Message from @AKAlexei
Discord ID: 625460107534270484
I recognize that I at least had somewhere to return to if I failed
even if I didn't have a plan to pay off my debt
We don't
^
We have nothing
It's strange to me, if the circumstances are THAT dire for you guys, why don't you spend all your time trying to find new solutions to fix this?
Konot and I are literally fighting for our very survival because the system fucked up.
Idk about you guys, but I kept up a regiment of applying to 3 jobs a day until I got one
And what we're trying to get you to think about is that the majority of people in the united states are just as fucked as we are, albeit with differences in situation
You don't think I am? I work 40 hours a week. Bill's take 95% of my wages.
it's not the majority my dude
I'm not saying it's only 2% of people who live like that
but it definitely isn't 51%
@CatLoverKid really? Because I can't begin to count how many people I've met who are in situations like mine. It's a nationwide issue
Don't hate the player
Nor the game
you live in a pretty impoverished place it sounds like though.
I might be wrong in that assessment
Actually I live in the richest county in my state
wait sorry, then it doesn't sound like you NEED to move far, just slightly away so you can live cheaper
do you not have friends you can room with?
I've never lived with less than 3 people in an apartment
That isn't the point, the point is that I've been put in this position because of the very system you're defending
and the very system is what allowed me to get out of there
well okay, the system didn't just hand it to me
At the risk of ending up in the gutter like me
correct
it was worth it
And you don't see a problem with that? That people in many cases have to risk THAT MUCH just to have what you have?
but I'm sure that if I didn't make it out, I might think the same as you
I would like to imagine a system where that risk didn't need to exist, but I am not convinced that such a system exists
don't get me wrong, I don't ENJOY that sort of stuff
but I don't want to throw that opportunity away for others
from my perspective, you're asking me to shoot the system that enabled me to be successful in the foot. To say
"Ya know, it might be nice to be here, but I'd like to give it all up, and give up the struggle to get here"
We're not asking you to, we're asking you to support creating a system where more people have that opportunity rather than a select few
Where people don't have to suffer just to get ahead
Where people don't have to risk everything for a slim chance at having all they wanted
I support almost all measures to ensure that people can work out of poverty, but I do not support them if they require the labor/money of others who do not consent to it
Look I love you guys
But suck it up