Money, particularly fiat currency, is a useful fiction. You're not a slave of money as such, it's a tool of enslavement by those who control how much money is allowed to exist and how much is allowed to circulate. As Iain M. Banks put it, "Money is a sign of poverty".
You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die
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#22"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."
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#23It’s ad reductio it’s like saying soccer is pushing a ball. You could also say life is waking up eating sleeping and then death. It’s true but it’s definitely an emotional argument. I preferred the lectures on free will by Conway, it does not answer anything but it allows for a nice réflexion
True but for a lot of people that's pretty much it. It would not be absurd to say: "For my 4 year old soccer is just pushing a ball".
except I remember being 4 and I pretty much never touched that thing slippery bastard
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#24Other than the author having the ability to use large words I'm not sure what I was supposed to have come away with from this piece at all, it's just word salad.
100% this
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#25Government was always supposed to be influenced 'by the people' those people are usually aristocrats. That is fine if there are enough of them with different ideas. What has happened is the consolidation of the artiscroacy and thus the means of influence of government. This is where we are getting our ugly problems from.
What is the first step to fixing this? Bring voting into the 21ST century AND NOT HAVE VOTING SOFTWARE BE CONSIDERED A TRADE SECRET[1].
Voting shouldn't be as onerous today and things like the Sun Light foundation[2] should be a household name.
We have all met jerks in our lives. People who lie,deciet, and cheat to get ahead. How is having the government covered in obscurity good for anyone?
1 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190706/17082642527/votin...
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#26It’s ad reductio it’s like saying soccer is pushing a ball. You could also say life is waking up eating sleeping and then death. It’s true but it’s definitely an emotional argument. I preferred the lectures on free will by Conway, it does not answer anything but it allows for a nice réflexion
Agreed. We might as well say, you're a slave to oxygen and water, then you die.
Not really. It's not like you are workibg all your life to "earn" oxygen and water. Fortunately(for most of us) we are living in an utopia as far as oxygen and water is concerned. You get them for "free"/with minimal effort.
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#27If you want wealth, stop renting out your time. Lean towards equity. You need to be able to make money even while sleeping.
How should one go about doing this?
You wouldn't really. Because the current projections assume most people will "rent their time" and a minority lean towards equity.
It's like saying "everybody should buy second hand things to save money", ignoring the fact that the saving comes from many not buying second hand.
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#28Other than the author having the ability to use large words I'm not sure what I was supposed to have come away with from this piece at all, it's just word salad.
I was interested until about half way, and then the author lost/bored me. Ah, the problems writing for the ADHD generation...
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#30If you want wealth, stop renting out your time. Lean towards equity. You need to be able to make money even while sleeping.
Nothing revelatory but it's the truth.
Anybody seeking more freedom ought to attempt to build a system that generates revenue without your presence being required.
Investing, swing trading and software are the most straightforward paths.
Software particularly. A couple thousand hours of sweat, toil and despair and you might just create a perpetual cashflow generating machine.