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cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  We should be building a society where the concept of retiring is alien because the entire point of living isn’t to work.

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    RIGHT???

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  • electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    That is almost impossible. Even if we had machines and robots, there will always be the necessity for people to work

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I didn’t say nobody would have to work. I said that working shouldn’t be the point of life. This mentality that we are all stuck in should not be the defacto modus operandi of our society. What is the purpose of all of this if not to set us free from the mundane? What is the point of any of this if it is not to square the circle? Might as well have never climbed down from the trees if we are not reaching for infinity.

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      • rustic_tiddles@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        There are many people for who working isn’t the meaning of life.

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      • electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        And I said that it is almost impossible because there will always work to be done

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    • Kage520@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Do you mean this as in robots cannot do it all? Because I’m pretty sure they soon will be able to. Or do you mean it in that humans need challenges to make their lives feel complete? Because I would agree with that.

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      • electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I meant the first one. Someone will have to create/update/maintain robots.

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• blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  You can retire at any age you want lol. Most people didn't live in their means nor did they save for retirement starting at 18/22. This was possible 30 years ago. These days? Not so much.

  It doesn't mean you can't leverage it way better than most though. Starting a Roth IRA saves more money than even paying off your house loan in half the time. That's saving an extra $70,000 for most. Putting into retirement early triples that lol.

  Compound interest via stock/bonds is a bullshit money generating hack made up by rich people to get richer though. The poors literally get their dregs from riding on their coattails then acting like they invested well.

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I just want wages to increase to a point where people with a decent education can afford a home without any major financial stress.

    It’s not normal to have professionals with bachelor’s degrees not being able to afford a home.

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• Librechad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I mean it depends on what you want to do in life, some people live to flip burgers, others live to goto the moon.

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• Deca@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Women in China retire at age 50, men at 60

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  • spiderman@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    how are retirement plans in china? are they good?

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    • Deca@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Pretty good. My mum’s living in Shanghai (most populous city in China) and has been a pensioner for 20 years. It’s enough money to get by and now that she’s 70 she also receives monthly coupons for her neighbourhood canteen (although food is already very cheap)

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  • tallwookie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    really? that seems unsustainable, but would explain a few things I suppose.

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    • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Unsustainable??? Have you seen how many people there is in China? They could probably retire at 30 and still have enough people to fill in the jobs.

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