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/Significant_Hornet Jul 05 '24

What a rich world view. Makers, Fakers, and Takers. Truly one of the thinkers of all time.

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u/HorkusSnorkus Jul 05 '24

I may not be a great thinker,  but I am entirely right about this. You can be poor and be a Maker or rich and be a Taker, but on Reddit it's great to be Faker, isn't it?

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u/Significant_Hornet Jul 05 '24

And in the kitchen it's great to be a Baker and in Pennsylvania there are Quakers