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> ...Personnaly, I have a very hard time with this truth, really.... You are not alone! When i hear about headlines like this one, and other similar stories,

> ...Personnaly, I have a very hard time with this truth, really.... You are not alone! When i hear about headlines like this one, and other similar stories, i get hit with exactly one of two feelings: * Run away with my family, sort of diminish my interaqction with capitalism as much as possible, live like a hippy off-grid, etc in some far away gentle, calming forest...away from people. * Or...dive headlong into the world of tech startups and investments and such, and do all the crappy things that others do...make big, souless money (money bigger than my poor immigrant parents would ever dream of) running numerous firms that add little value to overall society...and then inevitably feel absolutely miserable with myself and lose my soul. Oh sure, i hear people say that i'm a doom-naysayer, and that there exists hapopy layers where one can make a living, be comfortable and be content with the company that one works for...but i've yet to see that. Then again, sorry, maybe i'm having a case of the mondays. :-(

h2odragon 4y ago
With the hippie forest life; you get to have a big pack of dogs and spend time playing with them. the other options leave less time, even for playing with your family. I say bolt for the woods ASAP.
- mxuribe 4y ago
  Lol I have never wanted a "big pack of dogs" until your comment today! Clearly I would have to establish a sort of compound in the forest for my family and my dogs! I love it already!
sylware 4y ago
To start understand how deep the rabbit hole goes: browse "common" share-holders of starbucks (is their another type of shares than "common" for starbucks?). Then you get the usual vanguard and blackrock ppl: microsoft CEO, apple, etc. I am surprised not seeing somebody from google (since they were vanguard-ed/blackrock-ed too). Then on this page, you can see that starbucks has MASSIVE debts, then they have gigantic interests to pay all along the calendar year. Those are huge streams of money going to... wait... oh, we don't know, the debt owners are not provided.

h2odragon 4y ago

With the hippie forest life; you get to have a big pack of dogs and spend time playing with them. the other options leave less time, even for playing with your family. I say bolt for the woods ASAP.

mxuribe 4y ago
Lol I have never wanted a "big pack of dogs" until your comment today! Clearly I would have to establish a sort of compound in the forest for my family and my dogs! I love it already!

sylware 4y ago

To start understand how deep the rabbit hole goes: browse "common" share-holders of starbucks (is their another type of shares than "common" for starbucks?). Then you get the usual vanguard and blackrock ppl: microsoft CEO, apple, etc. I am surprised not seeing somebody from google (since they were vanguard-ed/blackrock-ed too). Then on this page, you can see that starbucks has MASSIVE debts, then they have gigantic interests to pay all along the calendar year. Those are huge streams of money going to... wait... oh, we don't know, the debt owners are not provided.