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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Dec 28, 2020 7:55:06 GMT -5
The more I read, the more I watch, the more I learn, the more I hate rich people. I hate the entire concept of hoarding money. I hate rich people "problems". I hate that I may never be able to afford a modest home for myself but boomers can afford their fifth, sixth, seventh+ investment property. And I hate that a lot of the time, our own people vote in governments that meticulously plan how to continue this vicious cycle. A lot of people aspire to be rich, so they vote in the interests of the rich without voting to help themselves in their current situation. It drives me insane. Yes, I was just watching this! |
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Post by Roman on Dec 28, 2020 9:25:48 GMT -5
A lot of people aspire to be rich, so they vote in the interests of the rich without voting to help themselves in their current situation. It drives me insane. Yes, I was just watching this! I have a lot to say about this, lol. I'll keep it short. A teacher in high school back in the day already said: "people vote for their own wallet". So whether it's protecting their wealth by the rich or wanting free money by the poor, it's never for the bigger picture and what's best for everyone. Wealth distribution is a tricky thing. I agree that it's a perverse system that the very rich build more wealth over the back of "normal" working people. It also pains me that younger people, even those with a degree, don't get that much opportunities anymore. Unless you want to sell your soul and play the game alongside people with money, you're pretty much stuck working until you're really old. In all fairness. Pretty much everyone on here belongs to the richest 1% worldwide. Also, not everyone who's filthy rich is a terrible person. Some people really used their excellent skills for good and made a lot of money because of that. But yeah, I'd like to see the system change. The big money in corporations and institutions should be used to improve life for everyone in society. Now it mostly flows one direction, only to the "elite".
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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Dec 28, 2020 20:35:14 GMT -5
In all fairness. Pretty much everyone on here belongs to the richest 1% worldwide. Also, not everyone who's filthy rich is a terrible person. Some people really used their excellent skills for good and made a lot of money because of that. This may be true, but I'm referring to the "filthy rich". I'm referring to those who send out tweets asking for donations to charities but already have a multi-million dollar fortune. Even if you have an altruistic heart, it doesn't align with living in a mansion with a private plane awaiting to take you to one of your holiday homes. Yes, I'm looking at Taylor, and the people she is in the room with at awards shows. I am looking at the people who worship those because of that status. I, myself, am working towards "living with less" and decluttering things that no longer give me joy. But it's hard to help those less fortunate if you don't have the money left over to do it. I read somewhere a while back that if the richest people in the world got together and gave up their fortunes, they could essentially end world hunger. I don't know how true this is, but a lot of the time it does come down to "rich" and "poor", no matter how much people think they are "helping" a country's economy, most of the time they're just helping to line bigger pockets. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 23:27:44 GMT -5
Work has been TIRING these past few days. I'm really glad to have a day off tomorrow  there's been a lot of drama recently among staff members and I find it just really tiring to handle  |
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Post by Roman on Dec 29, 2020 3:25:42 GMT -5
In all fairness. Pretty much everyone on here belongs to the richest 1% worldwide. Also, not everyone who's filthy rich is a terrible person. Some people really used their excellent skills for good and made a lot of money because of that. This may be true, but I'm referring to the "filthy rich". I'm referring to those who send out tweets asking for donations to charities but already have a multi-million dollar fortune. Even if you have an altruistic heart, it doesn't align with living in a mansion with a private plane awaiting to take you to one of your holiday homes. Yes, I'm looking at Taylor, and the people she is in the room with at awards shows. I am looking at the people who worship those because of that status. I, myself, am working towards "living with less" and decluttering things that no longer give me joy. But it's hard to help those less fortunate if you don't have the money left over to do it. I read somewhere a while back that if the richest people in the world got together and gave up their fortunes, they could essentially end world hunger. I don't know how true this is, but a lot of the time it does come down to "rich" and "poor", no matter how much people think they are "helping" a country's economy, most of the time they're just helping to line bigger pockets. Yeah. I agree that celebrities should stay out of this unless they really want to make a difference. And even then they should take action without publicity. It’s despicable that celebrities lecture normal people. The positive is that we have already made significant progress worldwide when it comes to diseases for example. Also the living standard has improved. But we need to be careful. By just throwing money around, we cause new problems. It’s foolish to try to boost their standard of living to our level as quickly as possible. Look at the mass migration from Africa to Europe. Instead of building their own countries, they’re fleeing to chase the dream of a rich life. That’s what you get when you give people phones and internet instead of teaching them basic skills. On a personal level we should focus on the small things for the people around us. That’s where you can make a difference. You don’t have to become mother Teresa. |
