Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World
by cubix on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @10:06AM
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I don't see how this Victorian ethic applies. He's not talking about the poor, but rather those who have "chosen to spend money on a lot of other things", i.e. the middle-class.
Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World
by elcron on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @11:34AM
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He assumes you make more than $2 a day. http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/you-are-incredibly-rich/
Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World
by run4yourlives on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @01:09PM
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And given his audience is probably 80% American, he'd be right.
Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World
by oink on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @10:57AM
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The argument suggests that your net worth is mostly your own choice and has little to with circumstances. My point is that this flawed notion is responsible for other, more noticeably flawed notions.
Fair enough if it’s true, but for many people who say this, it would be better to say, “I’ve chosen to spend money on a lot of other things, so now I don’t have money to travel.”
Shall we never forget the lovely Victorian ethic that the poor have only themselves to blame.