Yes, companies just want to suck life out of you. Government doesnt do shit to regulate how exploitative enterprises can be. Slavers will tell you that it is a "free market" and you can opt out of a work contract if you want to. But can you? given you need to eat, pay rent, help your family and be able to survive? no savings? can you really OPT OUT? of a job contract no matter how freaking soul crushing and time-consuming it is? No, you cant, you are not free to choose. You HAVE to choose shitty work conditions to pay life's necessities accepting a 60+hours a week job to survive.
When you have no job you have all the time and no money When you have a job you have all the money and no time But most people these days have a Job and have no time or money Its soul crushing
@@TomScryleusit's ironic that the few channels that discuss this topic have none mentioning having romantic relationships (increase debt in most cases as bachelors generally spend a minute fraction) and even more CAUSING BIRTH(s) will DRASTICALLY INCREASE the need to work and be a wage slave for life. We discuss the other aspects but these 2 biggest reasons to keep earning more and more for decades more where you can barely save anything.
@@SingleCHILDLESSHappyMovementthe simple fact of life is that as a heterosexual man you invariably need money to date, to visit places, to socialise...and then you probably need a lot to keep a girlfriend. I haven't met many women who are not gold diggers in some form and expecting to be paid...it's rare to meet a woman who's not bothered about your wealth
@@keithparker1346 agreed that is why as a heterosexual male I promote to others staying CHILDLESS/Single and ask them to also do the same in promoting this idea. When a relationship is started costs go up exponentially versus a bachelor living with parents or friends together renting. Escaping wage slavery requires this tiny sacrifice.
Under recurrent themes of living, having a life that you would want to live again in another time, there would be the same things that would make you happy, children could be one of them. I'm childless but could see how it would be something I wouldn't repeat all things going well. The world has reached a plateau in growth, the last 80 years saw 400% and the next 80 will be lucky to see 40%, mostly elsewhere, Europe is losing people, USA is allowing illegal immigrants in, same as UK. 23 countries are going to lose half their populations by then, china being one of them, that's around 600 million people. There is going to be the highest percentage of those over 65, ever, so the question is, what about when you have time and money? Our lives are controlled by systems that we were born into but if you had money and time, apart from spending money in mindless consumption that ruins the planet, what would you do long term if you aren't doing it now, in your personal life? Would you eat as much, drink as much or if there was a true healthy you, no matter what you did or did not do for work, should you morally go for it and if not now then why not.
@@TomScryleusAs have I, but I see these types especially if they can AFFORD to finally retire, yet do not, as the type who fear not feeling USEFUL in this world anymore and then I’m like, “You really need to use your imagination and should not need a set job to motivate you to get up, get out and do something if that is what you what to do.” They look at me as if they had an epiphany….lol. Tbf I do understand this for those lucky ones that truly LOVED their careers. As a chill type of person I am a strong worker when I’m working, but my motto for the aging/elderly afraid to become or feel not so useful is this: your new job is to TELL THE TRUTH!…that’ll help somebody for sure because I was lied to gotdammit, so that’s a way to be old and useful in a big way imho….either that or give some young struggling person some money…lol.
Wage slavery is carefully designed to steal our youth. Our most important years while we’re healthy and have energy. Those are the years where we dream to be off doing more, experiencing more and seeing more but get trapped. Then, they release us of our invisible shackles at 60-70 years old (retirement) when we are no longer of use to them but now we are too old to do and enjoy things the same way we could have when we were younger. Escaping or avoiding the trap as young as possible is the key. 🔑
I’m 24 right now and have a decent amount of money saved up thinking about traveling the world with my girlfriend for a year or two just to get away from everything
I'm 23 and me and my fiance were contemplating living in a caravan somewhere just to get away aswell. Seems alot of people our age want to plan similar getaways
I hate wage slavery just like you. However, it's not necessarily true that you won't be able to enjoy yourself once you hit 60 or 70. So many people are traveling in that age group. In fact, a majority of my parents' friends travel well into their 70s and in some into their 80s.
A guy I worked with recently died from cancer at age 59. On the upside, he doesn't need to go to work any more. On the down side, He literally worked until he died. I think the job killed him.
I have seen similar things at workplaces. usually its heart attacks. I think you are right, its the job. Society doesn't see it that way. They blame bad lifestyles. Never the job.
I feel the same way. Like my job is literally killing me. Cutting off my exercise, outdoor time and access to fresh food while also stressing me out every single f-ing day. No end in sight
@@TomScryleusWorking 40+ hours a week at a stressful job is a pretty bad lifestyle IMO. It leaves people with no time and energy to take care of themselves, so their mental health suffers. My boss told me she gained weight because she eats junk food to help her alleviate the stress.
@@rtlau-mk4diall bed and work. No gold watch at the endbof it now either. Just escorted off the premises and take your I.d lanyard like you are a criminal.
I'm a 50 year old truck driver and am working 65 plus hours a week until Sept 2025 when everything, including our house, is paid off. I won't be giving work a notice, I'm just not gonna show up after that date, and i'm going to find a minimum wage, lower stress type job until my life on earth is finally finished. I'm hoping my life will be different when I'm no longer a slave for a dead entity called a corporation. The worst part of my workday is talking to coworkers who just love their job and wish they could work many more hours. Makes me sick!
who wish they could work many more hours??? WT.... Sadly I know people like that too. I both pity and envy them. I envy their lack of understanding, and I pity that they will some day realize their whole life was wasted.
do low stress minimum wage jobs exist? do they have health insurance benefits? my house is paid off, i have no debt, i have savings, but I feel stuck working in order to have health insurance and to pay taxes/utilities/upkeep on life.
@@CultureCritic17 I won't be in debt. I've worked minimum wage jobs before and have been happy and had fun doing them. I haul gasoline in a big city, so anything will be less stressful to me now, trust me
I stopped working to enrich people who would throw me into the garbage as soon as I stopped being exploitable. Haven't worked for wages in over 20 years. Would rather die.
Yeah $50 a week for rates, $100 a week for house insurance, $100 a week for water, electricity, sewage etc. $100 a month for Internet, $250 a week to feed the family, Mortgage is currently $900 a week but I am almost free of that
High school: Get up early to go to a place you don't want to be, with people you don't want to be around, to do tasks you don't want to do. Workforce: Get up early to go to a place you don't want to be, with people you don't want to be around, to do tasks you don't want to do. It's a seamless transition.
I felt this video all the way through to the pit of my soul. I’ve tried to convey this idea to the world and they just see me as lazy. I’m 43 and I know time is slipping away. I make a quarter of a million a year yet I feel like a slave, knowing that for 5 days a week I’m told what I can and cannot do. I will never brings kids into this world knowing that it’ll be just another trap leading me to work until I die.
WE are not alone. I make these videos about wage slavery and I can promise you that what you are feeling, is something me and my subscribers feel too. Its good that you make that much, but do you invest every month at least? index funds etc.? (hope you don't mind me asking).
@@TomScryleus yup, I’m glad we’re a like-minded community. Sometimes I feel like I’m in the matrix at work. I’m sitting there and all these people are so proud of the work they do to make their company more billions of dollars. They take it so seriously and fight with each other causing added stress to themselves. Their identity is tied to their work, and without it they feel lost. They will work nights and weekends and sacrifice time with their kids because they think the world will remember them for the extra revenue they helped bring in. In a sense I feel awakened, knowing that I am not chasing fame or money or status, I’m chasing freedom so I can spend my time learning and helping others. And yes, I’m invested in the market through a broad range of ETFs like SPY and QQQ, but also a portfolio of about 10 stocks. I have a number i’m working towards and once I hit that number in the next 2 years, I am out. The corporate world will never see me again.
@@sudenmoose writing a few words in the comments section on RUclips never tells the whole story. I cannot work from home so i can’t just be anywhere. I do still have a mortgage for a small condo. My ailing mother is sick in the states so I need to be nearby. One day the reality of living abroad will be realized but for now, I still have responsibilities. Even though I don’t have kids, I don’t just live for myself.
Lots of us understand what you're going through. Looking back, even though I didn't know how to term it, I recognised that something was horribly wrong with the system.