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Post by taytaytay on Dec 29, 2020 3:50:54 GMT -5
In all fairness. Pretty much everyone on here belongs to the richest 1% worldwide. Also, not everyone who's filthy rich is a terrible person. Some people really used their excellent skills for good and made a lot of money because of that. This may be true, but I'm referring to the "filthy rich". I'm referring to those who send out tweets asking for donations to charities but already have a multi-million dollar fortune. Even if you have an altruistic heart, it doesn't align with living in a mansion with a private plane awaiting to take you to one of your holiday homes. Yes, I'm looking at Taylor, and the people she is in the room with at awards shows. I am looking at the people who worship those because of that status. I, myself, am working towards "living with less" and decluttering things that no longer give me joy. But it's hard to help those less fortunate if you don't have the money left over to do it. I read somewhere a while back that if the richest people in the world got together and gave up their fortunes, they could essentially end world hunger. I don't know how true this is, but a lot of the time it does come down to "rich" and "poor", no matter how much people think they are "helping" a country's economy, most of the time they're just helping to line bigger pockets. Jeff Bezos alone has enough money to solve world hunger without him even realising the money is gone. That's how rich he is. People often talk about these celebrities etc. being so generous, but someone whose religion dictates that they give 10% of their income to charity is far more generous (as an example). This is what has started to frustrate me about celebrities. No one needs to own multiple mansions in one country when poverty is becoming more common. It's also been a journey for me this year where i've realised that it's much better for my brain to live with less. This year has made me realise that so much of what we're sold as being 'essential' actually isn't. |
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Post by Roman on Dec 29, 2020 12:32:33 GMT -5
This may be true, but I'm referring to the "filthy rich". I'm referring to those who send out tweets asking for donations to charities but already have a multi-million dollar fortune. Even if you have an altruistic heart, it doesn't align with living in a mansion with a private plane awaiting to take you to one of your holiday homes. Yes, I'm looking at Taylor, and the people she is in the room with at awards shows. I am looking at the people who worship those because of that status. I, myself, am working towards "living with less" and decluttering things that no longer give me joy. But it's hard to help those less fortunate if you don't have the money left over to do it. I read somewhere a while back that if the richest people in the world got together and gave up their fortunes, they could essentially end world hunger. I don't know how true this is, but a lot of the time it does come down to "rich" and "poor", no matter how much people think they are "helping" a country's economy, most of the time they're just helping to line bigger pockets. Jeff Bezos alone has enough money to solve world hunger without him even realising the money is gone. That's how rich he is. People often talk about these celebrities etc. being so generous, but someone whose religion dictates that they give 10% of their income to charity is far more generous (as an example). This is what has started to frustrate me about celebrities. No one needs to own multiple mansions in one country when poverty is becoming more common. It's also been a journey for me this year where i've realised that it's much better for my brain to live with less. This year has made me realise that so much of what we're sold as being 'essential' actually isn't. To be fair to Jeff Bezos: most of his massive wealth is in Amazon shares. He build Amazon from a small book shop to the massive worldwide corporation it is now. But yeah, he should give back more to his employees instead of rewarding other wealthy shareholders. Amazon could be a role model for employers. Same with Bill Gates. He build Microsoft from scratch. But over so many years he should've rewarded the families of his employees. It's a bit late to donate his fortune to charity now. Besides, it probably still stings that Microsoft employees are indirectly funding these projects. In general, large corporations should focus on creating jobs, education and welfare. Primarily for their employees and indirectly for society. |
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Post by taytaytay on Dec 29, 2020 14:08:47 GMT -5
Jeff Bezos alone has enough money to solve world hunger without him even realising the money is gone. That's how rich he is. People often talk about these celebrities etc. being so generous, but someone whose religion dictates that they give 10% of their income to charity is far more generous (as an example). This is what has started to frustrate me about celebrities. No one needs to own multiple mansions in one country when poverty is becoming more common. It's also been a journey for me this year where i've realised that it's much better for my brain to live with less. This year has made me realise that so much of what we're sold as being 'essential' actually isn't. To be fair to Jeff Bezos: most of his massive wealth is in Amazon shares. He build Amazon from a small book shop to the massive worldwide corporation it is now. But yeah, he should give back more to his employees instead of rewarding other wealthy shareholders. Amazon could be a role model for employers. Same with Bill Gates. He build Microsoft from scratch. But over so many years he should've rewarded the families of his employees. It's a bit late to donate his fortune to charity now. Besides, it probably still stings that Microsoft employees are indirectly funding these projects. In general, large corporations should focus on creating jobs, education and welfare. Primarily for their employees and indirectly for society. Even if it's in shares, it's still more than the people who actually do the hard work for his company have. I have no issue with these people earning fair wages for the work they do/they've done, but it's when you become the richest man on earth based entirely on the exploitation of workers that's an issue. There's no reason Amazon shouldn't be a living wage employer around the world at the very minimum, but they're not. |
