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Is this too much to ask? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 51 points 1 day ago (7 children)

A quote I like:

Nobody wants to solve problems. Everyone just wants to get rich enough so the problems don't apply to them anymore.

It's true. Same for disillusioned me nowadays too.

[–] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I just want to get rich enough to run a non profit apartment complex for my marginalized community.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

We should talk. I've some ideas about this.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a pessimistic take and I'd really disagree with it. Many people actually want to work on challenging problems and this "get away" mentality is mostly a symptom of people being tired out by bad systems. There are definitely people who want to hang out and do nothing but I'd say that a minority overall. People love creating stuff, period.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, that was my way of thinking too some many years ago.

And all my enthusiasm and doing stuff resulted in.... What I have now. A world where I have little time for myself, where I have to grind money in a job type I'm too experienced in to switch away from, in a world that keeps getting more dystopian every year.

And I watch with horror how the next generation is falling for fascist populist rethoric politics and voting for them because they feel the same way as me but lack the life experience to realize that they are voting for the wolf in sheep clothing.

Without money I can't change anything.

I hate money and I hate that I have to want a lot of it.

Keep hold of your idealism. Perhaps it will serve you better than it has me.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Well I wish you find success soon then! 🙏

[–] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know a left-centrist guy who seems to want to improve things but at the same time talks about not voting against landlords because one day he may live off owning a house and renting it off.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The word "centrist" has all its meaning here

[–] wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody likes to be generalized, because generalizations are shit.

I love it when I solve problems in my life. If I were rich, I'd be looking for problems to solve because otherwise I'm just a wallet keeping the money warm.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 1 day ago

And that's why you won't be rich.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I'll raise it up by one:

The best way to solve a problem, is to make it everyone else's problem.

[–] razen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are many problems that can only be solved using money.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not true, money don't solve anythimg directly.

[–] razen@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Ok lets say I have a problem which requires me to have a car, how will I solve it?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

If you were, better not talk about it whatsoever though.

There's an AI reading sentiments. So, if you decide to be selfish then change your mind.

Just behave selfish anyway, you don't want to get sabotaged or worse.