Lol meanwhile males are stolen their youth, energies and potential with the modern slavery, women and rainbow people get everything without doing anything from the hard earned taxes of disenfranchised, lonely males who get to live for work. This is why society is immensely flawed
@@lightbeingpontifex yes, we get some pocket money now to spend after giving away half for a bed and bread. And then we spend the other half on medicine or rest to fix ourselves in-between the grind. Or it gets spent on countless shit that's being advertised into our minds from every screen, speaker or vertical wall. Or a hobby, in an attempt to cope. It doesn't really work anyway
Wage slavery is one of the things that has made me lean toward antinatalism. I never liked the idea that most of my time was spent doing a job that I merely tolerated, while things I liked doing (like spending time in nature) could only be done fleetingly. I don't see the point of forcing a new being into this kind of existence. I've been wondering if it was a mistake for humanity to move away from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
We just need to use our lives more intelligently so we can replace capitalism, er "crapitalism," without repeating the errors of fascism and even more so, Communism....it's why I'm a monarchist....and we need to make WORK be something that is wholesome and meaningful (i.e. growing food, doing garage tech, or artisanal labor, or something similar for LOCAL communities where the wealth stays at HOME and is not pledge to international banks or global "stonk" markets to which most companies ultimately owe their allegiance
This comment needs to be talked about more as I believe it was/is still this concept that majority ignore! The reason why most people work and get a degree is because they have to not because they care about what’s being learned but everything is centered around money and that’s the problem! No one wants to come together as everything in this life at this point is about self accolades and the status quo. Modernization, industrialization, convenience and capitalism are just a few to name as the issue but also the conquer and divide concept always at play in one’s life. Men should’ve maintained the hunter/gatherer concept along with tilling the ground to maintain the freedom and control from all outside negligence that doesn’t hold up to GOD original standards. Unfortunately I can say a lot more on this but would rather just leave this message as a thinking point for others.
i was in almost same circumstances as you exactly one year ago… june 9, 2023. i quit my job of 24 years and took a chance. i had nothing lined up except some savings. im not rich, im divorced, had child support to pay and 2 small kids. it was scary but i did it. i was 50 years old. let me tell you, i figured it out. good things keep happening. the money somehow kept comin in from odd jobs & delivery. ive never been happier. the sense of freedom is amazing. i will NEVER go back to wage slavery & will never work for anyone again. sorry about your dad. lost mine ain 2014. im a Catholic. i pray for him, but he led a saintly life and have little doubt that hes in Heaven, not purgatory. take a chance! you only live once! God bless!
You pay child support and you were raising two kids or paying child support for two kids? Either way, it’s no small feat. Glad things worked out for you.
@@danple3557You could try switching to part time instead of quitting. Or if you have vacation time, tell your boss you need to take half days for 2 weeks to "help someone out". That way, it's only 40 hrs. taken for 2 weeks of a make believe "part-time" feel. This would give the experience and help you decide if you could just switch to PT.
Jesus is the only way brother, unfortunately for your dad Jesus never taught Catholicism. I hate to be that guy but purgatory is not biblical brother and the saints can’t hear you, only Jesus!!
@@anab0licI work full time and I’m not even paid a living wage! I don’t have enough to pay the exorbitant price of rent, I don’t have enough money to buy food 😢
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wage slavery is one of the many reasons why i am antinatalist. If you have a kid you sentence this kid to a life of wage slavery. Parents seem ignorant to the fact that they force another person into this system where they have to comply with the rules and spend most of their waking hours at doing something only to get money.
Then pay that money to a third party for a roof over your head 😮 heating & lights. They gave us bills to keep people in slavery instead of a free fire made from wood collected in the forest and candles!
This video came out at perfect time. Today is the last day of my 1 week vacation.. today is also my wife’s last day before she starts her new job. (Which she’s not looking forward to), and the cherry on top is tomorrow is our 10 year anniversary and we both have to work through it… Fantastic.
I truly don’t understand how more people don’t see it. What baffles me is how many people don’t know what to do with themselves without a 9-5 job… and they project this onto everyone else. Such NPC’s. To me it’s just a massive distraction that takes me away from life.
When you have kids it gives you a purpose or reason for the suffering. You find the money and energy for them. In general no matter your path, life is suffering. If it weren’t for my wife and kids I probably wouldn’t be here.
@@TheBroLoungeSome people just don’t want kids, what is the issue with that?? Yall are literally talking about how life is suffering, yet actively want to bring new life into this system, and then pretend you care so much about the wellbeing of these children when in reality, you can only list selfish reasons for having them in the first place? Stay in your lane and let us live how we want… without worrying about another human mouth to feed.
I've seen through this when i was in school and it got me depressed and isolated. And then i realized more viscerally it's full extent when i had to start paying for my own bills/rent. I'm in my 20's, i've been imagining ways to get out of it for a fairly long time but i don't see any foolproof solution. Whatever i do, the chances are it will fail. I would throw everything away for freedom. Instead my soul was sentenced to death the moment i was born, so the rich could thrive and make the most important decisions regarding our future. I'm already sick of all of this, how the fuck can i go on for 40 more years?
I was like that and i decided to live on my credit cards until they ran out and then take an overdose lol. I'm 41 now though and i own my own house, doing amazon flex to pay the bills (I only need £700 a month). I think everyone should be entitled to their own home!
People like us tend to think and calculate. Idiots take risks without much thought or effort and some even make it, in fact a few people I know have come out better from that, no university or years of work experience either.
I don't think you'll have to. I think the cultural moment where we could look forward to another 40 years with surety is over. If you're feeling this way now and you don't have kids or a house to pay for, the world is your oyster and you can pack up and travel or take risks that you couldn't take if you had people to take care of. You should do something like that to press the reset button and find out what you really want to do
I have come to realize that the more "aware" you are about the ways of modern life, the more likely you are to feel your soul crushed/depressed, etc. Technically we are free to pursue anything, but at the same time we are all wearing invisible shackles named responsibilities. The older you get the heavier they become. You can temporarily forget about them either through some form of distraction/entertainment or during sleep. They are always there though, wrapped around you 100% of the time. When you do get rid of them, it's usually too late to matter.
Every time working sucks for me I just recall to myself the moment in time I saw a disabled person and how I felt thinking about that. It's true, work can suck or even be horrible, but remember, you only have to do it for 8 hours at a time. If you're disabled, you' re disabled all the time.
Im 31 and my wife is 28. We feel this way. It feels like everything we do is for nothing. The American dream we were promised if we “did the right things” is gone and is almost unattainable. I wish everyone collectively would stop paying taxes, stop participating in the system. Why kill ourselves to make the rich richer while we get table scraps? Screw them. It’s the greed all the way at the top causing this for the rest of us. I used to believe hard work would get me what I wanted in life. It’s evident that’s not the case anymore.
What you mean? Do it for each other? Not everything has to just be about monetary value, we are also on this world for the human interactions and connections we develop, infact more integral to our essence
Hey ya. Im in my forties, and have always felt the same as you . I worked it out when I was a late teenager. I feel you. There are more like us, but back then they obviously were few and far between, but more people now, are waking up and finding the courage to do their life differently. I agree with you, that is a difficult problem to navigate and escape. I admire your honesty. So many know this deep down, but prefer the acolades of society, but are never truly happy. I live in a country where wage slavery did not exist for 60 000 years. I believe human beings were never meant to live this way! Food grows from a tree and in the soil for free. Humans were meant to be productive in self sufficiency, and work as a team, co-operate. It is an illogical and unethical idea that we must compete against each to survive. Eg like the business model. What a stupid idea! It takes courage to do this video, and I admire your honesty, vulnerability, and strength. I have always lived my wage slavery in spurts...saving money, and then exiting the system, and repeated that pattern my whole life. Looking back, I am now in my later forties, and I wished I had of exited altogether when I was a young adult. To anyone reading this, keep your values sacred. Work (as defined by you), to create a meaningful life and know you are not alone. Much love and respect.
Welcome to the life of a farm animal. You're born, work, die. The end. No afterlife...that's a fairy tail to stop the farm animals rebelling, because if they realised that this is all they will ever have then they would break free. The false promises keep you in the biggest chains you can ever have: Hope. Hope causes you to do nothing, to not rebel, to do as you are told. Hope it will be better on the other side. But there is no "other side". No greener grass.
If you're not a farm animal, what else do you want to be? I'm serious here. People want to escape, they want freedom. What does that even mean? I was raised very poor, today I'm a freelancer and make good money. I just recently thought: NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Not really. I'm still the same person. I travel, I have fun, but there is not much to explore anymore. At a certain point, everything becomes dull, and life is still hard. I think there aren't many people as free as I am, and still ...! You wonder what the absolute freedom is giving you at the end of the day. Nobody is designed to be happy 24/7. You must know the darkness to appreciate the light. So that's the real issue here: human nature. We are incapable of being happy. I still remember lying in my bathtub and dreaming of becoming a successful writer. It was like winning the lottery. Zero chances. Now I made it. Can you believe it? I can't. Still, everything seems the same. Now I have just other problems. I want to close my eyes and sleep for all eternity. That's all I have to say. I'm damn tired.
@@pincopallino8176wow 'Exactly, that's what I was thinking too. People often don't think beyond that. Like what do people do when they’re at home 24/7? They stream play video games etc just waist time coz people lack purpose.
