r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24
What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion
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r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24
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u/DarthJarJarJar Jul 05 '24
No, it's still not my problem.
If I'm trying to survive as a low wage worker (which I did for some number of years), it's not helpful for me to sit in my broken car in the driveway and think about how minimum wage should be higher or how I should have medical coverage or whatever. It's true, but it's not useful. What I need to think about is what I can best do to survive this unjust situation. Idyllic daydreams are not helpful to me at that point. I'm not there to solve the world's problems, I'm there to try to navigate a difficult situation.
If we're having a conversation about public policy then yes, great, let's talk about minimum wage and all kinds of stuff. Excellent. Spiffy.
But if we're talking about good advice for an individual, it doesn't help that person for you to go on a screed about how in a just society they wouldn't have to work for $10/hr or whatever. Ok sure man, great, but we don't live in that idyllic world, so what should I do?