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20yrs gets you 50% of your salary for the rest of your life on top of whatever else you saved. 3% more every year you stay on.
The guy I met hunting was in his 50s and has 30+ years in the force. He's getting like 70k/yr lol
Same with my highschool gf's dad.
They all keep working from the few I know, it's a certain kind of person. Almost a curse. Even with hundreds of millions. One is doing django alongside me almost 12hr/day... lol...
I know some retired policemen/public workers and they're doing handsomely. Went hunting one time and this guy was decked out, asked him "what do you do?!" Turns out he's retired police...
No one sane wants the responsibility: that's why it's so valuable. It's not evil.
Glad you're counting you're blessings, now you can stop worrying about CEOs!
Life can still be great. How much money you make isn't really all that important, I'm happy to inform you. No need to be jealous, count your own blessings!
Take it from a multi millionaire: it's not that cool. You already have everything you need and more, probably. Start appreciating it..
You sound jealous?
Especially if you have a cozy 200k 40hr/wk 6 weeks of vacation blah blah blah gig
2. Ok, so capitalism is fair, then? you get paid what you're worth and control that value privately ... uhh...?
3. Explain the nuance of ownership there, what am I missing that makes it unfair?
I made software that helps my clients. I sell it for $1000/mo. I get $1000/mo and pay taxes on it. I have created $1000/mo.
Please explain what's not fair about this? The intricate nuance I'm missing? LOL
Let's say I work with one other person and pay them $1/hr, which they accept. They make my idea. I end up paying them like 100 and I make 1000/mo forever
Where's the nuance there?
Markets are great at finding how much something is worth. uhhhh
Want to give some examples?
Seems to me owning what you create is the key, instead of having it ripped from your hands.
See: like, everyone's history?
> Saying that a certain group commits the vast majority of crimes is meaningless without additional context.
are there poor people who totally deserve it? is it the majority of them?
Has nothing to do with shit on the streets, etc. etc.
I hunt and fish and hike.
...ya know what, upon further consideration techno-horses are actually the future. AI augmented.. HorseGPT. You are right.
You could get by on like $1,000/mo. Live in a tent, eat rice + protein supplement or whatever, and donate the rest to Africa.
Why don't you do that? If you're posting on this forum: you are in the top 1-5% of the entire world. You have a refrigerator? You should be ashamed and sending that refrigerator to someone who really needs it. You can get by with dry food.
Obviously this is ridiculous. We live in capitalism, which just means _you_ own stuff and control it. If you own a company and that company makes 10,000,000 people happy every day, you're going to make a gorillion dollars. You deserve it, you're literally making that value... ugh..
Then you can do with that whatever you like, just like you can do whatever you like with your refrigerator.
Where's the inherent evil? 10,000,000 people giving $1/day is 365 * $10,000,000 a year in revenue. Where is the evil?! Of course with that money you'll at least put it in the bank, which helps with liquidity, bank runs, funding millions of mortgages, etc... ugh...
ya'll don't appreciate how good things are.
Honestly I think you're just jealous.
I started from nothing and have a few million. It's not crazy. There are like 30 million millionaires in the USA.
Do you think the economy is zero sum? Elon musk _took_ money?
I'm sorry but it's just true that a few people are incredible. Elon musk. Steve jobs. These people are basically worth infinity, their potential and vision is extremely useful to humanity.
Sorry a few make it to the NBA, but everyone can try.
Did Russia invent rocket propulsion?
How many dozens of millions died because of insane huge govt policies, like redistributing from the successful to the unsuccessful ...
I say allow all of this money in politics, you literally cannot stop it. Restrict power instead, it seems obvious..
> There is no chance of hyperinflation even if they pump $50 trillion into economic activity
Good lord. Buy Bitcoin guys, this is what some people really think..
If you can stomach it: https://youtu.be/0Xg4Uq1W4L8
Please don't ignore the thousands and thousands of examples of govt being terrible at this, for the handful of somewhat useful examples of shit sticking to the wall. It's still flinging shit