Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "A Friendly Debate On Why Life Is So Expensive, And How To Fix It" video.

I wish all it took was being more personally responsible but the most proactive person in the world is no match for a bad law. Laws and policies can be changed it's just hard that's all. But the hard shouldn't dissuade us from trying to work together and either get elected or get others who are elected to make the changes we want to see.
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@mukkaar yeah agreed. I mean essentially I think it goes without saying, and we all need to do our best to take responsibility for own lives and change what is within our power to change. However, that's not the point. If we want to change public policy then we're going to have to do a lot more cooperation and collaboration than just focusing on our own individual experiences
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@kay203 sure I don't disagree. But all the shit laws and policies need to get changed eventually. The only question is are we going to be the ones that try to organize and force those changes. I'm willing to try. I'm not there yet, but I'm working on it. I mean imagine all those slaves under slavery- I'm sure they thought "well maybe I'll just be a better slave and I can better my situation". Sure yeah maybe. In some cases I'm sure he did better his situation, within the limits he found himself. But that didn't change his status as a slave does it? It took a much longer fight and unfortunately in this particular case a war, and it still didn't stop all the subsequent discrimination but at least it did stop chattel slavery (although sharecropping was slavery in all but name). Systemic governmental changes are a long-term project. Sometimes it can happen quickly but more often it takes months, years, decades.... Or longer. A person involved in this has to be willing to think long-term, not just a few years down the road but 100, 200, 300 or more. You have to think big and you have to be able to think systemically- to see how all the small parts work together as a cohesive whole. For me, I'm guided by a vision of what I believe ideal society should look like and what are the obstacles to get there.
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I'm sure Europe isn't perfect. I'm sure there's no doubt plenty of issues still to be worked out there. But my god here in the US we are backsliding at a record pace. We are now in the dark ages compared to all yall. Nutbag times.
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All those activities (gambling, prostitution, drugs) should be legal tho and it's tyranny that they aren't. How dare Big Brother tell us what we can and cannot do for our personal recreation!!!!! These are our RIGHTS and nobody has the right to control another person in this manner. NOBODY. In these issues of personal choice, government trash has NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE. Only when someone is being coerced or harmed do State agents then have the moral right to interfere but NOT BEFORE. Edit: I'm referring of course to consenting adult prostitution and I know it's not done for amusement, but usually out of necessity. Ofc I understand that. However the rest of my position still stands.
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All Wht people from middle class backgrounds think like this. It's a little frustrating. They have the absolute privilege to live in this woo woo space and utterly believe with all their little hearts that that's how life works. Just "dream harder! You are WHITE! The entire universe is set up to serve you and present to you your dreams!" Such absolutely precious naivete and background entitlement. It's all very "think and grow rich". Another perfect example is when I was about 20, I read a pretty interesting book in the job advice category called "do what you love the money will follow." Now I'm not necessarily against that philosophy, but it absolutely belies the precious sheltered background that most white people just take as their birthright and have known all their lives. They just have this precious naive belief that the universe just lives to be bent to our sweet visualizing will, and that all our dreams are just /destined/ to happen because God loves us so very very much. I don't necessarily blame them for this type of mentality because I'm sure if I came from their background I would feel the same, but it's just so hilariously evident for anyone that wasn't so favored in life, know what I mean??? It's just so obvious to anybody who lives outside this precious naive bubble that's ever had to struggle for even five minutes in life that this is such a immature way of seeing life and SO dependent on being financially comfortable in one's early years. Could you imagine telling a high school dropout young man or woman from an abusive home or foster care background these statements?? Well God bless him. They have the privilege to be so insulated from life's true struggles. To them it's just "think real hard, believe with all your precious heart... and the universe will just open itself up before you..." Meanwhile 2/3 of this country has to live paycheck to paycheck by necessity, and I think 1/2 of 2/3 of the world lives in some level of poverty, maybe more? These are nice people but they are incredibly privileged; they don't know what real struggle is and they don't want to look outside their comfortable self occupied world. I truly wish I had such luxury. 😑😖
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Student loans are and were a vicious evil perpetrated by the federal government upon students who were not independently wealthy. What the living fuck is the point of going to college if you stay in debt for 10-20 years because of it!?!? Doesn't that defeat the purpose!?! Of course it does Nobody should have to get a student loan to go to college. To add insult to injury these providers are basically giant loan shark companies that keep recipients under usury-slavery in some extreme cases for decades. All with the blessing of the criminal feds! Student loans are and were an absolute evil and nobody should have to pay them back anymore. Hopefully in time he'll come to see why this is true and he'll stop making excuses for the current insane student loan crime syndicate.