I have watched your videos for a while Tom. I used to listen to them on my depressing drive to work every morning. I had a local government utilities job (working on water mains) in the US that supposedly had great "benefits" even though none of those benefits translated to more money in my pocket. While working there I slowly built up a plumbing company after hours and on weekends. It took a couple years to get the company to the point where I could safely leave and provide for my wife and infant daughter, but in December I took the plunge. The last 7 months have been the happiest of my life. I set my own schedule and wake up when I want to without an alarm (instead of the soul crushing buzzing at 6 am every day). I am the only employee of the company and am making more money than I've ever made, but I still have a desire to expand and hire. The only reason would be to retire even sooner because the earliest comfortable retirement possible has always been my goal. I am not 100% sure which way I'll go because I am saving quite a bit as is but I can certainly say that escaping wage slavery was the most difficult/rewarding accomplishment of my life.
My friend was involved in a group called financial independence, retire early. He made it to 55, working full-time, and then sold his house in the US and moved to malaysia. The people are friendly, it's beautiful, and the cost of living is a fraction of the usa. You would be surprised how quickly 50 comes, and if you keep yourself in good shape and good health, you have potentially several more decades to enjoy life. Another option would be that since you don't have kids, you have a lot more freedom than most people do. You and your wife could both work part-time and move to a lower cost state, if you are in the usa. We have been brainwashed to think we need a lot more stuff than we actually do. And kudos to you for being an anti-natalist! It is the only logical thing to do in this hellscape of a society we've created.
yeah I heard of the FIRE movement. its a cool idea. I don't buy it completely though. There are some kinks to iron out in their philosophy. But I respect the sentiment.
@@TomScryleuscould you make a video about it? Like your personal views and why you are not buying that idea? Especially the part time fire sounds realistic To me as a average person
I was an air traffic controller..a highly paid wage slave as my salary was in the top 10% regardless of where I lived. However, I saved and invested about 20% of me earnings for 12 of the 35 years I was employed. I did this once I realized what the TRAP was. Namely that one day I was going to have to live on 60% of my income after retirement. So no new car every 3 or 4. Years. No BMWs or other luxury brands. Paid cash for all my cars over 24 years now. All vehicles were expected to last 10 years. Only one car note at a time. Owned 3 homes in my lifetime (I’m 69 now) but that’s a scam too. Mortgage means “engagement until death) literally. Today and after retiring 15 years ago I’m doing just fine. Positive cash flow and no worries at all. Don’t own anything but cash in the bank and other investment assets like crypto,,,which has been tremendous gains. The most important and valuable things in life are free I have learned.
Yep in Latin mortgage translates to “death pledge”. You will be paying for that house until you die… property tax,maintenance,insurance,lawn care and snow removal. It is what it is and not all bad don’t get me wrong but average Joe can’t afford a $250,000 mortgage at even 7% with money down and excellent credit. A big trap for most. A good landlord goes along ways.
@@jasonhall8706 Word 🙌🏽 And if I’m correct Real Estate 🏡 is translated “estate of the Royals”. Where you can “work the land” but never own it due to taxes needing to be paid. Held over from the era of serfdom in Europe centuries ago. The Royals (Central Bank) still rule the masses because the masses are not educated, but indoctrinated, into a financial system of economic slavery hidden between the pages of history long ago.
I'm curious what your living arrangements are though? You don't own, so I assume you're renting? Rent can be more expensive than a mortgage. I live small. I have a paid off condo. I just pay condo fees and annual property taxes, but every year they go up slightly. I live in Canada, so living out of a motorhome is challenging. Not impossible, but definitely difficult.
@@sfrwriter You make a point - it depends on what you get a morgage on. Individual homes are high liabilities and taxed more with more maintenance time and money required. Living in Europe and basically having bought a concrete box in a tower, the cost in time and maintenance is far, far lower than a home. The mortgage payment is also same or lower than rent.
The way you talk about these problems is very philosophical. A lot of people might say you suffer from depression, when in fact your interpretation of life revolved around the meaning of life and how philosophy can help you better understand it. Thank you for not losing yourself in life's meaningless tasks.
I sensed it was 'work lies' as a 10yr old, in the 1950's. All the adults around me, family, neighbors, etc were miserable, hated each other, saw each other as the competition, to be mocked, destroyed so they could get ahead, and not feel so jealous of others accomplishments. I wondered, where is this so wonderful, great America everyone speaks of. I wanted no part of it, so put a wall against all the feel good lies I was told in school, on TV, in movies. The parents today, still spreading those 'feel good' lies to their children, wanting them to have the same miserable, routine, boring life they have. Sad!
We are brothers, truly. Our stories share so many nuances. I, however, succeeded in breaking free from wage Slavery. I went from a family, living in a 4 bdrm house, 4 vehicles...ALL the trappings of a "successful" existence. That all changed in 2022. I divorced, sold the house and my car. I now live in a 27' travel trailer on someone else's land, I am self-employed (earning a minimalist salary of around $2k/month), paying NO utilities (using a 3000 watt generator for power and using the landlords water) and maintaining the property (cutting about 3 acres of grass and keeping fencelines clear) for rent (which is HUGE savings). In many ways, it is a blessing, but it IS hard living, and I am alone 80-85% of the time. But, I no longer feel trapped, which is priceless. I hope you find...and take...your way out. 😏
I am 59 this year. I remember when I was in my late thirties and into my 40s saddled with kids, a mortgage and an overwhelming sense of oppression (I'm female). I remember sitting on my front porch looking at my cute white picket fence in an HOA neighborhood and wondering why I was miserable. I did all the things. I'm thinking now that I go through these sad phases but I'm thinking now I'm actually living in a VR and that anybody who comes to play this game are trapped too. I now feel lucky that I'm not homeless or hungry. Its all just a big fish bowl and my current VR receptors (perception) can't see outside the fishbowl. I didn't do anything wrong, I'm just along for the ride...
Thank you for sharing your deepest thoughts. I don't find your discussions dark at all. I find them enlightening and helpful. if anything you are a realist, pragmatic and courageous. Cheers,
Delusional. Yes the Elites® will give you a basic income. But it will be basic. You will barely survive. You need to understand that the Planet of ours is nothing but a prison of souls.
I don't agree with universal basic income because it encourages people to do less or even nothing. How about instead we have a robot tax and that is distributed first among those who lost a job to robots and then to the disabled, etc. I've read that some robots can operate for about $4 per hour, That's way less than what people get paid. I'm thinking that instead of the difference all going to the company, maybe $5 or $6 per hour goes to this fund, maybe a bit more. Use it for retraining, support of those who lost their jobs to robots and the disabled. The companies would still make plenty because they would have no unemployment tax, no health insurance, no vacations, etc to pay .
@@williamrichards7081 That sounds good but there are still too many people out of work that will be unable to find any jobs. Do we just let them starve to death on the streets?
I think what turns people into zombies is lack of curiosity, false goals, and rewarding undeserving people with loyalty they don’t deserve. It’s better to remain single and experiment with job hopping. I think it helps if you acquire real skills so you can have a good vocational identity. But you want to me more of a freelancer by for instance being like the merchant mariner who gets a different ship with a different company every time he ships out rather than being a company man. There’s nothing worse than being a company man like these guys on the Great Lakes who rather than seeing the world just do the same voyage over and over again as a cog in the steel industry working their way up to wheelsman so they don’t have to perform manual labor anymore when they would’ve been better off being a deckhand and seeing the world.
You just spoke word for word how ive felt and the thoughts ive had for so long. So very tired of the the grind and the stress associated with it. Everyday i wake up and ask for it all to end. Right now im sitting in my house in texas thankful for a hurricane because it gave me an additinal day off to rest. Im just so very very tired and burned out. Im 39 years old and have no clue how ill make it to retirment. My parents are still alive so i couldnt take my life while theyre here but after they pass idk. Theyre the only thing that makes life ok at times but at the same time i sometimes get angry that they brought me into this existence. I didnt ask for this amd its been a struggle since the begginning. I cant remember a time where i truly felt at peace.
""""" "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” is a quote by Henry David Thoreau from the first chapter of his 1854 book Walden, or, Life in the Woods. The quote reflects on the human tendency to live in a state of quiet desperation, and some say it has helped them identify their own misgivings, face self-doubts, and take risks.""""" I personally find that YES; when I was married, and the Level of Anguish it Can Bring vs Living Alone and THE NEW FOUND WORLD realized like None Ever Before... I feel Bad for those whom Will Never Experience what I speak of😞
Revolt is to what?! You think some better paradigm will rise from the ashes that will be more in your favor? We are all here for the harvest of the ultra wealthy…
@@PianoMan-hx3ev I'm a fan of Social Democracy and Worker Co-ops. It's up to us to build systems that prioritize human rights over property rights. We need to strengthen local communities and build relationships that aren't transactional. People are waking up and will continue to wake up. All we can do is make space for each other and share our burdens together. It's a new era.
