It’s expensive to be poor. It’s harder to get out poverty than to be born wealthy with family that has connections and opportunities. Spend your money extremely wisely, because it’s the real way we vote in this system.

I’ve asked myself the question a lot lately, “What am I spending money on that’s a waste perpetuating this broken system which I could stop spending today?”

The only way to rise is to be smarter than the systems designed to drag us down. If you need a clear example, just look at a casino.

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    1 month ago

    The only way to win is not to play.

    Unfortunately not playing means death so…

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      1 month ago

      Not really, that’s an absolute. The way to win is to be smart about how you spend your money. Don’t be wasteful.

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        1 month ago

        Capitalists own everything so any money you spend is propping them up. If i go live out in the woods they don’t win.

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        You’re so right. This is the way we can solve poverty in the West. We just need you to build some curriculum and train a team of trainers. Then we can send all of you out there and just teach people how to win. Such a missed opportunity over the last thousand years that we haven’t figured it out yet. Thank God you’re here