Further reading... : )


“Debt: The First 5,000 Years” – David Graeber

   Anthropology meets economics; blows up everything you thought you knew about money’s origins.

   
“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” – Thomas Piketty

   A dense but damning autopsy on wealth inequality.

   
“Utopia for Realists” – Rutger Bregman

   Makes you wonder why we work 40 hours when we could be working 15.

   
“Bullshit Jobs: A Theory” – David Graeber

   For when you need hard evidence that your job actually shouldn’t exist.

you're wrong on receiving no trophies on work.
because when you do good work, you are gifted with more work.

“The best rebellion is refusing to take it seriously” brilliant, perfectly said.

We are so deep in the illusion that we are called crazy for calling it out

You live in a box, you drive to work in a box, work in a box. Then you lay to rest in a box. Get me out of the box

They like to keep us busy so we don’t overthrow them and realize what the hell is really going on.

Am I not the only person rooting for this system to implode?

It doesn’t take a lifetime to build a cabin, yet people are expected to work a lifetime to pay off a home.  How does that even make sense when you’re feet are firmly planted in grass and this thought occurs to you?

No, you’re not alone.
Just skip a payment and they’ll come to you.
You’re a loan.

This guy drops truth bombs so eloquently that I am low-key jealous of him. I wish I could articulate my thoughts as smartly as he does. Plus his exisential humour is icing on the cake. I guess his effortless narration comes from years of reading and deep thinking - something that's a rarity these days.

Money should only be necessary for starting a business, living luxuriantly, and pursuing hobbies. It shouldn't be necessary for basic needs.

Having a particularly bad day at work today. 12-13 hour shift as nurse. I’m freer than I’ve even been financially but I’m more stressed than ever too.  Really needed to hear this. Love this guy

Money is not real. It doesn't define your value. Remember that when you get down

The amount of people who pride themselves in the hardness in they're work is astonishing.

My inner voice tells me that money and work are the tools the few use to control the many. Hearing that was a kind of a liberating moment.

I rejected society and lived in the woods with an older artist, I was a budding artist too. While it was one of the most important experiences of my life, on a deeper level, it was absolutely terrible. Cleanliness and easy meals are more important than one realizes. The looks and rejection of “townies or city people” felt awful. I can honestly say that living in an apartment, driving a car and working a regular job means the world to me. Sometimes it takes going outside the system to see what the system provides. Not that it isn’t flawed! But hey, these days I can relax at my own place every weekend with or without other people. I don’t want to go backwards to be honest. I’ve lived it and it is nasty and unsafe especially for a woman.

It's like the story of the rich guy on holiday meeting a local man fishing off the pier and asks why he's not buying a boat and increase that to two then a fleet to make enough money to retire and buy a house  by the ocean and go fishing off the pier...
The irony is the local guy is living that dream already

Never had a 'proper' job, never been in debt, never had much money, don't own a house or a car, live in a tipi on a forest valley with my dog. Maybe I don't know how fortunate I really am. Life is still hard.

Most of society is just adult childcare.

I have never had a job in which I felt I was accomplishing something meaningful. Just a cog lining someone else's pockets doing a mundane job I know countless others could do if I dropped dead. The work I have done that felt meaningful was volunteer work.