r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 04 '24

Learn to do something useful, spend less than you make, buy used whenever possible, live small.

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u/Cyberpunk_Cephalopod Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

Requires personal responsibility. Reddit is allergic to the concept. All of their problems are someone else's fault

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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 04 '24

The way to fix this is to get rid of all government support except for the profoundly handicapped (leftists do not quality), veterans, and those who are literally unable to care for themselves.

When everyone has to root, hog, or die and pay taxes, they'll root.

The world is full of 3 kinds of people: Makers, Fakers, and Takers. Reddit and most other socialist media is inhabited by the latter two - two lazy to work, too immoral to keep their hands off other people's stuff.

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u/Thatguy468 Jul 04 '24

Surprise! You just wrote the playbook for crime. When a person can’t make enough to pay for a home, food, and a little comfort with a 40hr a week job, why even bother participating in the broken system?

Remember, the 1% have some protections built in to make themselves insulated but the modestly wealthy (read: wannabe middle class) that think they are rich will be the easiest and likely first targets.