Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?

Re:Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ev... by actually_a_dog on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:15PM (#28240027)

> Another thing I don't understand, is your end goal in life to get rich? And do you equal being rich with being happy?

Here's the deal: in a capitalist system, being rich may not equal being happy, but it certainly does equal being secure. The average worker is a lot less secure now that the days of "a job for life" are gone, and prices for housing, education, and health care have gone through the roof.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ev... by mbrodersen on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:30PM (#28242246)

So your real goal is not to become rich but to become secure. Being rich doesn’t make you secure. You still have to worry about loosing your wealth, people trying to take advantage of you, raising your kids to be mentally happy/stable without just living off your wealth, not knowing if people are truly your friends etc. etc.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ev... by sureglymop on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:56AM (#28243104)

Okay, I get that. But in that case, wouldn't you say that the system itself is flawed/unjust and that you should rather put your efforts into changing that system?

Because if you focus on you making money to make your situation more secure, you're only solving the problem for yourself... which seems selfish and a bit unethical to me.

But I understand, we all have to live in a system and under circumstances we didn't choose and I guess we have to make the best of it.

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