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None of you have to live like this. Finding ways to make your own money and to stop getting jewed isn't that difficult and the contents of this sub will help you entirely avoid both the banking industry and the wasteful dross consuming your dignity at your "job". Some of the contents here are outdated, but most of the beginning stuff still applies. If any of you would like to ask some questions as this topic grows in pertinence, please feel free to do so.

If you're not interested, well, have fun staying poor.

None of you have to live like this. Finding ways to make your own money and to stop getting jewed isn't that difficult and the contents of this sub will help you entirely avoid both the banking industry and the wasteful dross consuming your dignity at your "job". Some of the contents here are outdated, but most of the beginning stuff still applies. If any of you would like to ask some questions as this topic grows in pertinence, please feel free to do so. If you're not interested, well, have fun staying poor.

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[–] • 2 pts

Consider for a moment all of the possible ways you can become rich.

They are actually few and far between.

Win the lottery, (very low chance,) inheritance from a wealthy family, (also low,) steal it, (low chance,) find it, (even lower chance,) earn it through wages and saving, (requires connections, talent, luck, and a lot of kissing ass, and still a low chance of ever getting in,) or build it via self enterprise. ( Lot's fail, but still by far your best chance to achieve it.) Maybe I missed one.

For the common man, the best chance is via self employment.

You can go as small or large as you like, that doesn't mean you will become Elon Musk, but Elon started small too, with about $10K.

I've run businesses most of my working life. Because I am lazy, I only want to work when I want to work. Most of these businesses should be considered hobby businesses. Like my painting business. I did that so I could make money to party. I also used it to put myself through school. I paid my bills, and mainly took on jobs because they paid well. It was never supposed to be long term.

In the early 90's I started a computer repair business to help pay for even more school. The phone started ringing and it didn't stop for a decade. Needless to say I stopped going to school. I've been retired ever since.

Offer a service that people actually need and you will be busy as hell. Then you write your own ticket. Make as little or as much as you want to. The choice is entirely yours. Do what you love to do, and work is no longer even working. It's getting paid to have fun. That was my computer business. I like computers.

[–] • 1 pt

What if there was a new way to gain wealth that you're commonly distracted or doubted away from?

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It's entirely possible - the point being the number of paths to wealth is actually a rather limited set of choices, and statistically, most have a very poor chance of success.

There are no guarantees.

The early adapters of Bitcoin have done rather well for themselves, for example. That is not unlike being in the computer game at the time I was in it. Being in the right place, at the right time, plays a much bigger role in creating wealthy people than most people realize.

I like the fishing analogy - there are no guarantees you will catch a big fish when you go fishing - but you are unlikely to catch any fish at all if your line is not already in the water.

[–] • 2 pts

The early adapters of Bitcoin have done rather well for themselves, for example.

It's a shame. It's even staring you in the face. We haven't even gotten started, friend.