Ive been going through this and taking it hard lately. I just dont understand how people can accept that this is howlife is. Ive been trying to figure out what i can do to get out of it before im to old to enjoy the things i want to while im physically able to do them. Every option i can come up with either involves more work doing something i hate or taking a job for less money but not being able to afford even a fraction of the life that would make me happy and be enjoyable. I feel stuck and completely lost.
You just have to accept the compromise or choose a different compromise. Could getting a job that you like more mean living on less, or doing a stressful job getting paid more worth being able to spend more money? Either way you need to trade your time, which we seem to never have enough of.
@SurpriseMeJT 100% im def at a crossroads right now. I just dont know what to do bc it seems like no matter what i do i end up getting knocked down. And after so many times its hard to keep going. There really is something to be lucky but idk what it is. I see people that put in little effort and always win and others cant win no matter what they do. Even when it comes to lottery tickets and raffles. I know people that win them all the time and ive never won one at all. Crazy bc you think eventually the odds would be in your favor but its not.
I haven't worked in a decade due to disability. I went from my healthy teens directly into a broken twenties and so, in some ways, I never grew up. I worked maybe 9 months in my whole life. My partner has supported me and I've had, aside from the limits of my mind and body, had complete freedom to do what I want. I'm now 32 and looking to pick up my adult life back up where I left off. I'm writing a book, I'm learning to drive and I'm going to community college. With a spare decade to think and figure myself out that most people spend busting ass, I had a lot of time to think about who I want to be and what I want out of life. Well... I still don't know. Maybe I'm incompetent, or maybe the answer keeps changing, or maybe there is no perfect answer and the better question is, what compromises am I willing to make before I'm dead
Thank you for making this video. I have been in this same journey, of questioning this system that we live in, for years now and I still have a difficult time fully accepting it. Once you become aware, there’s no turning off your mind. Still trying to figure out how to not be so affected by this wage slavery and the system we live in. Even if I try to accept it, or looking at silver linings, it still feels heavy.
My son wanted to live in a tent in the woods for years. Age 23, out of the blue he wanted to become a homeowner. i encouraged him to hike the Appalachian trail; or travel internationally while he can. Take a risk and make memories that may change his life, like I did. Shortly after he got a girlfriend and a dog. A job he's never really cared for, thankfully he has a few toys he likes to work on... But he's now 30 and deciding right now. A house is out of reach. The job he wants is a bit out of reach. I keep telling him that right now he is living his life, and to stop waiting until he gets to this place or that place before he feels like he can settle down and "start living". He's even waiting to have children until he has a house and feels like he's in the perfect situation. There is absolutely no perfect situation, but I think he listens to his father. Live life now and enjoy it because you're only going to get old, sick And tomorrow was never promised!! I think my kids don't like me as much because I don't conform, but I'm happy. People look at me differently because I don't do what's expected of me. I get by, I am sick, I'm getting old... And my days are short, although my kids don't realize just how short. ❤ Let me just enjoy the time I have here, And I keep telling my kids not to judge and to mind their business; And that goes for everyone! There are each choosing to live their lives, how they want and if they don't like it, they have the opportunity to change it. Thank you for making these videos❤
Yes, life and the social constructs are tough to traverse. I am a trapped wage slave, but i am content with it. There are securities in it that i am fine with. It is easy to get stuck in concerns and what action to take. I make do with the life i can afford and what i can save, goes into a split of equities that could fail/drop and "hard assets" that should retain future purchase power... I spend what i want within reason, and live what i perceive to be a middle class life that is a bit better than my parents before me. I don't waste my time striving for a wealthy person's life. This feels like happiness to me. Good luck!
honest to god, I wish I felt okay with my wage slavery. So I envy you actually. the problem for me is that I think weather we are ok with it or not, we are still being used.
@@TomScryleus I hear ya! If I really thought I was really good at what I do, was willing to find people to pay me to provide it as a service, wanted to do it regularly, felt a desire to manage periphery services (health care insurance, book keeping, establish bank accounts, tax prep, etc) and could believe I'd be better off for it - well, I'd start a business. Or, I could forego all of it for a fairly reasonable salary and generic benefits with a good amount of job security, well, I take the easier, to me, route. I am nearing the end of my career and am at the point of this being my last employer. I'll likely do self growth work in retired life, like a RUclips channel, and happily receive small payments for it and live on whatever wealth I have. It's not much, to me, but should do. Yes, I'm a Gen X'er living in a small community an hour outside a city with a modest home, so low cost of living.
@@TomScryleus as much as my career job is wage slavery, I am a parasite to the employer. I provide them a service that I do better than most, at a salary a bit higher than most, with a better work ethic than most. I know they benefit from me, but I also benefit from them to live a lifestyle that is good to me. It has been that case most of my career.
Thank you for sharing Tom, I'm a of your work and it's really great to hear that there are other deep thinkers out there. I am the same and it's difficult with my partner, who isn't as much of a deep thinker as I am, where I'm philosophising the next moves and outcomes, pondering on the deep esoteric questions of life, that many don't think about because they are scared of depth and going internal. So thank you!
What you said a good 90% hit home, parents split and resentment for that along with ignorance of work hard and be rewarded, not seeing the trap before stepping into it, all of that 💯
I watch the people around me emailing and claiming to work over the weekend, and I guess silently they think their work will be acknowledged. I genuinely feel for them, because they just don't even seem to know they are just wage slaves. Sunday for me is slowly getting better and the "Sunday night dreads" are slowly lessening as I move away from that broken system. Tom, love your work!
Thanks, I resonate with this video in many aspects. I have been in "Wage Slavery" for almost 4 decades already, I have 3 college degrees (thankfully I got scholarships for most of my courses due to studying very hard - and not taking much vacation). No, I don’t come from a rich family at all. Companies / people start to discriminate (give less value and opportunities) professionals over 50 - I felt that very well and proacted upon that. Thankfully I will escape “Wage Slavery” soon and will have [modest] passive income enough to live well and provide to my dependents. And yes, the money that I made during “Wage Slavery”, especially in my 40’s and 50’s, was quite good but did not make me a rich man, but it was good enough even though I compromised a lot of my well-being and time spent with my loved ones, including my parents that are no longer alive. I have to look at the present and future now.
Working most of this weekend to finish up what was left from this week, so that I can start the new workweek tomorrow. I'm really getting ready for this crap to end. If I didn't have a plan for this I would go nuts.
Problems aren’t reserved for the poor. Rich, middle class and poor all have their problems. I’d rather be rich with problems though. I’m not sure our parents lied about working hard and college and buying a house. I think nowadays it’s much easier to find info because of technology on anything within seconds. In the old days we weren’t online giving us access to so much information. Info like everything you’re talking about. You being born is like 1 out of 10 billion. Whether our parents divorced or we lived in poor conditions the fact is we’re all winners. Just being born is almost impossible. Most don’t see it that way. Instead of looking at life as a rat race try using an emotion called empathy or gratitude. Don’t get bogged down on others having more. Your mind has the tactical advantage over you. Control your thoughts and it’s game over. Great video and I understand cuz I’ve too felt that way.
Your video resonates with me. I have often wondered what the point is of me being here. I wish I was never born. I don't get all that much enjoyment out of life. For the most part, you're just a wage slave. I don't have kids. I knew from a young age that I never wanted them. Now I'm glad they were never born. I'm glad for them that I broke the cycle and that they don't have to suffer in the same way that I did. I wish my parents had thought the same, before they brought three children into the world, knowing that they would become wage slaves too. I don't really believe in an afterlife. I wish there was one where I could spend eternity with my beloved dog, but I think that's just a fairy tale.
There is a afterlife. Unfortunately the devil has dominion over earth though. And does everything in his power to make the world believe that a god and afterlife dont exist. If people knew that everything we been taught is a lie then this whole system would end tomorrow. Unfortunately people are to brainwashed to ever believe it. Ps we def don't live on a globe either. Its all a part of the deception to hide that we have souls.
Here I am on a sunday night, dreading my upcoming week of work, then this video pops up. Every sunday night is a dread, and I hope that it doesn't have to be.
After high school i had this crazy little scheme where my sister mom and dad would all live together as long as possible to save and invest more of our pay so my sister amd i could set ourselves free. Of course, they all thought it was a bad idea and i was on my own wasting most of my income on apartment rent and transportation.
The idea that at 18, you start to live and pay for your own way is a huge scam of a narrative, designed to keep you poor and on the hamster wheel forever. The best thing to do is as you imagined - save on housing costs, because that is the highest expesnse item. Save and invest as much as possible, hopefully taking care of your retirement. Having the security first means you can really tell shitty bosses and jobs to go f*** themselves.
the comment about your childhood and parents had me in tears man. i relate, im sorry you went through that same childhood. and your regrets about your father have made me feel like i should welcome mine into my life a little more even though ive spent my childhood resenting him. we all make mistakes, and better to mend bridges than to let them burn and weigh on our minds later. tomorrow isnt promised. very articulate speaker, youve earned a sub.
welcome onboard. :) yeah, the relationship with fathers isn't always easy. especially difficult when they pass away. :( next video will actually be more about that.
