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[-] iocase@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

This is exactly what they want you to do.

What they DO NOT want you to do is contaminate multiple tons of fertillizer with diesel fuel

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I ran the numbers for your retirement. Have you considered dying young?

[-] celeste@feddit.org 5 points 19 hours ago

There are enough people because productivity is really high and has dramatically risen.

Capitalism just makes sure most of the fruits of labor never end up in your hand. So unionize!

[-] houndeyes@toast.ooo 2 points 18 hours ago

Better reserve a Sarcopod.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 1 day ago

Also the capitalist system refuses to pay the citizens with the fruits of automation, instead hoarding the wealth amongst the top 1% of the top 1%.

[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 day ago

That more young people are needed to contribute tax money to the retirement fund is a hoax anyways. Governments could choose to fund retirement funds through any number of ways. A wealth tax for example.

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But that would hurt the feelings of the trillionaires😱

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 day ago

One of the contributors to the wealth redistribution was the move away from company pensions to “just invest in the stock market” 401k and the like. Pension obligations disappear and stock value goes up.

I have to buy shares. They are given shares. And even if you’re getting shares as part of your compensation, it’s a fraction of what management gets.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 1 day ago

It also causes people to invest in inherently evil products they wouldn't otherwise. Pension to 401k is strong arm (metaphorically speaking, obvs) robbery.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I'd slightly disagree with the first point only because pension funds were invested the same way a personal 401k is. Either way your retirement money goes to inherently evil products

[-] Viceversa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It still would rely on young people. Resources should be produced, they can't just appear.

[-] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 13 points 1 day ago

Technically yes, someone has to produce resources, but thanks to modern technology. Each individual can produce huge excess of resources.

Just way too many times this production capacity is turned towards producing crap we don't need that breaks down after few uses.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago

Just way too many times this production capacity is turned towards producing crap we don't need that breaks down after few uses.

Amen

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 1 day ago

Resources are hoarded for centuries.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Brb hoarding food to eat 40 years from now

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Money is hoarded. Hoarding resources is a bad idea overall, as storage prices accumulate over time.

And money can't buy anything if it doesn't exist in the first place.

[-] Viceversa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They still should be produced consistently and constantly.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago

I would posit it depends on the resources. Clean air, water, and soil. Renewable energy. Heritage seeds. Comprehensive, fully funded, world class education. Comprehensive, fully funded health. Cleaner engineering and building. Infrastructure. Fully funded, safe and livable housing.

Wealth otoh should not be hoarded, and should be seen as the things I listed above, and more. Apologies, I'm a bit in a hurry and still waking up.

[-] Murse@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Turn that gun around and go out with a historic bang involving as many of the people responsible for fucking our lives as possible.

End result will be the same for you; but much, much better for society!

[-] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

More old people should be thinking this way tbh. Like the old folks that volunteered to clean up nuclear radiation sites because they wouldnt live long enough for it to matter anyways

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, The millennial retirement plan.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago

Gen Z onboard with you!

We didn't even have a decent career start, straight into hell

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

I appreciate the solidarity.

[-] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

We all will die miserably because of "the economy". Hoping for change is free though đŸ„Č

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 0 points 1 day ago

Mine is Life In Prison, so don't fuck with me.

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Be the Luigi you wish to see in the world, especially if you're gonna die anyway

[-] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

My thoughts exactly. If you have nothing to live for and are planning to end it all why not become a hero and take a billionaire with you.

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Robots will help in your retirement. Robots you can’t afford.

[-] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Fuck robots, they suck 😡

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Those are even more expensive

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Now now, don't shoot yourself. After all, you're not the reason those things are happening.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 12 points 1 day ago

Dr. Oz says we're "Under-babied." I'm sure he meant white folks, though.

Don't die for your country...

The rest is intentionally left blank as an exercise for the reader

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

I don't understand why you don't ask your parents for a trust fund safety net then make a scam ass crypto AI startup to funnel money through. What are you stupid?

/s

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The ol' Smith & Wesson retirement lol.

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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