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I had spent 6 years fastidiously saving to have 20k in investments when I got hired by Google.

I was laid off in the wave 9 months later.

So no: I didn’t (and don’t) have enough money to just start my own company.

It’s workers of the world unite not workers of the world only allow people who match your purity test. If you’re not with us, you’re part of the problem.

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SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I spent 6 years saving $20,000 in investments

He said without a trace of irony.

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- Stumblinbear@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh man, guy saved 3k a year, so rich /s
  
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  - SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I love when you guys tell on yourselves lol
    
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    theparadox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Jesus Christ, I just the capitalists are still winning. Keep us fighting amongst ourselves so we never unite. What, exactly, would convince you to have solidarity with a person able to save 3k a year? To quit and work for less? To donate all non-living expenses to charity until their QOL is on par with yours?
    
    Seriously though, there is no reason why labor at all levels can’t work together to improve the system and demand better treatment across the board.
    
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    Stumblinbear@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You know it’s not terribly difficult to save a couple hundred a month so long as you’re not making minimum wage and budget for it
    
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- huginn@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  6 years saving 20k is legitimately the “skip lattes and cancel Netflix” levels of saving.
  
  It’s $270 a month extra.
  
  Only saving $270 a month in NYC means 1 month of layoffs wipes out 6 months of saving in rent alone.
  
  If you don’t see the violence inherent in that system then you’re fucking blind.
  
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  - SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That took a hella weird twist lol
    
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