😂😂😂wrong? OMGOSH! I thought I was the only person that hated Sundays! Ever since I was a child , Sunday was the day before a whole week of school. As an adult , Sunday has always been the day to do EVERYTHING you can't do during the previous week because you were at work and getting ready to do it all over. Saturday, generally , was recuperating from the previous week. " escape to the museum of my childhood." Good God. I was born into a " hippie" family in the early 60s. I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. I've often wondered...if I could go back to that 1st grade classroom...and all my now grown former classmates were there...I'd ask them...how did life turn out for you in light of what were were promised about our futures? Are you happy? Disappointed? What happened? Where did it go wrong?
This was great! Its comforting to know there are millions of us questioning this and our programing. Your channel just popped up and Im a new subscriber. Thank you for your insight😊
Yea, I'm picking a fight every single time. Not even for me - my ancestors wish me freedom and fought for it. Through generations. By any means, greetings from Poland !
I just don’t understand why people work 10 hours a day just to buy material possessions to make them look rich. Asked yourself why are you working so many hours. Or you working to invest into things that’s going to retire you at an early age or you working just to keep up with the Jones’s to impress other people or working to buy expensive things to make you feel important. Oh I forgot you are working because u love what you do but working for someone else making their lives better and dreams come true and you are slaving your life away on your dream job. I know we have to work but we need to know what is our why. People work all of their entire life just to get paid once a month. Like that is a big accomplishment. If you work on a job for 5 years and invest and really know what you want in this life, your life could be an adventure and u can live because u can have your freedom back.
Can only speak for myself but I was more or less sold into wage slavery over a period of a several years where my wife slowly worked less and less and I paid for more and more while we had children. I had to switch jobs to earn more and the indignities and suffering began to mount until here I am years later 60 pounds overweight working 50 hours a week suffering daily indignities. It's too late for me but I will warn my children especially my son.
@@craggyexplores3070 Very True. This channel is more about priorities than it is about avoiding work. This channel promotes working for oneself, having a high savings rate, not sacrificing our lives for any Corporations we work for.
Soo I love working on cars im 43, started at 8yrs old with my father but he was a drunk that worked on cars. I always said I will never be like him. His work ethic was incredible he worked everyday all day but thursday -sat he was drunk without a beat unless he was sick. I have the same work ethic but stayed away from all drugs/alcohol etc. I’ve spent my life doing countless different jobs searching for something I love. Untill I went back to cars at a shop, I now understand I’m not like my father in the bad ways but I can be like him in the good ways and I forgive him for not knowing what he didn’t know. I’m learning the financial part of the business at a very small shop to be able to start my own slowly with very very little debt if any at all. I will rent a place and cashflow everything I can, I have learned many lessons in life and failed a lot. Learning from the mistakes is what makes them Lessons and not mistakes❤.
There's some irony in knowing that CEOs and hedge fund honchos, etc., wine and dine at the best restaurants and that it is this kind of culinary indulgence that ends up being their own demise as the decadent delicacies they consume put a toll on their health. That bottle of 2011 Romanée Conti wine is expensive in more ways that one, and they end up paying with their life expectancy!
I have one worked one job my entire life - and that was almost 11 years ago, my senior year of high school. I was fortunate enough to be supported by family this entire time. I understand many people will never experience that luxury, and I'm terribly sorry for anyone who wasn't able to just spend their time doing whatever they want. However, I still relate to what you're saying. It pains me every day knowing the free ride will eventually come to an end, and I'll have to surrender and join the rat race, or just give up. Although the convenience and comfort of an easy life is immense, trying to adapt after so long to fit into normal culture is near impossible for me.
Have you ever read the Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhaur? He wrote a book of essays about the dealing with the futility and absurdity of life and offered his own solutions. You might like it. YT has an audiobook available for free.
I have my adult kids and grandkids live in our house. We don't look for our space or isolation. We have promoted a family life of sharing and love. I am happy to have them all and was happy to retire from my first job at 49. I recently took a job after a few years off to provide more for their futures. I feel my work enables them a good future. I guess you lack perspective and have been infected with bad thoughts from the media voices. You are responsible for your enslavement or freedom. Comply or not. Best wishes. I hope you find a better perspective. Using the negative to build a positive is a skill that isn't taught in a classroom or in sports. The trophy for all participants and teaching of enslavement is in everything. Break free. We will die on earth but what we do will live on forever. Health and time are wealth given as gifts from God to you. Trading it for money and wares from the self scribed elite is a loss. I went from a prominent role in my previous work and do menial work now to avoid the world's corruption and make a difference in lives of people. Giving of self is rewarding. Break free. It is funny that those that break free are ridiculed by society. But only those that free themselves realize how they once enslaved themselves.
sad part is this video gives no answers - he is escaping the rat race by telling you how much live sucks the real way to escape the rat race is to tell people how much the rat race sucks
I work full time and I can’t even afford to pay any bills! I can’t pay rent ! I don’t have any money for food! How can a corporation pay me a laughable wage 😢
Tom this vid hit me hard. You saying even tho you have the money to send and save and it still seems like life is sliping away.I feel like that more and more as my life progress. I feel like I am in a boxing match all the time trying to block and couterpunch what is thown at me
Well, I mean could save to retire earlier, but the majority of my life is still working for companies. hopefully I get to escape this year. Made a video about it earlier this year.
Thank you everyone for the comments, and the love! you have no idea how much it means. It even makes me forget the fact that I have to go to work tomorrow.
I'm 26. My husband and I are in so much student loan debt. He owes 100,000 and makes 18 an hour. I went to school to be a teacher. Giving birth at a hospital would cost too much
For all of you that thinks that work sucks…. How will you live with no work…. What will you have to do to live … you will need to work…. Prepare land for planting food… weeding the gardens… watering the plants… dig a well for water… or go get water …… ya get the picture…. You work all your life to live … no matter if it’s at a company or on your own land …. One is with earning money the other is not unless you start selling food to people…. That comes from your gardens… but it’s still work…. Pick a job you like and you won’t be as miserable…
Dude, sell the house, ask wifey one last time if she is ready, if not, drop the wife. Move to something like Thailand or vietnam and live like a king on 2k dollars per month. Problem solved 🤷
Don't sell the house, rent it out to create passive income. Go take a few months off with your wife to travel. Take freelance work. You would have a clearer picture what you really want in life. I just turned 40, my husband and I are childfree but contemplating if we should get a house. we do not want to be wage slave either. We are happy with our lives but personally we are also going through the same dilemma about work as you do. We don't really hate our job but I can't help but to see job as a necessary mundane activity for money sake.
@@coffeemug3009 It's so dumb isn't it (work). It would be alright if it felt like it was making a difference to better society but nothing works! NHS is failing, council tax goes up but they make cut backs.... at least the plebs are busy i guess
Dude, I swear watching this video was like watching myself in the mirror. I just feel like I’m in this though spot and no one understands me. I earn a good salary that allows me to live comfortably, it’s still nowhere near enough to give me any prospect of escaping the rat race. I just hope to be able to start a business one day, I’ve been working at different ideas, but I just realize I often don’t have the energy at the end of the day.
Not true. Tribesmen such as Masai,Yanomami, etc live off the land as farmers who are off the grid and self reliant also do. Advise you to watch Jon Jandai's Life is Easy Ted talk
A person can't embrace homelessness,Unless one Experienced homelessness.. always Remember,Where There is a Will, there is a Way.. you have too give a lil to get a lil.. God is Good.. Responsibility along with Sacrifice goes a long Way.. Good Luck n God Bless...
Welp, I've thought of living in the backwoods of South East Alaska, with sum savings giving interest, winter would be tough butt doable. Life would get boring fast I'd imagine.
I actually got emotional watching the paraphrase scene because I was thinking about my early 20s and how I was so glad I didn't waste it by doing the things I wanted like travelling and starting an online business which had its ups and downs but learned so much from. These experiences gave me the learnings to understand what wage slavery is and exposure to soul-destroying companies. I turned 30 a while ago and thought my youth had ended because I'm no longer in my 20s but I've actually been enjoying it so much because I'm currently working for myself and have a portfolio of investments paying every month but nowhere near financial freedom yet but I am working on it.
The system tries to keep us on the treadmill, looking forward to payday, or to progress in our job, or the time when our work is over. The idea of Heaven is the ultimate way of getting us to sacrifice our lives for some fantasy that supposedly happens after we die. I believe we do have eternal life, because everything that exists, exists forever. I believe that Parmenides and Zeno of Elea were right. Even though things seems to move and change, it's an illusion. I'm glad I had a tolerant, Christian upbringing. It at least gave me some concept of eternal life. But I believe we already have it, because of how the universe is.
