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> in the United States Interesting political undertone to your comment. I always get the feeling Americans don't know how much most of the rest of the world st
by nxmnxm99 6y ago
> in the United States
Interesting political undertone to your comment. I always get the feeling Americans don't know how much most of the rest of the world struggles to live.
> but this implication that you can just give up the material world and be a musician making minimum wage and be happy is silly.
Equally naive implication that somehow living a complex life in a jetski or having a comfortable suburban existence will make you "happy" either
Much to learn young grasshoppah
- aerovistae 6y agoI specified my country to head off anyone replying that the healthcare problems I mention aren't an issue where they live. I was not implying that a complex life in a jet ski or comfortable suburban existence would make you happy, I was implying that giving up your education or watching your children die for lack of medicine would make you unhappy. Read between the lines old grasshoppah
- nxmnxm99 6y agoAmericans aren’t watching their children die due to a lack of medicine
- anonunivgrad 6y agoHaving children is an essential part of the human experience. Not everyone does, but it’s a strong biological imperative for most. Good luck sending your kids to a decent school, where they won’t learn to be criminals, on a shitty income. Public school is “free”, but housing in a good neighborhood isn’t.
- benjohnson 6y agoMy kids are now in a bad public school. The good news is that the public school is very instructive - my kids are 'rebeling' against the seven deadly sins they are seeing there.