Pic of the Day
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- is this true?chukkaphob
- you do it to yourself.dbloc
- hmm. how so? explainchukkaphob
- it is a personal choice to get out of debt.capn_ron
- yes capn_ron. what anon means here is: you do not have the choice not to get into debt.uan
- is it a personal choice to get into debt?chukkaphob
- once you are born, you start producing costs and this will haunt you till you dieuan
- if you are smart and good work ethic you can free yourself.hotroddy
- there are slaves in every system. look at the cubans.. they aren't in debt because no money to lend. but they live like slaves.hotroddy
- if you are smart or have a support system than you have the key to unlock the chainshotroddy
- so if you're not smart you have no choice but to be in debt (enslaved)??chukkaphob
- don't borrow money if you truly feel that wayhotroddy
- how do you go to college without borrowing money?chukkaphob
- you save or work and then pay for it. same as everything else.capn_ron
- yes chukkaphob. and they should cut your balls off if you didn't get through school. social darwinism is what will improve this societyhotroddy
- uber driver the same thing to me other day. I was like, seriously - here you are in a new car DRIVING to where ever the wind takes you and you feel enslaved?hotroddy
- so after high school you work an odd job to save for college? really? LOL. nah. that won't work! unless you want to attend college when you're in your 50s. LMAOchukkaphob
- @hotrody i'm not complaining. LOL. Just asking questions and stirring up a bit of a discussion ;-)chukkaphob
- chukka, people do that. it isn't impossible. also picking less expensive schools helps. Or even working through school to cashflow.capn_ron
- kids who never intend to graduate sign up to get the $$. and then complain they are in debt.hotroddy
- Thanks Kanyeautoflavour
- Modern slaves are intellectually captured by the machine.********
- you mean skynet?hotroddy
- 'social darwinism is what will improve this society' - you know the phrase social darwinism is only used negatively by the left to describe right-wing ideology?kingsteven
- i mean, i think this anon thing is wank. but it's a left wing activist war cry to stimulate and mobilise poor folks trapped in predatory banking practices...kingsteven
- just as 'survival of the fittest' is the west's capitalist war cry against communism. both are actually total bullshit, that's not how capitalism works either.kingsteven
- it's just a simpler concept, easier to understand than the reality and a stronger ideology as a result. you benefit from the actions of altruistically motivatedkingsteven
- folks, they're seldom commies and you should at least show a little concern that they're often economically disadvantaged beyond their control.kingsteven
- I'm not in debtdbloc
- me neither dbloc, worked my butt off last year and watched my spending and paid it all off.capn_ron
- i swear qbn isn't real peoplekingsteven
- ^ lol! bots?chukkaphob
- hey king steven, you say they are economically disadvantaged beyond their control. My retort would be that people actually make it out of this scenario often ascapn_ron
- well. i can't imagine the hardships that some go through, but everyday people make it out with work. Not saying it is easy, quite the opposite. If it was easycapn_ron
- everyone would be on top. I'm also not discounting the disadvantages at all. just stating that people do make it through them in many aspects of life.capn_ron
- indeed ron, its something everyone goes through. slave no, but if anything i learned how much it affected me, i had access to low-interest consolidation andkingsteven
- skills to be able to work my way out of it relatively quickly but there is a perpetual nature to it for many, high interest pay day loans, credit cardskingsteven
- i just don't like the generalisation that folks in debt cant manage their outgoings or take don't intend on paying back. after going through it that 'control'kingsteven
- aspect of debt, the loop of folks working hard to pay off their lifestyle seems far more apparent.kingsteven
- i like that last comment. working hard to pay off their lifestyle is the reason people don't get ahead. lifestyles can kill your money quick.capn_ron
- I know from experience. that's why i'mdone with it. i wish i could afford everything i wanted. I can't i have to say no. No is my answer to a lot of things tillcapn_ron
- i can afford it with cash.capn_ron