I hate to break it to you but that civil war is coming. Idk if you’ve been seeing how many Americans are angry

you need to make well above average money now to afford average things... i can see that being a huge problem as we are basically being ripped off.

This guy is sheltered and don’t understand what’s happening and about to happen Sad

It’s interesting you said no civil war.. Are you concerned about civil unrest in the near future? Serious question.. I ask because a couple friends of mine think it’s just a matter of time. I’m not sure I agree with them.

Cost of living is high, relationships are getting worse, AI is getting better

Personally, I don’t want a crazy expensive or flashy car but I do want a vehicle I actually enjoy driving and I feel getting a 100 hp beater car would make me feel so depressed. So for me something like the Volkswagen GTI seems to be a good fit, but I do agree buy every vehicle in cash. if you can’t do that, you can’t afford it.

You dont have to babble 12 minutes for that one sentence

I would like to add that most of my generation buys cars they can’t afford and eat out every day, I think a lot of my friends would be doing a lot better if they cared. I don’t even make alot of money but I live like a king because I understand how much fast food and a car payment would cost me. I’m 25 and having kids wasn’t on my mind before I cared about the economy. I’m in the mind set where I want a wife that wants to work and not just stay home, Double income with no kids till 30 you would be set up financially to be able to raise that kid and be 10 times more emotionally mature to be able to raise a better kid.

I graduated high school in 2015. I did enroll in a US Government class that touched the surface of taxes and the stock market. It wasn’t until I got my first job as a waiter that my boss introduced me to investing. Since 2017, I’ve been reading and investing. Mostly self taught but I without her, I wouldn’t have known. Great channel, thank you for the videos

Brother im making 150k a year and my wife makes 70k a year and its still tight. 1 kid 1 house no car payments. Taxes are killing us.

I'm 59 and have been a realtor since i was 18. I enjoy pure freedom!!

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simulated luxury. things only seem okay superficially, as long as you're not looking any deeper

Print more money.

An older person who understands 😮

Life is easier but it's liek family's aren't family's anymore.

"Theres no civil war going on."...lol. Read the room, dude.

Very intelligent well delivered video

We are better off by having internet? playing with your phone? haha. There is no better entertainment than communicating with other humans in physical prescence, hanging out, sports, cafes, bars, music. We have been torn away from that most important thing!

Cost of living is too high

your paid off car is waaaaay better than having an auto loan. think, you more than likely have more money than those who have the loans that are $600 a month payment and thats not calculating costs of gas and the high insurance costs. screw that lol

Life is easier but burn out is real.

Back when I was in college 25 years ago I had a call center job paying $8/hr during the summer. My rent was $150/month in the frat house. My tuition during the school year was ~$3,000/year gross but about $2000/year after a scholarship that anyone could get for having a B average. Consider what has happened to the cost of all of these things in comparison to the pay of an entry level/college job and tell me younger people don't have it much worse off today. Inflation is the quietest of thieves it happens to slowly that very few even notice it happen. Until the past five years where it got absolutely turbocharged.

Life is easier, but it's harder to get ahead if behind

First blood

MS is right. The path to wealth is either family, luck, or talent. The painful part is when people don't recognize their own good fortune, and expect you to be capable of what they've succeeded at. And will either talk down to you, or give advice that works for them but not you lol. But all you can do is fell the pain and move forward.

It should go without saying: think of yourself like a contractor - you're providing a service and they're paying you for it. Whether it's a salary or fee payment is not the point. Take a landscaper for example - they have multiple customers. Do you think any of them rely on 1 or 2 customers to sustain their livelihood and business? They have multiple customers who will use or not use their services, depending the needs and wants. And they'll work to gain more. You should treat any company the same way. The key is having multiple sources of income, work as many jobs as you see fit. This "company loyalty" thing is silly.

That's basically a Toyota Corolla

Exploiters WILL ABUSE slaves - there should NEVER be any loyalty

The legacy mainstream media sees Kamala lagging in the polls so they are going to try to pull some sort of October surprise.

If Republicans would run a black candidate they might get a lot more black votes and win more elections.

There is no company loyalty in modern america Dont look for it unless you are a founder And even then you better watch your back

You can’t get a running car under $1000 anymore, never mind one that’s road worthy.

My vote is Republican

Trump 2024 for me. I want to be able to afford to live again, no tax on overtime, supporting farmers and the working man.

do presidents determine the economy, my buddy said it has nothing to do with the president I beg to differ

You're missing two big huge issues in your analysis: women's reproductive rights, and the attempted insurrection. There's a significant percentage of the population that will be voting for Harris based on either or both of those issues, even if they themselves feel they fared better economically under former President Trump. Then then are those of us who followed the Trump presidency pretty closely and remember a lot of the things that he did. For me, the policy of separating children from their parents at the border in the Summer of 2018 was the last straw. Those tactics were straight out of 1940s Germany. My feeling is that if he came for them, some day he's going to come for me, and I am working tail off right now to do everything I can to make sure he doesn't get that chance.

Powerful!

From my anecdotal experience, Im in a battleground state and it seems kamala is winning by a landslide. Trump fumbled the debate with kamala pretty good.

Everyone should have to go to a polling station and vote.

Most people in my area charge way too much for a beater car

That's a pretty nice car to be honest

More responsibility= more money and experience. More experience for resume to take somewhere else in the future is need be. If you don't get more experience you'll become stagnant skill wise.

There is no such thing as « loyalty » business wise, if a company doesn’t want you to leave they just pay the money so you wouldn’t want to. Otherwise, you don’t owe them anything.

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I get my welfare check and get high

It’s always a two way street.

No Toyota or Honda around 3k are in good condition in my area

Company loyalty is absolutely a scam. That is why I've contracted most of my career. I will work alongside FTEs who are paid based on a 40 hour workweek 50+ hours/week and even sometimes 60 hours/week, but the difference between me & them is I'm hourly and I get time and a half beyond 40 so am compensated fairly. They get a pat on the back and some vague possibility of promotion several years down the road & with each promotion comes ever more responsibility. If you aren't on the management track you are insane to buy into the loyalty BS. If you are on the management track good luck--most don't wind up making much more than me if any more but a few do. You have to be willing to really work for it and be picked and its possible--remember at every level moving up there are more qualified applicants than jobs. And this assumes the company doesn't periodically do layoffs which many do. The higher up you go the harder it is to lateral or recover from a layoff too.

Companies will fire you for their own benefit. Employment is purely transactional.