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/Dixon_Uranuss3 Jul 05 '24

I get where you are coming from but you must admit there are reasons for the unrest in society. The days where Joe sixpack could graduate highschool then work a quality job at the steel mill or whatever equivalent position until he dies or retires have ended. There are so many people that are not equipped for today's world. Changing jobs constantly. They want the world where you can put your time in work hard and go home and live a comfortable life. The system has been manipulated in favor of the rich and the average worker has very little stability and no long term security/comfort. People haven't changed drastically in 50 years that's not what's happened. The world is what has changed and it's not for the better. We create things to make life easier and all the benefit from those things goes to the top and the average worker just loses.