@@TomScryleus I look forward to seeing that. For a long time, everyone thought that these two old Greek philosophers had been debunked, and were just coming out with interesting paradoxes. But Einstein's theories of relativity seem to challenge the commonsense view of past, present and future, and confirm that spacetime is eternal.
Nah, I'm still deluded enough to think I can escape! lol But in all seriousness, I take some comfort in knowing that, push comes to shove, I can always buy a plot of land somewhere rural and build a wooden cabin for me and my fiance. I expect to be able to afford something better, but between that and the prospect of working an office job for another 30 years, I take the cabin in the woods any day of the week!
I like the idea of a cabin. my fear is that if I was to do that, i would loose connection with society. I know I'm wrong, but irritional thinking you know.
Yes. But it seems like some things cannot be avoided. I married in my early 20s with minimal college debt, but a couple of years into our marriage, my wife came down with serious life-threatening health problems out of nowhere. We were both working, I was in grad school, we saved everything we could but medical expenses ate all of it and - after we had spent all we had - those expenses indebted us for at least a decade. What's worse is that the various schemes / interventions tried by the doctors only helped a little, short term, and it was at that time that I got incredibly disillusioned about the modern medical industry, followed by many other institutions (long story I won't go into here). We had to work out how to bring her back to health, or as close as possible, over years on our own and mostly without doctors and drugs. In the midst of that, we wanted to dedicate our lives purposefully toward building a family and a community (rather than orienting our lives around a corporation or career), so I rejected some early (non-lucrative) job / career-start opportunities and we moved to a rural area to 'plant' ourselves and to help start a church. We stuck that out for quite some time, through much hardship, and we are still here, with three homeschooling children, but even out in the sticks the cost to feed and house five people on a single check in the US is unbelievable. (To say nothing of the various medical expenses on top of all that as we've gone along.) I'm very grateful my wife is still with us and that the children are well - and able to receive a far better education than they would otherwise - but I am beyond trapped in wage slavery, though we have always lived frugally and carried as little debt as possible. All we saved has been wiped out more than once by medical bills and / or home repairs. The best-paying gig I've had to date almost went bust last summer and I've been hanging on for very little pay and lots of extra work until now trying to enable this outfit to profit off of all the things we built / invested in over the last few years. I am trying to hold on to the hope of escaping but I'm not getting younger and the math of all the elements in the situation is hard against me unless we sell our house and move away from this area / from the community we've worked to build for so long now. The only way we could become more financially 'free' would be to leave the country, which we are not contemplating at this stage. This doesn't begin to scratch the surface of where the frustration really comes from in all this (at least for myself, or people like me) ... I have significant gifts / abilities with the fine arts, particularly music, and wide-ranging interests that have led to various stabs at composing, writing, and teaching over the last 10-15 years. Kind of a frustrated academic and a prodigy (or at least I was at one time). I gave all my early life and uncounted hours / $$$ to invest in those skills and now they are almost never exercised, and at the end of most days (if I'm not working until 1:00am as it is) there is simply no energy to give to any real efforts in those directions, either to 'escape' the trap or just to study, practice, write, and have more to contribute to the life of our home and community / church. My body and mind are almost totally at the mercy of the hamster wheel.
@@TomScryleus Well, even a shut-in like the Unabomber had social interactions with other people, e.g., shopping at the grocery store, going to the library, doing odd jobs here and there, etc., so I think you'd be okay.
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Slavery never ended. The Masters just reinvented themselves.
Do you have to go out and forage for food every day?
They made the chains have the appearance of things we want/need to be "successful"...namely, the physical chains were converted into debt.
@@just_mike_22 bingo! 💯
Yes, companies just want to suck life out of you. Government doesnt do shit to regulate how exploitative enterprises can be. Slavers will tell you that it is a "free market" and you can opt out of a work contract if you want to. But can you? given you need to eat, pay rent, help your family and be able to survive? no savings? can you really OPT OUT? of a job contract no matter how freaking soul crushing and time-consuming it is? No, you cant, you are not free to choose. You HAVE to choose shitty work conditions to pay life's necessities accepting a 60+hours a week job to survive.
Yeah,government isn’t the solution to anything
When you have no job you have all the time and no money
When you have a job you have all the money and no time
But most people these days have a Job and have no time or money
Its soul crushing
yepp. it sure is.
@@TomScryleusit's ironic that the few channels that discuss this topic have none mentioning having romantic relationships (increase debt in most cases as bachelors generally spend a minute fraction) and even more CAUSING BIRTH(s) will DRASTICALLY INCREASE the need to work and be a wage slave for life. We discuss the other aspects but these 2 biggest reasons to keep earning more and more for decades more where you can barely save anything.
@@SingleCHILDLESSHappyMovementthe simple fact of life is that as a heterosexual man you invariably need money to date, to visit places, to socialise...and then you probably need a lot to keep a girlfriend. I haven't met many women who are not gold diggers in some form and expecting to be paid...it's rare to meet a woman who's not bothered about your wealth
@@keithparker1346 agreed that is why as a heterosexual male I promote to others staying CHILDLESS/Single and ask them to also do the same in promoting this idea. When a relationship is started costs go up exponentially versus a bachelor living with parents or friends together renting. Escaping wage slavery requires this tiny sacrifice.
Under recurrent themes of living, having a life that you would want to live again in another time, there would be the same things that would make you happy, children could be one of them. I'm childless but could see how it would be something I wouldn't repeat all things going well.
The world has reached a plateau in growth, the last 80 years saw 400% and the next 80 will be lucky to see 40%, mostly elsewhere, Europe is losing people, USA is allowing illegal immigrants in, same as UK. 23 countries are going to lose half their populations by then, china being one of them, that's around 600 million people. There is going to be the highest percentage of those over 65, ever, so the question is, what about when you have time and money?
Our lives are controlled by systems that we were born into but if you had money and time, apart from spending money in mindless consumption that ruins the planet, what would you do long term if you aren't doing it now, in your personal life? Would you eat as much, drink as much or if there was a true healthy you, no matter what you did or did not do for work, should you morally go for it and if not now then why not.
When you're on your death bed. No one ever says, ''I wish I could have worked more.''🤔
1 day after your funeral the manager calls asking why you didn’t show up to work like 💀
hehe.. lol.
some people are probably crazy enough to wish that. :)
I have met some strange workholics in my career.
challenge accepted
@@TomScryleusAs have I, but I see these types especially if they can AFFORD to finally retire, yet do not, as the type who fear not feeling USEFUL in this world anymore and then I’m like, “You really need to use your imagination and should not need a set job to motivate you to get up, get out and do something if that is what you what to do.” They look at me as if they had an epiphany….lol. Tbf I do understand this for those lucky ones that truly LOVED their careers. As a chill type of person I am a strong worker when I’m working, but my motto for the aging/elderly afraid to become or feel not so useful is this: your new job is to TELL THE TRUTH!…that’ll help somebody for sure because I was lied to gotdammit, so that’s a way to be old and useful in a big way imho….either that or give some young struggling person some money…lol.
Wage slavery is carefully designed to steal our youth. Our most important years while we’re healthy and have energy. Those are the years where we dream to be off doing more, experiencing more and seeing more but get trapped.
Then, they release us of our invisible shackles at 60-70 years old (retirement) when we are no longer of use to them but now we are too old to do and enjoy things the same way we could have when we were younger.
Escaping or avoiding the trap as young as possible is the key. 🔑
I’m 24 right now and have a decent amount of money saved up thinking about traveling the world with my girlfriend for a year or two just to get away from everything
I'm 23 and me and my fiance were contemplating living in a caravan somewhere just to get away aswell. Seems alot of people our age want to plan similar getaways
School was the first thing that wasted our youth and potential and time.
I hate wage slavery just like you. However, it's not necessarily true that you won't be able to enjoy yourself once you hit 60 or 70. So many people are traveling in that age group. In fact, a majority of my parents' friends travel well into their 70s and in some into their 80s.
@@Arrabella2024and a lot of people die young while in the harness. Or disabled. If you are able to enjoy life, give thanks.
A guy I worked with recently died from cancer at age 59. On the upside, he doesn't need to go to work any more. On the down side, He literally worked until he died. I think the job killed him.
I have seen similar things at workplaces. usually its heart attacks. I think you are right, its the job.
Society doesn't see it that way. They blame bad lifestyles. Never the job.
I feel the same way. Like my job is literally killing me. Cutting off my exercise, outdoor time and access to fresh food while also stressing me out every single f-ing day. No end in sight
Some upside
@@TomScryleusWorking 40+ hours a week at a stressful job is a pretty bad lifestyle IMO. It leaves people with no time and energy to take care of themselves, so their mental health suffers. My boss told me she gained weight because she eats junk food to help her alleviate the stress.
