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Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money” by rapnie on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:09AM (#23947787)
The article though is not advocating to live in poverty, but rather to live with just the right amount of FU Money to be able to make free choices. After this threshold the perspective if one is rich of poor becomes one of mindset and not so much based on the superficial metric of one's net worth.
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Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money” by arcsin on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:41AM (#23947903)
This is fair if you think freedom is the most important thing. Having more money has real objective benefits and most people are fine with giving up some freedom to have those benefits.
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Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money” by imheretolearn on Saturday July 25, 2020 @06:00AM (#23947961)
I beg to differ. I'll say the article assumes you even have access to FU money, which is what the real poor live with everyday.
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Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money” by DoreenMichele on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:12AM (#23947795)
Thank you. Yes, that's the point.
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