That's probably a pretty good idea, because many of us likely realize that there is no real "all or nothing" in this world, but there may be a lot of dissatisfaction that comes from striving towards an end goal that might never be achieved... however, that should not mean that we should not attempt to be in a place in which we are enjoying ourselves at a lot of points along the way.
Accordingly, we don't necessarily need to be able to say "fuck you" to the man and to be totally enabled to live on either passive income or in some citadel or island that we control in order to be happy, and each of us should be able to recognize that we always have a kind of island, but sure having more wealth gives us way more options within our own island.
So, for example, any of us who has 6 months to 12 months to even 1-2 years saved up in one form or another (whether we are referring to our bitcoin stash or some traditional investments or a combination of these), then we are going to be way more empowered to either say "no" to any employer who might be putting us in what we believe to be an unsafe situation or at least be able to negotiate better terms because we have more options. So, even if that is not complete fuck you status, it could be something that is working in that direction, and gosh.. might be difficult to figure out, too, when "piss off" status might be achieved.
You hit the nail on the head from my point of view JJG: I don't have enough money to completely stop working (and I really wouldn't want to, I enjoy doing work much of the time), but I have enough to tide me over for a significant amount of time where I can find a job that I like, is not going to ask me to sacrifice myself, and is something that I could say does "good" in the world (for whatever definition of good is mine).
That's a pretty powerful place to be and bitcoin+savings+skills I have acquired in fixing and maintaining life's stuff is a big part of why I am where I am. I'm glad for it, it's something I have kind of lived my life with this in the background: The ability to walk away from bad situations and never be enslaved to someone or something. I stay, I work, I love because it's something I choose to do, not something I have to do.
You know, that's worth a lot more to me than a Lambo. But that's just me.
Certainly, the amount of cushion that we had created for ourselves is going to help to some extent, and for younger folks a cushion does not always have to do with having a shit ton of assets, because young people might not have a lot of assets built up, but they have time and skills, and so sometimes they are able to leverage in terms of their time and skills rather than their built up assets.
Younger people have skills, adaptability, the ability to live in dumpsters/steam grates if needed, etc.. Knowing how to live on the streets or in complicated situations is an exceptionally good skill: In a way it can mean you don't have to stay in an abusive relationship for example. Yes it sucks, but it could suck less than other things. You have an option.
I had been complaining a few weeks ago about how this whole situation is affecting people from a lot of social statuses, but surely the billionaires are likely the few that have been affected less, if they have a private plane and can fly to some location that is of their choosing, in the event that they may have found themselves in some location that is less ideal.. but probably even a lot of them have been negatively affected, even if they have quite a few more options than many of us relatively more normies... .I was not even thinking about the benefits of having my own plane or a helicopter or anything like this, but seems like it could provide options in times like these, that's for sure... oh multi-millionaires might also be able to aspire to private plan status, but surely those in regular fuck-off status would not have those kinds of options, and surely those in piss off status would not even really be considering those kinds of options (except maybe in a kind of fantasy consideration or maybe they would need bitcoin to do at least a 50x from here to be able to get too that private plane level).
Hm. The big trick about money is it can only buy what is for sale. No amount of money shoved into an engine can fix it by itself, and one of the consequences of this kind of disaster could be people having to figure stuff out for themselves instead of just buying the expertise. Example: Me. If I don't have a reasonable work environment, a purpose, and a goal then no amount of shoving money in my face will exceed the value of my life....
Shove bitcoin at me though.... :-)
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