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Originally Posted by bobbinka
These arguments always come down to: People don't know what life actually is like for others outside of their circle. Averages are not necessarily a good reference point, because some jobs pay so much that it skews the data.
Are there people who can do it? Yes, but a lot can't. Our anecdotal experiences from the 10 people we know in our circles of life is not a representation of the population. The fact this is a forum for car enthusiasts already tells you that we are more likely than not to be in better off positions than many others (how many people here don't have a car and need to take the bus everywhere?).
Why is it that the homeless encampments keep growing and spreading across the city?
Why is RV life and Van life a growing thing?
Why are less kids getting their drivers licenses?
Why do people have to rent rooms with 6 other individuals?
Why are landlords cutting up rooms and putting up curtains to divide up as many "units" as possible?
Why do the world's most expensive cities, like Singapore and Hong Kong, have extensive amounts of subsidized housing?
Are there people who are financially irresponsible? Sure, but it would be ignorant to simply say "people just need to work harder" and not acknowledge that there are some major cost of living issues. My strata fee has gone up 40% in the last 5 years, restaurants and groceries have gone up 50%~ in price while portions have gone down in size, salaries have not kept up at the same rate. Do things have to go up another 50% before we agree that it's not okay? 100%? 200%? At what point does "just work harder" have diminishing returns?
TLDR: Some people need to be more financially responsible, some people need to work harder, some people will never be able to make it because things are too far out of reach and there are systemic issues.
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I think our education has seriously failed the future generations. At school, everything is about being chill and PC. Fuck, I remember when I lived in Taiwan as a kid, for every 2pts that I lost on test (once every 2mth) was one woop on the hand by my teacher with a trimmed 2x4 from the wooden stool we sat on.
We do this all in the sake of "preventing school trauma", and what did we fucking achieve? Kids now have more ADHD/ASD diagnosis than ever, gender dysphoria and whatever else mental problems that somehow we didn't really have in our generation. And there's a phrase in Taiwan calling younger kids the "generation of strawberries" because they can't be touched and would bruise as with the lightest squeeze.
Yes, I know it's not prevalent because it went unrecognized/unreported. But for peeps now in their late 30s/early 40s, how many peers do you know in the same age group that their condition still affect their daily life? Out of the 100s of F&F+ acquaintances, I know one that suffers serious depression. And It's not even the school system problem but rather something that happened in his family.
Very often, we implemented solution to problems that doesn't really exist. Remember when Google did the Google Glass and everyone was going nuts about privacy or copyright (wearing to movies) going as far as having lawmakers to come up with drafts to ban them?
Don't get me wrong, the intention is good. But why don't we stop changing things for the sake of changing. If things ain't broken, don't fix it. And if something might break, let it flow a bit before making any decision.
In short, let's again whoop our kids' ass again.
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