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Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World by cubix on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @10:06AM (#800177)
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.
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Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World by elcron on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @11:34AM (#800385)
He assumes you make more than $2 a day. http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/you-are-incredibly-rich/
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Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World by run4yourlives on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @01:09PM (#800605)
And given his audience is probably 80% American, he'd be right.
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Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World by oink on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @10:57AM (#800299)
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.
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Re:Why You Should Quit Your Job and Travel around the World by dagw on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @11:02AM (#800313)
No his argument suggests that the distribution of your net worth is mostly your own choice, which it on the whole is.
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