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How do middle aged family men handle it?
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It's a fucking struggle right now, and It's not supposed to be like this.
You shouldn't have to work a full time job, and take care of the house, and take care of the kids. Neither should the wife/partner.
The fact that it requires two working parents at this point to afford life is the problem. There's enough to go around even if just one parent was participating in the economy, if it was distributed more fairly.
The pendulum has swung too far on capitalism, and it's sucking the vast majority of people dry just to feed itself. There's a reason why birthrates have jumped off a cliff.
This. To the max. Honestly I Drink, but more importantly, I've made sure to learn the game that all these rich shitheads play. Wait until the market dips in January/February during the cyclical sell off, then invest. It doesn't have to be a lot, but research, find solid picks, for either dividends or price per share growth, and invest. Honestly at this point I'd avoid the AI b******* and unless Nvidia dips down to 120 again I'm staying away. What you can be assured of is that the following things are going to happen people are going to want rare earth minerals for several reasons people are going to want to go to space because a space is awesome and b there's a lot of potential out there and see there are certain stocks that are just always good to have. Buy a proctor & Gamble it cost a bunch now but it will essentially never be a bad investment and the dividend is very nice. Nokia drops below $5 again buy it up. Everybody's telling me I was an idiot for saying this years ago when it was like $2 a share. Nvidia just bought a billion dollar share in Nokia and their shares shot up to $7 but more importantly their patent portfolio is fantastic and they have a very good dividend considering the very low price of entry for the stock itself.
Rocket lab. If it drops to $40 a share below f****** buy The shit out of it. It's going to the moon, I told people that when it was $10 a share and it's already been up to 70 this year. it's still true
You can also feel good because you're investing in a direct competitor to SpaceX and the plus side is the rockets don't blow up every f****** launch. Europe is avoiding SpaceX like the plague. Rocket Labs business is set to grow exponentially, especially with the defunding of NASA.
Enroll different everybody has their own opinions more importantly everybody works in their own industry and has information and insight that will give you an advantage if you just hone in on what you want to focus on.
Cryptocurrency is a pipe dream and it's really just a way to funnel funds without any type of transparency which is why the current regime is latching on to it.
Hedging cryptocurrency is never a bad idea. Wait till gold drops by into it.
Other than that enjoy your friends and your family build relationships and strengthen them. you may need alibis or you may need a gunner.
So, "capitalism sucks, but I've got a system[tm]: Buy low, sell high!"
That's your plan? Orwell had a horse on his Animal Farm, too.
the game is rigged, playing fair just means your stuck in the labor trap forever. you either have the capital/knowledge to start trying to work for yourself, or you stay a wage-slave for life
people really do over-complicate this whole investing thing, just operate on a wider timeline, utlize a modicum of common sense, and know what you trade. shit is easy as fuck, there's a reason every investorbro out there thinks they're a god...as long as it's a bull market (money printer is in full swing) all these rich cunts across the country are just gambling with their every paycheck leveraged to the tits.
learn how the system works and you can take their $ real fucking easy, or if you want to be "ethical" you can also just read some Buffet/Munger and use the system as it was supposed designed.
the game is rigged, either learn how it works or stay stuck in the labor trap till you die.
Not sure if this is good advice. By joining the gamble, you're (micro-)fueling the global suicide machine that's causing all this stress. Someone has to earn the money you make from it, and it's usually either by destruction, exploitation or scamming.
I try to break free from all the stuff by downsizing. Second hand clothes, Repair Café, holidays at youth hostels like 40 km from my home, meeting/making local friends and very important: Raising your kids to not be spoiled, entitled, materialistic cunts.
I call it the power of No, thank you. It's so calming to lower you expectations, switch to a lower gear and find happiness in baking a cake with apples from the neighborhood, than another, big-ass TV and a crowded flight to Asia once a year.
Having young kids is brutal though. It gets better and you'll look back at it with mixed feelings of relieve and melancholia.
its very easy to say "just don't play the game" when you own a home...congratulations you already won compared to the vast majority of the country.