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Forum ยป Are most of societies problems caused by wanting things outside your pay grade?
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Thread: Are most of societies problems caused by wanting things outside your pay grade?

post 1653581433 01-02-2022, 05:17 AM
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Are most of societies problems caused by wanting things outside your pay grade?

Particularly trying to have qualities you don't have, ie money, looks etc. Putting massive effort into being something your not to get things you wouldn't otherwise get.

Not talking about enhancing the qualities you do have, more so trying to embody something you aren't .
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post 1653581683 01-02-2022, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted By LOFTY87⏩
Particularly trying to have qualities you don't have, ie money, looks etc. Putting massive effort into being something your not to get things you wouldn't otherwise get.

Not talking about enhancing the qualities you do have, more so trying to embody something you aren't .
yeah i've actually thought about it and i think so - most problems in society stem from the fact that everybody wants to be a celebrity and needs to feel special.

In other words, most of us want others to be average or below them, and for us to be above them - so we are only happy when everybody is below us.

Talk about an unsustainable business model.
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post 1653581943 01-02-2022, 05:44 AM
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Yeah I notice a lot in myself,trying to come across smart so people know that I am smart or trying to come across as the life of the party guy.

And very much with women, being drawn to girls that have very different values and not being interested in the ones who are more on my level.
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post 1653582103 01-02-2022, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted By WiseOldApe⏩
yeah i've actually thought about it and i think so - most problems in society stem from the fact that everybody wants to be a celebrity and needs to feel special.

In other words, most of us want others to be average or below them, and for us to be above them - so we are only happy when everybody is below us.

Talk about an unsustainable business model.
^this. The comparison to others drives the unrest, both in society and in your own heart.

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post 1653582193 01-02-2022, 05:58 AM
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no. grandeur is driven by big dreams. if everyone stayed in their lane you wouldn't have a prospering society. it's easy to live a mediocre life where you stay in your pay grade.
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In a word, no. Problems are caused by the billionaire/millionaire class being vicious to small children by denying them food. Example: 77 million of food stamp money in mississippi was distributed to millionaires.https://www.wreg.com/news/mississipp...welfare-money/

To me a problem is when a child is in chronic starvation mode. Your definition of "problem" needs some work.
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Originally Posted By MegaSloot⏩
In a word, no. Problems are caused by the billionaire/millionaire class being vicious to small children by denying them food. Example: 77 million of food stamp money in mississippi was distributed to millionaires.https://www.wreg.com/news/mississipp...welfare-money/

To me a problem is when a child is in chronic starvation mode. Your definition of "problem" needs some work.
That's not a problem, that's pure evil. But notice that it is caused by wanting more, aka not being happy with that you have or valuing the everyday. It's more, more , more.

Societal problems are caused by the individual, it's the unhealthy striving for more that I'm talking about.
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post 1653586433 01-02-2022, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted By MegaSloot⏩
In a word, no. Problems are caused by the billionaire/millionaire class being vicious to small children by denying them food. Example: 77 million of food stamp money in mississippi was distributed to millionaires.https://www.wreg.com/news/mississipp...welfare-money/

To me a problem is when a child is in chronic starvation mode. Your definition of "problem" needs some work.
you do realise your lifestyle contributions to this though? for you to live your life you do, a handful of people on the other side of the world have a **** life because of you. millionaires and billionaires just capitalise on this by providing you the opportunity to use this service. it's absolutely impossible for Western society to give up this lifestyle now as well.

i bet if we traced that foodstamp money, it would somehow end up trickling down to contributing to the lifestyle of middle to upper class people.
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post 1653586623 01-02-2022, 09:21 AM
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The problem is mass immigration of poor people fukking up the balance for wagecels, and feminism fukking up the male/female dynamic in society.

Quite literally, if most women were stay at home like before, and like most would prefer, people would be much happier. And without the crazy influx of poor immigrants the last 50 years, wagecels would still be able to afford a house and family on a normal salary.
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