Re:How to live on $432 a month in America
by antisthenes on Saturday May 24, 2025 @03:48PM
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> you're actually living off of the economic surplus of all the people working hard in the rat race.
That's one way to look at it.
Another way is that you're living off of the economic surplus you were producing while working a highly paid 9-5 job that paid a shitload of taxes. Now it's your time to live off the surplus you produced and take it easier.
> I am sure it works on some level but it doesn’t seem to me to be a very positive alternative to a lot of other lifestyles.
It's not a very positive lifestyle from the standpoint of increasing the GDP to some maximum amount, yeah.
That's one way to look at it.
Another way is that you're living off of the economic surplus you were producing while working a highly paid 9-5 job that paid a shitload of taxes. Now it's your time to live off the surplus you produced and take it easier.
> I am sure it works on some level but it doesn’t seem to me to be a very positive alternative to a lot of other lifestyles.
It's not a very positive lifestyle from the standpoint of increasing the GDP to some maximum amount, yeah.