• SaniFlush [any, any]
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    2 months ago

    The blind optimism of the United States in the late 1980s and 1990s feels like a foreign country now

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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    2 months ago

    My older (young teens) nephews have a mindset like this and I try to impart the wisdom that the collapse will be slow and painful, not sudden. Planning for your future still makes sense, unfortunately.

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      The market empire can remain irrational in contradiction longer than you can remain solvent

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Take out a ton of student loans and leave the country so you don't have to pay them back berdly-smug

    • vovchik_ilich [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      US gonna be sending death squads to indebted émigrés Gaddafi style (the latter being based)

  • GaveUp [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    The real trick is to rack up a fuck load of credit card bills as young as possible, then declare bankruptcy, and 7 years later get it all wiped and your credit score reset

  • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
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    2 months ago

    Thankfully for me every few months there's another hurricane or pandemic or something and all the federal natural disasters keep reseting how late I am on my payments. I haven't even logged on to my account in like 3 years, i'm just going to ride it out until the state garnishes my wages or something and then idk, do some real fun adventurism at that point

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    2 months ago

    Investing advice: The US can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent.

    (edit: oops, RION beat me to it)