@@rtlau-mk4diall bed and work. No gold watch at the endbof it now either. Just escorted off the premises and take your I.d lanyard like you are a criminal.
I'm a 50 year old truck driver and am working 65 plus hours a week until Sept 2025 when everything, including our house, is paid off.
I won't be giving work a notice, I'm just not gonna show up after that date, and i'm going to find a minimum wage, lower stress type job until my life on earth is finally finished.
I'm hoping my life will be different when I'm no longer a slave for a dead entity called a corporation.
The worst part of my workday is talking to coworkers who just love their job and wish they could work many more hours. Makes me sick!
who wish they could work many more hours??? WT....
Sadly I know people like that too. I both pity and envy them. I envy their lack of understanding, and I pity that they will some day realize their whole life was wasted.
do low stress minimum wage jobs exist? do they have health insurance benefits? my house is paid off, i have no debt, i have savings, but I feel stuck working in order to have health insurance and to pay taxes/utilities/upkeep on life.
Minimum wage work is not less stressful. It will crush you too, for much less money.
@@icqme8586 The answer is no. Minimum wage jobs are almost always predatory employment situations.
@@CultureCritic17 I won't be in debt. I've worked minimum wage jobs before and have been happy and had fun doing them. I haul gasoline in a big city, so anything will be less stressful to me now, trust me
The key issue is: we don't have control over the value of money, and we don't really own our land.
But we own our bodies and if we keep them healthy that's a real form of wealth.
I stopped working to enrich people who would throw me into the garbage as soon as I stopped being exploitable. Haven't worked for wages in over 20 years. Would rather die.
How do you still get the things you need? Just curious.
@@eternalabundance39 I have done a lot of things for money, just not as a wage slave. IT, woodworking, teaching music, handyman type work and so on.
And from where is the money coming from?
@@patriciavandevelde5469 Certainly not the place you learned the rules of grammar, or rather failed to.
@Contentibus They didn't read what I already wrote?
First step. Zero debts.
I m fr Malaysia and could retire at 60 with just 800k n debt-free. Live simply so others can simply live.
No such thing taxes
Indeed😮
Yeah $50 a week for rates, $100 a week for house insurance, $100 a week for water, electricity, sewage etc. $100 a month for Internet, $250 a week to feed the family,
Mortgage is currently $900 a week but I am almost free of that
In college , I wrote a paper on the origins of the American " educational" system. It's design to produce worker bees.
Correct.
High school: Get up early to go to a place you don't want to be, with people you don't want to be around, to do tasks you don't want to do.
Workforce: Get up early to go to a place you don't want to be, with people you don't want to be around, to do tasks you don't want to do.
It's a seamless transition.
Education for masses exist only to pop out hardworking, obedient, thoughtless slaves .
Yep. You read John Taylor Gatto books?
Like everyplace in the world.
I felt this video all the way through to the pit of my soul. I’ve tried to convey this idea to the world and they just see me as lazy. I’m 43 and I know time is slipping away. I make a quarter of a million a year yet I feel like a slave, knowing that for 5 days a week I’m told what I can and cannot do. I will never brings kids into this world knowing that it’ll be just another trap leading me to work until I die.
WE are not alone. I make these videos about wage slavery and I can promise you that what you are feeling, is something me and my subscribers feel too.
Its good that you make that much, but do you invest every month at least? index funds etc.?
(hope you don't mind me asking).
@@TomScryleus yup, I’m glad we’re a like-minded community. Sometimes I feel like I’m in the matrix at work. I’m sitting there and all these people are so proud of the work they do to make their company more billions of dollars. They take it so seriously and fight with each other causing added stress to themselves. Their identity is tied to their work, and without it they feel lost. They will work nights and weekends and sacrifice time with their kids because they think the world will remember them for the extra revenue they helped bring in. In a sense I feel awakened, knowing that I am not chasing fame or money or status, I’m chasing freedom so I can spend my time learning and helping others. And yes, I’m invested in the market through a broad range of ETFs like SPY and QQQ, but also a portfolio of about 10 stocks. I have a number i’m working towards and once I hit that number in the next 2 years, I am out. The corporate world will never see me again.
You make 250k a year why are you not retiring for life in a cheaper country?
@@sudenmoose writing a few words in the comments section on RUclips never tells the whole story. I cannot work from home so i can’t just be anywhere. I do still have a mortgage for a small condo. My ailing mother is sick in the states so I need to be nearby. One day the reality of living abroad will be realized but for now, I still have responsibilities. Even though I don’t have kids, I don’t just live for myself.
Lots of us understand what you're going through.
Looking back, even though I didn't know how to term it, I recognised that something was horribly wrong with the system.
8:58 You are not depressed! This is society’s fault! 8:58-9:23 exactly!!!! 😡 that’s how I feel I’m tired of wasting my life making other people rich!
We need to get the hell out!
Ameliorating the blame we feel is a big problem.
Lol meanwhile males are stolen their youth, energies and potential with the modern slavery, women and rainbow people get everything without doing anything from the hard earned taxes of disenfranchised, lonely males who get to live for work.
This is why society is immensely flawed
'i don't want to think that my purpose is to work so the rich can wine and dine better' yeah.... 😭
That's capitalism. That's what people think is freedom 😂
@@gregornu where is the reset button!? 😭😭💦
@@thebigb1286The reset only changes how the strong eat the weak. The pyramid remains. Server rules.
Revolution is always an option as long as people are willing to die for it
Even slaves got free room and board, we have to pay for ours.
I've often thought of that.
but they didnt get paid
@@lightbeingpontifex yes, we get some pocket money now to spend after giving away half for a bed and bread. And then we spend the other half on medicine or rest to fix ourselves in-between the grind. Or it gets spent on countless shit that's being advertised into our minds from every screen, speaker or vertical wall. Or a hobby, in an attempt to cope. It doesn't really work anyway
Some slaves did not get fed or housed. They were worked to death.
Work = Absolute Misery
I love My job and working hard.
@@rdallas81 then you love being a slave and have no clue what is happening on Earth.
I like to work. What I don’t like is exploitation.
@@rdallas81slave
@@JulitoAgapitoexactly!
Wage slavery is one of the things that has made me lean toward antinatalism. I never liked the idea that most of my time was spent doing a job that I merely tolerated, while things I liked doing (like spending time in nature) could only be done fleetingly. I don't see the point of forcing a new being into this kind of existence.
I've been wondering if it was a mistake for humanity to move away from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
I know what you mean. Aninatalism is a new concept for me though. I need to read up on it. thanks for sharing your thoughts.
@@TomScryleus "The last Messiah" by Peter W. Zappfe (it is a short essay)
We just need to use our lives more intelligently so we can replace capitalism, er "crapitalism," without repeating the errors of fascism and even more so, Communism....it's why I'm a monarchist....and we need to make WORK be something that is wholesome and meaningful (i.e. growing food, doing garage tech, or artisanal labor, or something similar for LOCAL communities where the wealth stays at HOME and is not pledge to international banks or global "stonk" markets to which most companies ultimately owe their allegiance
This comment needs to be talked about more as I believe it was/is still this concept that majority ignore! The reason why most people work and get a degree is because they have to not because they care about what’s being learned but everything is centered around money and that’s the problem! No one wants to come together as everything in this life at this point is about self accolades and the status quo. Modernization, industrialization, convenience and capitalism are just a few to name as the issue but also the conquer and divide concept always at play in one’s life. Men should’ve maintained the hunter/gatherer concept along with tilling the ground to maintain the freedom and control from all outside negligence that doesn’t hold up to GOD original standards. Unfortunately I can say a lot more on this but would rather just leave this message as a thinking point for others.
Get back to nature as much as you can. Buy less. Spend less. More time spent in your garden, less time and money spent at Walmart....
i was in almost same circumstances as you exactly one year ago… june 9, 2023. i quit my job of 24 years and took a chance. i had nothing lined up except some savings. im not rich, im divorced, had child support to pay and 2 small kids. it was scary but i did it. i was 50 years old. let me tell you, i figured it out. good things keep happening. the money somehow kept comin in from odd jobs & delivery. ive never been happier. the sense of freedom is amazing. i will NEVER go back to wage slavery & will never work for anyone again.
sorry about your dad. lost mine ain 2014. im a Catholic. i pray for him, but he led a saintly life and have little doubt that hes in Heaven, not purgatory.
take a chance! you only live once! God bless!
I still don't have the courage to do what you did but I have been thinking of how to escape the rat race. It requires guts to make that jump.
You pay child support and you were raising two kids or paying child support for two kids? Either way, it’s no small feat. Glad things worked out for you.
@@danple3557You could try switching to part time instead of quitting. Or if you have vacation time, tell your boss you need to take half days for 2 weeks to "help someone out". That way, it's only 40 hrs. taken for 2 weeks of a make believe "part-time" feel. This would give the experience and help you decide if you could just switch to PT.
