I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

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rickyb

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vantexan said:
I agree with you to a certain extent but there are tens of millions of people who aren't educated and have limited options in the areas they live in. My view when I was young was to move away from such an area, join the military, get on with a company that pays. In the end I know people who stayed on in my home town, built a life, had kids, were never prosperous financially, but were happy. They didn't need to try to do more, were content with what they had, and had a good life anyways. I on the other hand put my eggs in the FedEx basket instead of staying in the Air Force, and bounced around without much to show for it. What I can say is those friends who don't have a lot beyond a basic house that's paid for are facing retirement with just Social Security. And it won't get any easier for them.
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social security is too low.

your poor friends may have low standards as well leading them to being happier than they should be. people having low standards is a sign of hte matrix.

the country is deindustrialized so you need education to get a decent job quite often.
 
Thebrownblob

Thebrownblob

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rickyb said:
the government wants 1 year of min 20 hours a week service in exchange for what they gave me. if i quit early then i repay back the portion of that year i did not do. but the deal is so good that you think i am scamming them lol.

yea you probably do have to go to college. its a desperate gamble north americans - they borrow money to go to college in the hopes the career they get after will make the investment worthwhile.
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Going to college and getting into debt to do so or two different things. I have three kids. None of them have college debt, and one is currently in college. And I paid for none of it. There are ways to pay for it as you go or get scholarships. Only fools go to a four-year college for the “experience”. A experience most will be paying back much of their adult life
 
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rickyb

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Thebrownblob said:
No, I think it was a terrible deal because you did absolutely nothing with it just like you’ve done with the rest of your life. You talk about Socialism being great, but it has nothing nothing for you. Matter fact, you want to move to Europe and you’re paralyzed stuck where you are because you have nothing and can’t even manage to get there to live you’re supposed to dream don’t you think that’s sad?
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i am fufilling the deal and you think i am scamming it because it is so good lol.

yea i wish we had free movement of workers across borders like the europeans. grandma lost her polish ID, they tried to look for it, and so i lost out on that.

we dont have enough government involvement here like 7 weeks paid vacation by law, or a reasonable transportation system, and hte government writes off the debts of wall street but not main street.
 
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rickyb

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Thebrownblob said:
Going to college and getting into debt to do so or two different things. I have three kids. None of them have college debt, and one is currently in college. And I paid for none of it. There are ways to pay for it as you go or get scholarships. Only fools go to a four-year college for the “experience”. A experience most will be paying back much of their adult life
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how do you expect a 18 year old to pay for $20,000+ in tuition with cash or scholarships? especially if they grew up in a big city with unaffordable housing.
 
Thebrownblob

Thebrownblob

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rickyb said:
i am fufilling the deal and you think i am scamming it because it is so good lol.

yea i wish we had free movement of workers across borders like the europeans. grandma lost her polish ID, they tried to look for it, and so i lost out on that.

we dont have enough government involvement here like 7 weeks paid vacation by law, or a reasonable transportation system, and hte government writes off the debts of wall street but not main street.
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And the same ones that are keeping you in chains you want them to be more? lol OK enjoy your servitude.
 
Thebrownblob

Thebrownblob

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rickyb said:
how do you expect a 18 year old to pay for $20,000+ in tuition with cash or scholarships? especially if they grew up in a big city with unaffordable housing.
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Awww Ricky is a sucker and thinks tuition is $20,000 lol. Unaffordable housing? My oldest lived with me for two years and then have roommates. And made it to college with zero debt. She’s now a physical therapist My youngest is doing the same.
 
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rickyb

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Thebrownblob said:
Awww Ricky is a sucker and thinks tuition is $20,000 lol. Unaffordable housing? My oldest lived with me for two years and then have roommates. And made it to college with zero debt. She’s now a physical therapist My youngest is doing the same.
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2 years for ecg was over 20,000

3 years of nursing is 26,000

yea where did they live? a 2 br quote from 2022 january is $2700 in 2 / 3 biggest cities in this country
 
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Thebrownblob

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rickyb said:
2 years for ecg was over 20,000

3 years of nursing is 26,000

yea where did they live? a 2 br quote from 2022 january is $2700 in 2 / 3 biggest cities in this country
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Maybe the difference here is I actually like my kids and they were more than welcome to stay at my house for free while they went to school and worked.
 
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rickyb

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Thebrownblob said:
Dude, you just mix fantasy and nonsense together. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I guess we’re done here.
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agent smith circa matrix reloaded talked alot about "purpose".

so you look at most people and their fashion doesnt mean anything, or maybe it means something about fitness. the back of their cars doesnt have any stickers on it, the only symbols are from the automaker. and they spend their money buying things they dont need to fill the nihilism of life instead of donating it to revolution or using hteir money to buy time so they can join the revolution or even reforms if they support capitalism.

so if you want to talk about why people are slaves to capitalists and governments who arent helping enough, then people need to live more lives with more intention and more purpose.
 

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