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A strange attitude to have and display. Yes, the 'game' is rigged to a certain extent. Everyone knows this. Every age has had the rules set by someone other
by brc 11y ago
A strange attitude to have and display. Yes, the 'game' is rigged to a certain extent. Everyone knows this. Every age has had the rules set by someone other than them.
My answer is : so what? Either you want financial independence and security, or you don't.
You can blame QE and land supply and all sorts of things. You can rant on the porch at passers by until the day you die.
You can be a victim of circumstance or you can make your own circumstances. The choice happens whether you make it consciously or not. It all depends on the attitude you want to take into it.
Personally I try every day to acknowledge where I am in life is a result of the choices that I have made. I am not a victim of anything because all outcomes I have a say in. If I want different outcomes I acknowledge I must make different choices.
Playing the victim card requires acknowledging that you are powerless. Some people prefer to live that way. I don't.
- pharrington 11y agoAre you saying that our current system is one in which the actors are mostly in control of their own actions? And those actions are mostly transactions with other actors? If so, how is your position (that the actors are mostly in control of the consequences) self-consistent? e: the people who disagree with you (eg, me) are saying that intent does not clearly translate to effect in a chaotic system.
- branchless 11y ago> If I want different outcomes I acknowledge I must make different choices. Would love to see you try and sell this in Iraq, for example. An extreme but it illustrates the flaw in your theory.