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  • Kalkaline @leminal.space
    322·
    7 hours ago

    The best thing you can do in the current environment is a) vote for change, vote.gov to register. b) pay down high interest debt to and maintain an emergency savings account to avoid future debt, the debt trap will put you behind for DECADES if you take on high interest debt. c) save 1-20% of your income in a tax deferred account like a traditional/Roth IRA, 401(k), HSA, whatever you qualify for. d) buy a starter home in a decent neighborhood the moment you can afford to do it and talk to a mortgage broker about how to get in good shape to own a home.

    You may not like the system we’re in, but that’s how you start to succeed in it.

      • KrasnaiaZvezda
        4·
        3 hours ago

        But I have an AI profile picture because I couldn’t find a nice enough Communist aethethics spaceship image around…

        • ComradeSalad
          3·
          2 hours ago

          That’s at least… interesting. There are still other options you could have taken. Why not a painting or drawing of Vostok?

          A generic ai filter cat? Booooo

          • KrasnaiaZvezda
            1·
            29 minutes ago

            lol

            And actually, I wanted a Soviet, or other Communist country’s dirigible as a profile pic but I couldn’t find anything that would look good and neither the AI made anything I liked so when I managed to have it genarate this I took it.

            But thinking about it now I could probably try making/editing something myself as well, like I’ve done in forums long ago. Just need a good idea.

    • loathesome dongeaterAEnglish
      19·
      7 hours ago

      Usa has been having elections since 1788 at what point do you think this change you talk about will come about?

      • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
        12·
        7 hours ago

        Those in power will never allow those without to simply vote their way out of the traps. Whoever gets voted in later this year will simply be another head of the same monster.

        However, the first commenter has merit. We’re stuck in this awful system and need to do our best to set ourselves up for success.

        Unfortunately, luck plays such a huge part. Sacrifice and save and struggle to put away even a small amount, and one drunk driver can drain your account. No fault of your own, and now you’re on the brink of homelessness.

        The answer is in no way at the ballot box.

            • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
              2·
              25 minutes ago

              Have you actually tried any of your own suggestions?

              “stop using credit cards and paying taxes” lol

            • HaSch
              1·
              21 minutes ago

              1. No one here claims to be a revolutionary. We are an instance for memes and theory, we don’t even do organising like a union or a communist party, and we are certainly not a revolutionary cell.

              2. The “stop participating” argument is the most worn card in the deck of the anti-communist debater. Participation in the system is not like seal fur or tropical woods, you cannot live your life in a way that avoids it. Capitalism’s total commodification of basic human rights means you cannot even obtain food and shelter or receive life-saving care without taking part in it. Telling someone to “stop participating in the system” amounts to promoting suicide.