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Post by chantel on Jan 2, 2021 19:24:50 GMT -5
I think if you have a successful enough business to become wealthy than you should be able to spend your money as you see fit but Jeff Bezos' wealth is insane mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ |
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Post by Roman on Jan 3, 2021 4:13:49 GMT -5
I think if you have a successful enough business to become wealthy than you should be able to spend your money as you see fit but Jeff Bezos' wealth is insane mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/Money doesn’t have the be equally distributed, that wouldn’t be fair. But in the slipstream of fortunes that are made, everyone should benefit, not only a small group of people. Capitalism has brought us a lot of good. But there’s a dangerous trend going on the last 30 years. Corporations have become a playground for an overdone management structure. More and more people try to slip into the role of being a manager. They are getting paid a lot without being productive for the corporation. To fund that the number of productive employees gets cut more and more. It puts a lot of stress on people and influences quality in a negative way. Productivity goes down or prices go up. The reflex is to save money by getting rid of even more productive employees. It’s also bad news for customers. Products are more expensive. To afford that, you need more money. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 4, 2021 19:12:07 GMT -5
This loss of one of my family's pets/animals has been one of the hardest ones yet. I think I feel a little better than yesterday, but I am still very sad and feel lost and depressed at times. Sometimes I wish I wasn't alive so I wouldn't have to experience all of this pain and loss. I f##king hate January, it is the worst month of the year (for me). It already sucks and makes me depressed when Christmas is over because I love it and look forward to it, and it goes by so fast, and then January comes and it sucks. So far we've lost two animals in January and my mom's mom and dad passed away in January also. It's the biggest month of loss.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 19:53:05 GMT -5
This loss of one of my family's pets/animals has been one of the hardest ones yet. I think I feel a little better than yesterday, but I am still very sad and feel lost and depressed at times. Sometimes I wish I wasn't alive so I wouldn't have to experience all of this pain and loss. I f##king hate January, it is the worst month of the year (for me). It already sucks and makes me depressed when Christmas is over because I love it and look forward to it, and it goes by so fast, and then January comes and it sucks. So far we've lost two animals in January and my mom's mom and dad passed away in January also. It's the biggest month of loss. I know from my own experience how difficult losing a pet can be. And the anniversaries of the loss of loved ones is also difficult. Please remember that your NTC friends (including me) are here for you Callie.  |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Jan 4, 2021 20:23:08 GMT -5
This loss of one of my family's pets/animals has been one of the hardest ones yet. I think I feel a little better than yesterday, but I am still very sad and feel lost and depressed at times. Sometimes I wish I wasn't alive so I wouldn't have to experience all of this pain and loss. I f##king hate January, it is the worst month of the year (for me). It already sucks and makes me depressed when Christmas is over because I love it and look forward to it, and it goes by so fast, and then January comes and it sucks. So far we've lost two animals in January and my mom's mom and dad passed away in January also. It's the biggest month of loss. I know from my own experience how difficult losing a pet can be. And the anniversaries of the loss of loved ones is also difficult. Please remember that your NTC friends (including me) are here for you Callie. The (sort of) weird thing is our dog Roo's passing away anniversary is today but five years ago from today. So Tucker passed away yesterday, which was one day short of the fifth anniversary of Roo's passing. My mom's mom and dad's passing away dates come up on January 18th and January 19th. So our two dogs are sort of the same in that it was like my mom's mom waited to pass away until after her late husband's passing away date ( 14 or so years before she passed away), but Tucker passed away the day before Roo did five years ago. |
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Post by Roman on Jan 7, 2021 12:22:11 GMT -5
I think if you have a successful enough business to become wealthy than you should be able to spend your money as you see fit but Jeff Bezos' wealth is insane mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/Apparently Elon Musk has now surpassed Jeff Bezos as richest man in the world. I wonder how taytaytay feels about that  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2021 14:45:07 GMT -5
Work has been so terrible lately I feel like I'm not being recognized or compensated for my hard work and it suckssss I've been job hunting these past few months and there really hasn't been any new jobs because of the pandemic |
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