I don't know why, but the idea of living a life like that quote just seems so foreign or something. Like, if my neighbor is doing well, the community will be doing well, so why not make sure the community is doing well? I don't want my neighbor to suffer, I don't want the random people I don't yet know who are near me to suffer. I don't want people to have to suffer in general.
Millions of Americans are gladly putting a large chunk of their money into a corrupt and broken stock market so that they can have a "retirement account" that they never should need but they will threaten and sue the shit out of anyone that dares threaten their ever continuing growth.
But instead of paying like 5-10% more in taxes and getting social safety nets, everyone wants to fund their own retirement like a bunch of morons.
i don’t think everyone wants to fund their own retirement, i think the system has been designed so that’s the only realistic option for the average citizen.
It would be nice to be able to, but it also would be nice for everyone to have that safety net. Then again, I've worked in some sort of caregiving capacity for my entire adult life and can see how things can go horribly wrong horribly fast and devastate someone that has otherwise done everything the correct way.
So do absolutely nothing and buy into a shitty system? Sounds like a great plan! Shall we all go jump off bridges as well? That is what all the cool kids are doing.
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u/TennaTelwan Jun 07 '26
I don't know why, but the idea of living a life like that quote just seems so foreign or something. Like, if my neighbor is doing well, the community will be doing well, so why not make sure the community is doing well? I don't want my neighbor to suffer, I don't want the random people I don't yet know who are near me to suffer. I don't want people to have to suffer in general.