Post #2194466

2026-04-25 19:44 UTC

You know any of those people can start a business a well. Right. Right? It's not about trickle down. It's about people choosing A job. Shit I got tired of working for people years ago and started my own company. At one point I couldn't afford a screw to finish a job. I had to talk a Lowe's employee into letting me have one. Last year I made a pretty great wage. I'm not rich, but I'm not suffering any more. Maybe. Just maybe, get off Lemmy, and everything else and stop feeling sorry for yourself. No one is going to hand you shit. Tourist town, big city. Small town, whatever.

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@Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 2026-04-25 20:00

That's a nice anecdote, but it's not the argument for tourist towns you think it is. You're merely arguing that they should aspire to join the ranks of the advantaged, at the expense of the poor. Not that the rich aren't advantaged at the expense of the poor. "Just start a business lol" is also an argument used to defend trickle down economics. But you know as well as I, it's no panacea. >Just maybe, get off Lemmy, and everything else and stop feeling sorry for yourself. No one is going to hand you shit. How arrogantly presumptive of you. If I told you I'm comfortable, and have no want or need for people to "hand me shit", would you respect my opinion more? Would you like to try again without the failed economic policy, anecdotal non-sequitors, or the classist ad-hominems?

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@mattyroses@lemmy.today 2026-04-25 20:05

You just go to the capital tree and get the startup money!

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@basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-26 06:11

You still need demand. You can’t just start a company that does whatever you wanna work in whereever you want. Though there are things you can do pretty much everywhere as long you have electricity and internet

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