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DON'T BE A FUCKING LOSER.
I used to feel like the whole system was rigged.
Like there was no way to win the game.
Like the dealer was bottom dealing me.
I used to feel like the whole system was rigged.
Like there was no way to win the game.
Like the dealer was bottom dealing me.
Why?
I worked hard.
I paid my bills.
But my credit card debt kept piling up.
My student loans were sucking me dry.
I did everything I was supposed to do.
I played by all the rules.
And I was fucking losing.
I worked hard.
I paid my bills.
But my credit card debt kept piling up.
My student loans were sucking me dry.
I did everything I was supposed to do.
I played by all the rules.
And I was fucking losing.
I thought that if I just did the right thing,
just got the right job,
just cut the right coffee out,
I would win.
But you can't win, when the game is rigged.
just got the right job,
just cut the right coffee out,
I would win.
But you can't win, when the game is rigged.
Maybe you think the game isn't rigged.
Maybe you missed the $GME disaster.
Maybe you didn't see the hedge funds change the rules in the middle of the game because they were losing.
Maybe you missed the fact that this is normal. https://www.reuters.com/article/cramer-interview-idUKN2036292620070320
Maybe you missed the $GME disaster.
Maybe you didn't see the hedge funds change the rules in the middle of the game because they were losing.
Maybe you missed the fact that this is normal. https://www.reuters.com/article/cramer-interview-idUKN2036292620070320
"Sure, but that's just the stock market.
It's not like the whole game is rigged."
Okay.
I'm not going to convince you, so go away and don't waste either of our time.
But I say the emperor has got no fucking clothes on.
It's not like the whole game is rigged."
Okay.
I'm not going to convince you, so go away and don't waste either of our time.
But I say the emperor has got no fucking clothes on.
Your career is a trap.
Companies arbitrage your time.
They buy your time from you, sell it to their clients, and keep the difference.
Buy low, sell high.
You think you're making money?
Your time is far more valuable than you think.
You're selling it cheap. Why?
Companies arbitrage your time.
They buy your time from you, sell it to their clients, and keep the difference.
Buy low, sell high.
You think you're making money?
Your time is far more valuable than you think.
You're selling it cheap. Why?
"But no, Bryant.
As long as I just build my investment portfolio, and my IRA, and work hard, I'll be safe.
I'll have job security."
Look, if you're happy in your 9–5, good.
Stay there.
But security?
Get the fuck out of here.
As long as I just build my investment portfolio, and my IRA, and work hard, I'll be safe.
I'll have job security."
Look, if you're happy in your 9–5, good.
Stay there.
But security?
Get the fuck out of here.
Did you miss the pandemic?
When your industry collapses and your 9–5 disappears,
when your local government shuts down your restaurant as "non-essential,"
when your health fails and your boss says, "Here's your severance,"
tell me then that you have security.
When your industry collapses and your 9–5 disappears,
when your local government shuts down your restaurant as "non-essential,"
when your health fails and your boss says, "Here's your severance,"
tell me then that you have security.
I'm not here to shit on 9–5s.
But you need to use them correctly.
A 9–5 is an opportunity for you to build something else.
Use yours like this:
9–5 creates income
Income acquires assets
assets generate wealth
wealth produces freedom
But you need to use them correctly.
A 9–5 is an opportunity for you to build something else.
Use yours like this:
9–5 creates income Income acquires assets assets generate wealth wealth produces freedom
But companies need company men.
Because the company doesn't work unless you do.
It can't.
It isn't real in itself.
It must extract its existence from you.
The company feeds on your time.
Because the company doesn't work unless you do.
It can't.
It isn't real in itself.
It must extract its existence from you.
The company feeds on your time.
Companies make it impossible to leave the 9–5.
They keep you trapped with retirement accounts and health benefits and insurance and company cars and…
They rig the fucking game.
They keep you trapped with retirement accounts and health benefits and insurance and company cars and…
They rig the fucking game.
"Come on, Bryant.
You're making it sound like the companies are doing shady backroom deals to fuck me over."
Sometimes they literally are. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html
You're making it sound like the companies are doing shady backroom deals to fuck me over."
Sometimes they literally are. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html
But that's not the point.
They don't have to.
Companies aren't real in themselves.
They are an expression of the sum of the actions of their management teams.
Companies aren't immoral.
They're amoral.
Companies exist to maximize profit for shareholders.
They don't have to.
Companies aren't real in themselves.
They are an expression of the sum of the actions of their management teams.
Companies aren't immoral.
They're amoral.
Companies exist to maximize profit for shareholders.
I was going to write up some tweets about how companies leveraged the BLM protests for publicity.
But this is better. https://twitter.com/Campster/status/1267183124582215680
But this is better. https://twitter.com/Campster/status/1267183124582215680
[BRAND] is deeply committed to fighting for [SOCIAL ISSUE] now that public sentiment on the issue has shifted. [BRAND] promises to allocate 1% of our Twitter feed to tweets raising awareness about [SOCIAL ISSUE], provided we see no dip in profits for doing so.
Back to the point at hand:
It's not like companies need to get together and collude to keep your face in the gutter.
They're just all seeking to maximize profit.
They don't care about you.
They don't think about you at all.
They just do what makes them money.
It's not like companies need to get together and collude to keep your face in the gutter.
They're just all seeking to maximize profit.
They don't care about you.
They don't think about you at all.
They just do what makes them money.
They require expensive college degrees.
You know, the kind where you learn a valuable skill.
(Also the kind where you go deeply into debt… I'm sure that's nothing.)
They tie benefits to your tenure at the company.
They keep buying your time cheap, so they can resell it.
You know, the kind where you learn a valuable skill.
(Also the kind where you go deeply into debt… I'm sure that's nothing.)
They tie benefits to your tenure at the company.
They keep buying your time cheap, so they can resell it.
YOU ARE THE FUCKING PRODUCT.
There's a great movie called WarGames.
(I don't want to spoil a movie that's been out for 38 years.)
But there's a scene where a near-omniscient AI plays tic-tac-toe (and other things) for a long time.
The AI realizes that you can't win.
(I don't want to spoil a movie that's been out for 38 years.)
But there's a scene where a near-omniscient AI plays tic-tac-toe (and other things) for a long time.
The AI realizes that you can't win.
The computer concludes:
"The only winning move is not to play."
When the game is rigged against you, you fuck off and play a different game.
That's what I did, and I've never looked back.
"The only winning move is not to play."
When the game is rigged against you, you fuck off and play a different game.
That's what I did, and I've never looked back.
I tweet about this kind of thing a lot,
because the moment you change the way you think about money is the moment you take new actions.
This changed my life.
It can change yours, too.
because the moment you change the way you think about money is the moment you take new actions.
This changed my life.
It can change yours, too.
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Here's how I escaped the 9–5. https://twitter.com/iwillgetyoupaid/status/1359031406207393820