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Agreed. It's so sad. We literally do sign under duress because we have no other choice. We HAVE to live somewhere - van life is awesome for a break but not a long-term solution. Rent control is vital. Nobody has the right to charge like this for rent or anything. 20% maximum of one's take home should be the upper limit, capped at a predetermined amount. There can be a separate class of luxury housing set aside from this but in general this should be the rule for dll standard rental housing. Other rental reforms are also necessary.
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All w people from middle class backgrounds think like this. It's beyond frustrating. They have the absolute privilege to live in this woo woo space an utterly believe with all her little hearts that that's how life works. It's all very "think and grow rich". Another perfect example is when I was about 20, I read a pretty interesting book in the job advice category called "do what you love the money will follow." Now I'm not necessarily against that philosophy, but it absolutely belies the precious sheltered background that most white people just take as their birthright and have known all their lives. They just have this precious naive belief that the universe just lives to be bent to our sweet visualizing will, and that all our dreams are just /destined/ to happen because God loves us so very very much. I don't necessarily blame them for this type of mentality because I'm sure if I came from their background I would feel the same, but it's just so hilariously evident for anyone that wasn't so favored in life, know what I mean??? It's just so obvious to anybody who lives outside this precious naive bubble that's ever had to struggle for even five minutes in life that this is such a immature way of seeing life and SO dependent on being financially comfortable in one's early years. Could you imagine telling a high school dropout young man or woman from an abusive home or foster care background these statements?? Well God bless him. They have the privilege to be so insulated from life's true struggles. To them it's just "think real hard, believe with all your precious heart... and the universe will just open itself up before you..." Meanwhile 2/3 of this country has to live paycheck to paycheck by necessity, and I think 1/2 of 2/3 of the world lives in some level of poverty, maybe more? These are nice people but they are incredibly privileged; they don't know what real struggle is and they don't want to look outside their comfortable self occupied world. I truly wish I had such luxury. 😑😖
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It's because the entire government is set up to serve and protect the 1% and the infinite corporate profit demands, not the needs of the many. As a Communist, I oppose this. I'm not against a business provided it's properly regulated and has to operate with an ethical limitations, but the well-being of the many should ALWAYS come first. That is the foundation of my moral compass. And that is why I am a based communist capybara.
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Only in America do you have to enter long-term debt slavery just to attend higher education. What a time to be alive. Everything is an exploitation. Only with 3% or less interest, NOT COMPOUNDING, would private student loan providers not be committing usury.
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Yes he's a nice guy but so backwards on that. It's too bad.
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Being more entrepreneurial is fine, but there are way deeper issues than that he just cannot see.
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He's not wrong per se but he's incapable of seeing the broader systemic issues. However, within his small sphere I don't necessarily disagree with anything he said. For people who are in a position in life where all they have to do is work harder and focus on themselves, he gives pretty good advice. Unfortunately, a lot of us are at least partially being held back by some systemic issues and those issues are going to take a lot longer to untie and try to eradicate. They will vary from person to person but suffice it to say in this country, mass poverty and mass incarceration are massive evils that are incredible millstones around the necks of too many people. But I don't necessarily disagree with him; I mean I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. All this positive thinking advice does have some value to it.
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