Comments by "clray123" (@clray123) on "According to Nicole" channel.

In other words, you can't really afford it.
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@chrismantonuk One could say you can "afford" something if you can pay for it without worry about (economic) negative consequences of the purchase. As you are clearly worried about how that would affect your retirement, you can't afford it. Unlike, say, an Arab prince who has multiple supercars in his garage and does not care about opportunity costs.
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The new (?) attitude preached by the rich is that you should feel comfortable and relaxed in your poverty.
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I was confused, thought she was talking about homosexual people, but they usually render their services to each other for free...
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Except that one day your money will disappear because all the broke people will collectively decide that you must pay higher taxes to support them and that it is generally unfair for "hoarders" like you to have possessions. And they will also argue it would not hurt at all to have your wealth redistributed because you were not making use of it anyhow. Or maybe it will be spent on a higher goal like waging the next war against not-so-thrifty individuals in a neighboring country. Alternatively, it will turn out that you technically have money, but practically cannot buy anything because, you know, "don't wanna get robbed" if you do (you're hinting that you've already close to that stage). That is how humanity works, generally. Your "big savings" are an illusion and a hazard unless you also have some way of protecting them. And that turns out to be getting increasingly more expensive.
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When the time comes to give middle class a big haircut, I bet all the thrifters won't protest much... but maybe regret their past thriftiness when their savings and "investments" are evaporated by some guys with guns. There's a silent assumption that you can accumulate money over decades without it being taken away. Ask some people in war-torn regions how that approach has worked out for them.
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