Why is it wrong to be upset that your standard of living is declining? Especially when so many policy decisions were made with the promise of it increasing? Are people expected to be stoic while they're being told "You fucked up! You trusted us!"
This same argument gets used to justify limitless immigration from the third world. "Oh these Americans are too good to work in a field picking fruit for $2/hour! That's why we need to bring in Miguel! He's used to living in a cardboard shack and won't complain!"
I freely admit I've never lived in some third-world favela or on a literal mound of garbage as some do. I don't think that should disqualify me from noticing (eg.) that gas is a lot more expensive than it used to be. Yes it's still cheap compared to in Europe: I've heard that my entire fucking life. Maybe I don't live in fucking Europe and don't care how much gas costs in fucking Europe.
There's nothing wrong with that. The ones that piss me off are the ones that expect their standard of living to maintain or increase with at best worthless effort on their part. Then when it doesn't happen they scream for the government to give it to them. They can't wait for the communism so they can just enjoy their free shit while relaxing and working on their art, but only when they feel like it. If someone won't contribute enough value that others even want their services, then they can piss off and I don't give a shit if their standard of living declines to a soggy cardboard box.
I'm also not much into the doomer blackpill attitude anyway. I don't want to live my life agitated all the time. Do the best I can to notice and improve things, sure. Give up, throw in the towel, and live out the rest of my life in the shittiest and most disgruntled way possible because it's all hopeless anyway? No.
Why is it wrong to be upset that your standard of living is declining? Especially when so many policy decisions were made with the promise of it increasing? Are people expected to be stoic while they're being told "You fucked up! You trusted us!"
This same argument gets used to justify limitless immigration from the third world. "Oh these Americans are too good to work in a field picking fruit for $2/hour! That's why we need to bring in Miguel! He's used to living in a cardboard shack and won't complain!"
I freely admit I've never lived in some third-world favela or on a literal mound of garbage as some do. I don't think that should disqualify me from noticing (eg.) that gas is a lot more expensive than it used to be. Yes it's still cheap compared to in Europe: I've heard that my entire fucking life. Maybe I don't live in fucking Europe and don't care how much gas costs in fucking Europe.
There's nothing wrong with that. The ones that piss me off are the ones that expect their standard of living to maintain or increase with at best worthless effort on their part. Then when it doesn't happen they scream for the government to give it to them. They can't wait for the communism so they can just enjoy their free shit while relaxing and working on their art, but only when they feel like it. If someone won't contribute enough value that others even want their services, then they can piss off and I don't give a shit if their standard of living declines to a soggy cardboard box.
I'm also not much into the doomer blackpill attitude anyway. I don't want to live my life agitated all the time. Do the best I can to notice and improve things, sure. Give up, throw in the towel, and live out the rest of my life in the shittiest and most disgruntled way possible because it's all hopeless anyway? No.