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How To Make Trillions Of Dollars

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I loved everything about this post. Very enlightening

I didn't. Its a person with too many first world problems and a dash of conspiracy theories. ( high level marketers created the world we live in...ect)

+1 We live in a consumption economy, this is hardly a groundbreaking realisation.

Re: How To Make Trillions Of Dollars

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This is a great post. My only disagreement is with the insinuation that the lack of universal healthcare in the US is there to intentionally trap people in unfulfilling jobs. While I agree that it sometimes has this affect, I think universal healthcare may actually make people even more dependent on the system the author is writing against, all while decreasing the quality of the health care we receive.

Great article though.

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Re: How To Make Trillions Of Dollars

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I loved everything about this post. Very enlightening

I didn't. Its a person with too many first world problems and a dash of conspiracy theories. ( high level marketers created the world we live in...ect)

> dash of conspiracy theories.

It doesn't matter if it's a conspiracy or not, the fact is it's a reality of the world we live in.

Acknowledgement of a problem is the first step to fixing it, or at the very least minimizing it's impact.

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I loved everything about this post. Very enlightening

I didn't. Its a person with too many first world problems and a dash of conspiracy theories. ( high level marketers created the world we live in...ect)

While there may not be individuals out here masterminding the system the way the author describes, there are definitely people that know they are benefiting from our collective addition to consumption.

Re: How To Make Trillions Of Dollars

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This is a great post. My only disagreement is with the insinuation that the lack of universal healthcare in the US is there to intentionally trap people in unfulfilling jobs. While I agree that it sometimes has this affect, I think universal healthcare may actually make people even more dependent on the system the author is writing against, all while decreasing the quality of the health care we receive. Great article…

From my experience living and working in multiple countries, some with and some without universal healthcare - I'm shocked that a person's health can be tied to their employment. It's a disgrace, and it absolutely, 100% has the impact of trapping people to their job.

After 7 years in a country where health care is tied to employer, my brother moved to the other side of the world to a country with universal healthcare and within 3 days said "the biggest cultural difference I've noticed is how employees are treated... so much better here"

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