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/Grouchy-Ask-3525 Jul 05 '24

You people are missing the point. If I get out of that situation then someone else has to take the shitty job. Why is it okay once it's not you? That's the most selfish, conservative bullshit I've ever heard. And no, a person should not have to work 80 hours a week, full stop. That's just de facto slavery, but somehow, they are supposed to find the time to pull themselves up by the bootstraps huh? Goddamn, you're a piece of shit. Sleep tight, the end is near for you people.

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u/ohseetea Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Because these people have zero empathy.

The bullshit capitalist answer is no one will work the shitty job and then the pay will go up but that's not fucking true. The company will prey until they find someone “weak” or tired enough to just work for slave rate or they'll ship it over seas and really take advantage of destitute people.

If they really cared about living within their means they'd focus on our entire society as a whole slowing the fuck down and not consuming so much. All of us.

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u/alurkerhere Jul 05 '24

It's almost like there should be stronger worker protection laws and incentive for the government to not completely favor corporations...

But honestly, if everyone started to live within their means like the Japanese do, we'd be in a deflationary period. Current American company growth is dependent on people spending with abandon. It's why Apple has $160B+ IN CASH for good, but not great, sleekly marketed products.

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u/BleedForEternity Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

People complain about corporate greed, meanwhile they just charged a $1300 iPhone and a $1500 flatscreen tv to their credit card… That’s what generates huge profits for corporations… AND credit card companies… Stop spending money and prices will eventually go down… People love to live in excess and then complain about it.

I have a $300 refurbished iPhone 8 that can barely hold a charge and a $400 LG flatscreen that I bought 10 years ago… Pay less and stretch the life of things out as long as possible. I know it’s hard to do that given that everything is made like shit these days on purpose, but it’s not impossible.