.

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    1 year ago

    That table will last a lifetime. That mug, hard to break. Their furniture is sparse, but carefully chosen. That value will keep a lifestyle from being expensive, and it will make rough times just as lavish as always.

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      1 year ago

      And there is nothing wrong with that… as long as people are happy.

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        1 year ago

        I get your sentiment (that you don’t need to we wealthy to be happy), but most definitions of “poverty” aren’t just “not rich”, they’re more “unable to afford basic means”, which there is a lot wrong with!

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          1 year ago

          Can agree with that. And that is a system (social) problem, it’s not a human conditioning problem.

          My point was, being rich is not good either. Ask how many rich people are happy, I mean truly happy. I bet the bunch in the image is having a better time than any rich person will ever have.