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Finances are a funny thing.
We need money to live but at what point do we need to live more than we need money?

Like everybody working for someone else, money comes up in conversations as we gripe about everything and anything that's wrong in our lives.

Life is a huge rat race for the majority of people and it's a very hard race to get out of. There is pressure form all sides to pay your bills, to conform with your peers, to keep going bigger and better.

It's not just you. It's how consumerism works.

All of those big multinational companies are only making money if they are convincing you to buy more of their stuff. They can't get rich unless people watch the adverts and want the items.

Our whole society runs on this fact. If people stopped wanting things and went back to living then society might collapse. Imagine people growing their own crops or creating their own value. Then working a few hours a week for essentials and fun money.

Shops would close, multinationals would collapse, the 1% would lose their hold on society as they are invested heavily into a lot of these brands. The government would lose massive tax revenue.

It's all very 1950's. Not that we could ever rewind society to those levels but we could make changes.

Fitting our wants into our want to work. The more money that you make, the more options that are opened up to you to spend that money. Then you have to keep working to pay for everything and still end up no better off than before.

Imagine two people with high paying jobs. Jobs like those come with certain expectations and realities. Extra hours, late calls ect... Then when you have a family this adds daycare bills. Nanny bills, entertainment, school. The more that you work means that the more it costs for you to be absent. The same goes with a larger house. You need somebody to clean it, to mind the garden, to do all of the oter chores. You might be earning more but it's costing more. Then you have the expectations that come with your job. Certain clothes, cars, lifestyle.

It's hard to get away from this and you just end up working more to try and have more money to spare.

Some people might aspire to live this way but to me it doesn't maker sense. I would rather earn less but live more. Have more time to be around the house and do the silly jobs. have a smaller house and have less jobs to do. Cheaper clothes but enjoy my day more.

There are lots of ways to live but I know where i want to be in my life.

It's not killing myself for more stuff anyway.

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We need money to live but at what point do we need to live more than we need money?

Such a great line with lots of meaning behind it.

Cheers,

!BEER

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100% agree with you man, I've often thought about this. Money is a bottomless pit, you can never have enough of it, greed grows and the more you have the more you want. Then you're in a cycle of maintaining the same lifestyle you're used too. I think it would be a hard fall for some multi-millionaire to litrally lose it all and end up on the dole. They would lose their mind, because it would be alien to them not having the money and lifestyle they're used to.

If I was loaded, like stupid rich, I'd love it, but screw spending your entire life getting there or aspiring to get there. I'd rather enjoy small things and be happy, rather than spend my life stessed and misreble, waiting for that early retirement.

Also, yeah, the whole throw away culture was introduced in the 40's, it was a thesis written by some guy, can't remember what it was called. Basically, it outlined that for society to never reach a depression ever again, products would have to be fitted with a lifespan, basically use by dates, so they need to be purchased more regularly and maintaining the ecomony. That's why nothing lasts now, everything as an expiry date. That saying. "They don't build 'em like they used to." It's true.

That's why the world is the way it is, and to be fair, there has never been A Great Depression again, so I guess they were right. But, it's not good for the consumer.

!PIZZA !LOLZ

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This can all flip with work from home and flexible work arrangements which is a wonderful addition and a cost saving benefit for many and the reduced reliance on aging grandparents to mind kids.

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I think that is a good way of doing things and I don't need more than what I need for my normal life. As long as I am financially sound and everything is ok, I can just live with that. I don't really see any benefits to doing that.

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