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You’re not working for yourself and everything you strive for can get ripped from you by some unforseen shit

The grind is not the grind for your boss, it's for you, if you got hit by lifestyle inflation I can understand why you're feeling ripped off.

Also I already fell for the same trap the promise of “hard labour earns you stuff”, worked myself into two burnouts with no reward worth the consequences

If you're grinding for no reward then you should stop or move to a company that appreciates you

You also seem to have gotten half the memo, there are productivity nutters on linkedin who love working and love going all out 100% all day every day, but for the rest of us we generally have 2 goals:

1. Fuck You Money
2. FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)

If you're not really interested here's a brief 1 minute video on it taken from a movie:

A Level Of Fuck You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGC9FY65HBo

If you're interested:

Why You Need F-You Money

Shortly after 9/11 my company kicked me to the curb.

Six months earlier our division president had taken me to a congratulations lunch for a record breaking year. We were explosively growing and embarrassingly profitable. Over a bottle of fine wine we discussed my very bright future.

https://jlcollinsnh.com/2011/06/06/why-you-need-f-you-money/

I have F U money, so if I lose my job unexpectedly I'll be fine for the next 2 years and because I've got so much experience and skills in my industry it won't take that long to find something else. I'm also happy because I've left 2 crappy workplaces for an amazing one with a great boss that appreciates the hard work I put in and that I'm grateful for every day

Next step after that is FIRE, this is a bit of an intro to it but there's tons of info all over the net:

https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-zero-to-hero-in-one-blog-post/

Again some people go to the extreme with this lifestyle and make their own food and live off grid but for most of us it's just a matter of spend less than you earn, save/invest the rest

and once I've got my house paid off in a few years my average expenses per month will be down to pensioner levels while I earn 10x as much, as I do like working at that point the next goal is:

Barista FIRE is where the returns from your invested assets cover most, but not all of your living expenses, and you do work that you find enjoyable to make up for the difference and fund the rest of your lifestyle.

:)

Apart from a small blip of courage in 2016 and 2019, when the Labor opposition floated it as a policy (and the resulting scare campaign having since zapped any backbone from Labor for any necessary reforms), every government and would-be government has followed suit.

YES, it wasn't just a scare campaign, they lost both elections and in 2019 lost an "unlosable election", you can't say it zapped any backbone when they showed backbone and then LOST because of it. This is a clear indication that Australians don't want to lose the very things you are saying are the problem! Welcome to politics! it sucks!

I also don't understand why it mentions only the first home owners and LMI change but not the HAFF which is slowly working its way through the system?

why would some guy in 2175 be laughing at me?

edit: if you could put more effort into your posts beyond 1 vague and shitty line that’d be appreciated

why do you americans always go to healthcare but don’t even look at my name

So you can afford a few streaming services and have access to a supermarket?

do you need me to spell out every single major technological leap in the last 100 years for you or can type a few words in a search engine which searches all the worlds information and brings you results instantly?

edit: would also like to point how just how much tech and innovation is involved in “a few streaming services” and supermarkets

this was 30 years ago! 1989!

The overall takeaway is that much of America’s greatness lies in the ordinary. “He toured New York City, he saw the Statue of Liberty, Trump Tower — he wasn’t impressed,” Mack said. “He saw NASA. Again, no big deal. But it was a grocery store that made him realize that communism is a lie.”

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/02/21/361467/boris-yelstins-1989-visit-to-a-houston-grocery-store-is-now-an-opera/

supermarkets were only invented 100 years ago!

why wouldn’t it be? i have access to unlimited music, unlimited tv shows, essentially unlimited entertainment, my choices of food are near unlimited, i have access to dentistry and medical assistance light years from where it was at, etcetcetc

ok? and i’m saying you can still do the work by hand? go for your life buddy

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the system exploits you!

i live a fine life actually

the system exploits other people!

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believe it or not the system has also improved the lives of billions of people:

Two centuries ago, the majority of the world population was extremely poor. Back then, it was widely believed that widespread poverty was inevitable. But this turned out to be wrong. Economic growth is possible, and poverty can decline. The world has made immense progress against extreme poverty.

https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty-in-brief

wow incredible😀

you can check the sources quoted here if you like

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/oil

https://www.statista.com/statistics/307194/top-oil-consuming-sectors-worldwide/

https://chat.mistral.ai/chat/b8a49296-f157-491f-8aa7-e5f95ebc19cc

this is left wing progressive wank tbh

vote for pro renewables candidates, install solar panels and a solar battery, drive an ev, get an induction hot plate, so many more things you can do to effect change than these fantasies

you can check the source links if you want?

https://chat.mistral.ai/chat/b8a49296-f157-491f-8aa7-e5f95ebc19cc

thanks! i live an incredibly high quality life thanks to the system that exploits me, i literally live a better life than kings did 150 years ago

not really, according to ai:

Use Case;Approx. % of Total Oil Use;Source Transportation fuels;~50–60%;Statista (OPEC, 2025), IEA, 2025

Petrochemicals;~15–20%;IEA, 2025

Heating and electricity;~10%;IEA, 2025

Aviation (jet fuel);~5–8%;IEA, 2025

Industrial use;~8%;Statista (OPEC, 2025)

most people buy oil for their cars, what would killing an exec do?

not really, most people on the grind are working towards having f u money and early retirement

I have no idea what you're saying

First you said it was snake oil

Now that you have evidence it's not snake oil you've pivoted to something about health benefits?

can you please get that ugly fuckhead out of me face🫣🙏

the lack of laws to convict them?

unbelievable, god will be really unhappy now

this isn’t unique or special at all, you just need to do some research on this although the other guy is explaining it really well