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Oh yes. We do live in slavery. Money is the only key to our chains.

• ImprovedSilence 13y ago
  is money the key, or is money the chain that binds us? The only good that comes out of this is that you get to decide which of these worldviews you want to live in, then make the best of it.
  • Robin_Message 13y ago
    Both. This is not some metaphysical bullshit: - If you have more money (wealth, the key), you are freer, because you don't have to earn a wage for longer (with enough money, you are retired and don't ever have to earn a wage again.) - If you have lower costs (lifestyle, the chains), you are freer, because any wage you earn can be lower, and you have more spare money to put towards your wealth. You don't need to chose between being a wage-slave or a hippy. Investing a good fraction (say 10-80%) of your income is something most middle-class westerners can afford, attacks both ends of the problem, and leads reliably to freedom.
    • thaumasiotes 13y ago
      > Investing a good fraction (say 10-80%) of your income is something most middle-class westerners can afford What in the world? Investing 80% of your income will leave you substantially in arrears with the IRS.
      • eru 13y ago
        After-tax income then. Or you move to Singapore.