Home Ownership

[Jibartik]

I guess I can conceed were all more shrude and smart now, and so competition is so rampant that life is just harder now.

But like, to what end is life actaully better as a result? Im not sure.. I guess it is for some.

[Jibartik]

This is the next stage of the appocalypse: Buy now pay later apps

https://www.cnbc.com/select/best-buy...ay-later-apps/

Imagine downloading an app, and it functions like a credit card?

lol you dont have to imagine anymore!

These apps allow customers to split purchases like a cup of coffee, or a mcdonalds meal, into 3 to 4 smaller payments spread out over months...

lol were fucking dead meat

[Jibartik]

Haha yes I wish that would stick! Guess we have to get involved to spread the idea.

[Jibartik]

I refuse to live in a society where working 9-5 and raising a family in a home you own is considered a failure.

We cant be a society made up of eutrapanuers.

That'd be like brave new world or some shit.

or tiktok... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[robayon]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I refuse to live in a society where working 9-5 and raising a family in a home you own is considered a failure.

We cant be a society made up of eutrapanuers.

That'd be like brave new world or some shit.

or tiktok... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'd like to live in a society where the home and job are not necessary to obtaining the family

Note: this does not mean nobody does any work, that is absurd, but less make-work nonsense to get your boss the better model of BMW

[Jibartik]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'd like to live in a society where the home and job are not necessary to obtaining the family

the closest you can get to that and living in any type of society is Amish or the fundamentalist church of latter-day saints, but the Amish work twice as hard and the FCLS you have to work as a little cobra soldier so that one doesn't really count.

I guess the thing is nothing is free, so how can we live in a society like that, unless we abolish progressive ideas and go back to the tribe and share food?

The plot to a movie with Owen Wilson offered this future, basically an elon musk character mined asteroids, which brought so much money to earth that he created a basic income where everyone could live like they were wealthy and all they do is play video games and start becoming cannibals' or something.

[nostalgiaquest]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I refuse to live in a society where working 9-5 and raising a family in a home you own is considered a failure.
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Sounds like you'd like it in socialist Europe [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Gustoo]

Lol say that again after you’ve read it. It’s sound.

Bad news is today we’ve got the government not doing their job so the end result of what we have for “capitalism” is only better than command and control corrupt economies in that we still pretend to believe in small businesses, while doing everything to make them impossible to operate successfully.

[robayon]

What are the things that are being done (or not done) that make so-called small businesses unable to operate successfully?

[Gustoo]

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What are the things that are being done (or not done) that make so-called small businesses unable to operate successfully?

Have you ever tried to open one? Have you ever tried to pay taxes for one, have you ever tried to pay for medical care for employees or yourself while operating your own business? Have you ever tried to acquire a business license? Have you ever tried to install a commercial kitchen in a building, or get "occupancy" in said building for one of many other different reasons? Have you ever tried to get liability insurance for a business?

I'm not talking about so-called small business I am talking about actually small business started by people who actually need a business to make money, not people coming to the table with a half a million dollars from their uncle to blow getting the business up and running.

If you have 500,000 dollars you can start most businesses no problem.

Sorry for answering indirectly. The best way to understand the difficulty is to imagine a business you would like to operate or just theoretically think might be OK and work through the steps and challenges some of which I've listed above and see if it makes sense to start that business anymore or if you're maybe better off taking a job at starbucks.