Debt/wage slavery and intellectual slavery
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-debt-becoming-new-form-modern-slavery-70186 According to an article published by CNBC, the average millennial (classified as ages 18 to 34) “had about $36,000 in personal debt, excluding home mortgages, last year.” Furthermore, more than half of all millennials (classified as ages 18 to 37) “don’t know when, or if, they’ll ever be able to pay off what they …
On Work by Kahlil Gibran
« … … You have been told also that life is darkness, and in your weariness you echo what was said by the weary. And I say that life is indeed darkness save when there is urge, And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge, And all knowledge is vain save when there … Continue reading On Work by Kahlil Gibran
Nietzsche on Nihilism and religion
« Nietzsche characterized nihilism as emptying the world and especially human existence of meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. This observation stems in part from Nietzsche’s perspectivism, or his notion that “knowledge” is always by someone of some thing: it is always bound by perspective, and it is never mere fact.[65] Rather, there are … Continue reading Nietzsche on Nihilism and religion
Happiness depends on self-perception of social status
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/can-money-buy-happiness-depends-how-person-sees-their-social-standing-wealth-compared « a person’s perception of his social standing compared to others is more important to increasing happiness than the actual amount of money he has.» Hence I am happy af because everyone else is pleb af in terms of my own standards of what really matters in life. — Also why forcing people of … Continue reading Happiness depends on self-perception of social status
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