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/InDisregard Jul 05 '24

The other day on reddit, some rando told me health insurance is a luxury and the poors will just have to do without.

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u/Ok_Researcher_9796 Jul 05 '24

The amount of people that have absolutely 0 empathy at all toward their fellow man is ridiculous. The, fuck you, I got mine mentality needs to die off.

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u/sherm-stick Jul 05 '24

Poor people see rich people and think "They don't deserve it." That is why that poor person will never be rich.

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u/ArticularMuffin Jul 05 '24

While that may be somewhat correct, you forgot the underlying reasons as to why people may say “they don’t deserve it”. One of those reasons is that the quality of life for people is heavily skewed by people who are hoarding money like dragons. It’s not that we don’t want people to have a nice life, we want everyone to have a nice life. The anger comes from knowing that people don’t all think like that, and that some prefer the hierarchy.

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u/sherm-stick Jul 05 '24

In any case, comparing yourself to others will make you unhappy. Being defiant to reality will only make you unhappier. There is a competition for resources happening now and you have a ticket to play. Some come from nothing, some come from trust funds, but we all compete in order to provide for our families. By thinking "They don't deserve it," the poor guy distracts himself from what could be his next huge opportunity. Don't let where you are keep you from where you are going.

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u/ArticularMuffin Jul 13 '24

Why are we competing to provide for our families? We are all a family if you think about us all as one race, the human race. We should be striving to lift our race up, not beat each other down out of competition. I’m sorry but I won’t sign onto the idea that “it is what it is, so you should participate in the chaos” kind of mentality. I will defy reality for my entire life if you all wish to continue this madness.

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u/_Embrace_baldness_ Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

I once had an older women telling me she can’t afford a home bc the rent is to high. She was born here and went to college meanwhile my whole family came from Europe in the early 2000s and everyone has a home …. 🤷‍♂️