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It's the dunk tank.

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Like they're so shamelessly blatant about who their reader base is nowadays I just can't

Here's the article if you want to read it I can't summon the energy pain https://web.archive.org/web/20240507210734/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/magazine/retire-early-saving.html

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[–] AcidLeaves@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

There's absolutely nothing wrong with having healthy financial strategies, sometimes to the point of obsession, and aiming for FIRE especially given our fucked up government who doesn't care about us, as the author herself says

But every single person I've met who does this is a reactionary neoliberal

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it actually possible to be a FIRE grindset guy and not turn into a reactionary neoliberal?

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you're an entertainer or athlete or something and you can just sell your labour in a way that everyone wants to pay to consume specifically your labour you're inevitably building your wealth on the labour of poor people

[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, FIRE is just living off dividends. If you coupled that with a steady treat supply, you're just doing labor aristocracy/petty-bourgeois shit. I doubt most of these people plan to retreat to a small house, grow their own food, fuel and stop treat consumption for sustainable living.

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