Day 179,
I think that I've reconciled my conflict about serving society or not:
* The rest of the world have a time-limited arrangement, based on a paycheck. The market incentivizes this arrangement.
* Otherwise, they disengage, turn to hobbies, to family, or to vice.
* What obligation do I have beyond that?
* The visionaries and inventors are deeply tapped into society, and they'll often gain out-sized rewards.
I had a MGTOW phase and a red pill phase, but it's hitting me deeply how much of a trap much our society is.
Promises of ephemeral feelings in exchange for your giving up of leverage; once you've given up your side of the bargain, the terms change for the worse.
* Buy a house, then the property taxes get hiked and interest rates spike.
* Get a student loan, then spend decades paying it back despite the market not valuing your degree.
* Get married, then your wife gains 30 pounds and loses her sex drive, and can financially drain you in courts if you end the relationship.
* Work the same hours, get an hourly dollar amount that loses value to inflation year upon year.
* Be instructed to get more accredited and work harder, and gain only a percentage of the new value created in take-home pay
Of course, YOU'RE expected to hold up YOUR side of the bargain, otherwise you're a BAD person (shaming mechanism); meanwhile, the other party is allowed to shirk their end, their inadequacies guarded by a legal system siding with them. Calling them out somehow also makes you a bad person. Calling out the unfair dynamic morphs into a discussion about sour grapes (from your end) and your inadequacy in weathering the unfair dynamic. It's a moving current; every bit of fight against the current is a point of friction, a point of sale, a way for others to make money.
I've generally protected myself by being non committal. No debts, no mortgage, no wife, no kids, no student loan debt (paid off), no car payments.
I've also been on the other side by being in copywriting circles and creating sales pages with varying success); it's not about product quality (short-term), it's about what argument will get the sale.
Society is screaming at you to give up your leverage, stressing the positive side of what will happen if you do. Once you do, you're given a lecture about how foolish you were for expecting it to be a walk in the park.
I think that I've reconciled my conflict about serving society or not:
* The rest of the world have a time-limited arrangement, based on a paycheck. The market incentivizes this arrangement.
* Otherwise, they disengage, turn to hobbies, to family, or to vice.
* What obligation do I have beyond that?
* The visionaries and inventors are deeply tapped into society, and they'll often gain out-sized rewards.
I had a MGTOW phase and a red pill phase, but it's hitting me deeply how much of a trap much our society is.
Promises of ephemeral feelings in exchange for your giving up of leverage; once you've given up your side of the bargain, the terms change for the worse.
* Buy a house, then the property taxes get hiked and interest rates spike.
* Get a student loan, then spend decades paying it back despite the market not valuing your degree.
* Get married, then your wife gains 30 pounds and loses her sex drive, and can financially drain you in courts if you end the relationship.
* Work the same hours, get an hourly dollar amount that loses value to inflation year upon year.
* Be instructed to get more accredited and work harder, and gain only a percentage of the new value created in take-home pay
Of course, YOU'RE expected to hold up YOUR side of the bargain, otherwise you're a BAD person (shaming mechanism); meanwhile, the other party is allowed to shirk their end, their inadequacies guarded by a legal system siding with them. Calling them out somehow also makes you a bad person. Calling out the unfair dynamic morphs into a discussion about sour grapes (from your end) and your inadequacy in weathering the unfair dynamic. It's a moving current; every bit of fight against the current is a point of friction, a point of sale, a way for others to make money.
I've generally protected myself by being non committal. No debts, no mortgage, no wife, no kids, no student loan debt (paid off), no car payments.
I've also been on the other side by being in copywriting circles and creating sales pages with varying success); it's not about product quality (short-term), it's about what argument will get the sale.
Society is screaming at you to give up your leverage, stressing the positive side of what will happen if you do. Once you do, you're given a lecture about how foolish you were for expecting it to be a walk in the park.
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