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SimulationCommander's avatar

You know I totally agree with all of this, because once the money is fake, the rest of the economy is doomed to follow. HOWEVER, the basic truth of the matter is this: She can 'suck it up' and work harder, or she can complain about it on TikTok.

Only one of these is a viable path forward.

The fact that something is terrible and unfair doesn't change the reality of your situation and what you must do to get out of it.

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Joe's avatar

While everything you say is true, probably the single biggest cause of young people’s financial misery is that accursed college diploma which has been shoved down their throats for a couple of generations now. There are endless opportunities for really good paying jobs across all of the trades, and there has been for some time here. Yes, for the few who get a cushy job in a non profit or who become “consultants” or who land on their feet in some office job with a MacBook, life after college is sweet, but for the rest of them, it is a lifetime of financial servitude. The system is rigged and brutal, but there are areas that we have agency, and one of them is to “just say no” to the diploma manufacturing industry….. I ain’t saying you are going to become rich, but you’ll be able to pay rent and go on vacation if you are even moderately competent in ANY trade.

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