Jesus is the only way brother, unfortunately for your dad Jesus never taught Catholicism. I hate to be that guy but purgatory is not biblical brother and the saints can’t hear you, only Jesus!!
The weak worship money but everyone has been deceived. Poverty makes you appreciate Paradise for those who worship the living God
Really? So the homeless who eat garbage are living better than the rest of us?
Work sucks 😢
Only when you are working on the wrong things.
@@anab0licI work full time and I’m not even paid a living wage! I don’t have enough to pay the exorbitant price of rent, I don’t have enough money to buy food 😢
@@MichaelSuperbacker yep, thats capitalism.
@MichaelSuperbacker
Q
Hints: for food...be still and observe.
Recycling ♻️ earn cash
Fruit trees 🌳 on walks 🚶♀️ find fruits and nuts and berries and take a couple of bags 🎒 to store them in. No rent $, get a tent or tarp. Use resources people leave on sidewalks, near donation bins and trashcans. You will find clothes, tools, furniture, comforters, shoes, jewelry and food!
So look 👀 for an entire day.
Then, repeat.
In the first 3 days, you will pick up a few resources. After that, you will find, that it starts adding up.
Get extras you don't need, because now you will build yourself leverage. What do I mean by leverage? Simply, you can trade, barter, or sell the extras for either cash or other things you may need 😉 😀 and want.
Stay well and prosper.
Q❤
I know, she left me roses by the stairs🎵
wage slavery is one of the many reasons why i am antinatalist. If you have a kid you sentence this kid to a life of wage slavery. Parents seem ignorant to the fact that they force another person into this system where they have to comply with the rules and spend most of their waking hours at doing something only to get money.
I heartily agree
Then pay that money to a third party for a roof over your head 😮 heating & lights. They gave us bills to keep people in slavery instead of a free fire made from wood collected in the forest and candles!
You could also view it they have a chance to make life how they want it. Being anti kid is just weird
Totally agree. As more and more people realise this..birthrates will keep falling
@@keithparker1346Why is being “anti-kid” weird? Genuinely wondering.
I retired at 50. Yes, it's later than I wanted but it was 100% WORTH IT. I'm never going back to the hamster wheel.
Im jealous!
This video came out at perfect time. Today is the last day of my 1 week vacation.. today is also my wife’s last day before she starts her new job. (Which she’s not looking forward to), and the cherry on top is tomorrow is our 10 year anniversary and we both have to work through it… Fantastic.
I go on vacation in about 2 weeks. Can't wait. Will be pushing out more content then. :)
One week. So sad that’s all we get. It’s terrible and disgusting.
I truly don’t understand how more people don’t see it. What baffles me is how many people don’t know what to do with themselves without a 9-5 job… and they project this onto everyone else. Such NPC’s.
To me it’s just a massive distraction that takes me away from life.
That's my mom man, you wrote her entire character so well, please help lol
@@jasrajsandhu1658 😂
When you have kids it gives you a purpose or reason for the suffering. You find the money and energy for them. In general no matter your path, life is suffering. If it weren’t for my wife and kids I probably wouldn’t be here.
❤ so true
We have to change the system by stepping out of it. Love share, take care of others who are struggling, the earth and humans need YOU AND ME❤
I agree, I would have no purpose and guaranteed wouldn't be working, but I would probably be in prison or dead by now for certain. This is my truth!
The goal is escape waging so I can enjoy time with my kids. This channel seems to miss the importance of kids.
@@TheBroLoungeSome people just don’t want kids, what is the issue with that?? Yall are literally talking about how life is suffering, yet actively want to bring new life into this system, and then pretend you care so much about the wellbeing of these children when in reality, you can only list selfish reasons for having them in the first place? Stay in your lane and let us live how we want… without worrying about another human mouth to feed.
I've seen through this when i was in school and it got me depressed and isolated. And then i realized more viscerally it's full extent when i had to start paying for my own bills/rent. I'm in my 20's, i've been imagining ways to get out of it for a fairly long time but i don't see any foolproof solution.
Whatever i do, the chances are it will fail. I would throw everything away for freedom. Instead my soul was sentenced to death the moment i was born, so the rich could thrive and make the most important decisions regarding our future. I'm already sick of all of this, how the fuck can i go on for 40 more years?
its the question I asked myself all my career... :(
I was like that and i decided to live on my credit cards until they ran out and then take an overdose lol. I'm 41 now though and i own my own house, doing amazon flex to pay the bills (I only need £700 a month). I think everyone should be entitled to their own home!
People like us tend to think and calculate. Idiots take risks without much thought or effort and some even make it, in fact a few people I know have come out better from that, no university or years of work experience either.
I don't think you'll have to. I think the cultural moment where we could look forward to another 40 years with surety is over. If you're feeling this way now and you don't have kids or a house to pay for, the world is your oyster and you can pack up and travel or take risks that you couldn't take if you had people to take care of. You should do something like that to press the reset button and find out what you really want to do
I appreciate your honesty. You’re not alone in thinking that this all a colossal scam.
I felt like a rat in a maze. I worked so hard ,until I burned out, i just couldn't catch up
I almost wound up homeless, thank God for my family.
I have come to realize that the more "aware" you are about the ways of modern life, the more likely you are to feel your soul crushed/depressed, etc.
Technically we are free to pursue anything, but at the same time we are all wearing invisible shackles named responsibilities. The older you get the heavier they become. You can temporarily forget about them either through some form of distraction/entertainment or during sleep. They are always there though, wrapped around you 100% of the time.
When you do get rid of them, it's usually too late to matter.
Every time working sucks for me I just recall to myself the moment in time I saw a disabled person and how I felt thinking about that. It's true, work can suck or even be horrible, but remember, you only have to do it for 8 hours at a time. If you're disabled, you' re disabled all the time.
Im 31 and my wife is 28. We feel this way. It feels like everything we do is for nothing. The American dream we were promised if we “did the right things” is gone and is almost unattainable. I wish everyone collectively would stop paying taxes, stop participating in the system. Why kill ourselves to make the rich richer while we get table scraps? Screw them. It’s the greed all the way at the top causing this for the rest of us. I used to believe hard work would get me what I wanted in life. It’s evident that’s not the case anymore.
What you mean? Do it for each other? Not everything has to just be about monetary value, we are also on this world for the human interactions and connections we develop, infact more integral to our essence
Hey ya. Im in my forties, and have always felt the same as you . I worked it out when I was a late teenager. I feel you. There are more like us, but back then they obviously were few and far between, but more people now, are waking up and finding the courage to do their life differently. I agree with you, that is a difficult problem to navigate and escape.
I admire your honesty. So many know this deep down, but prefer the acolades of society, but are never truly happy.
I live in a country where wage slavery did not exist for 60 000 years. I believe human beings were never meant to live this way! Food grows from a tree and in the soil for free. Humans were meant to be productive in self sufficiency, and work as a team, co-operate. It is an illogical and unethical idea that we must compete against each to survive. Eg like the business model. What a stupid idea!
It takes courage to do this video, and I admire your honesty, vulnerability, and strength.
I have always lived my wage slavery in spurts...saving money, and then exiting the system, and repeated that pattern my whole life.
Looking back, I am now in my later forties, and I wished I had of exited altogether when I was a young adult.
To anyone reading this, keep your values sacred. Work (as defined by you), to create a meaningful life and know you are not alone.
Much love and respect.
Welcome to the life of a farm animal. You're born, work, die. The end. No afterlife...that's a fairy tail to stop the farm animals rebelling, because if they realised that this is all they will ever have then they would break free. The false promises keep you in the biggest chains you can ever have: Hope. Hope causes you to do nothing, to not rebel, to do as you are told. Hope it will be better on the other side. But there is no "other side". No greener grass.
You overestimate the masses, most are comfortable in chains
If you're not a farm animal, what else do you want to be? I'm serious here. People want to escape, they want freedom. What does that even mean? I was raised very poor, today I'm a freelancer and make good money. I just recently thought: NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Not really. I'm still the same person. I travel, I have fun, but there is not much to explore anymore. At a certain point, everything becomes dull, and life is still hard. I think there aren't many people as free as I am, and still ...! You wonder what the absolute freedom is giving you at the end of the day. Nobody is designed to be happy 24/7. You must know the darkness to appreciate the light. So that's the real issue here: human nature. We are incapable of being happy. I still remember lying in my bathtub and dreaming of becoming a successful writer. It was like winning the lottery. Zero chances. Now I made it. Can you believe it? I can't. Still, everything seems the same. Now I have just other problems. I want to close my eyes and sleep for all eternity. That's all I have to say. I'm damn tired.
@@pincopallino8176get out of here
Jesus is real 😊
@@pincopallino8176wow 'Exactly, that's what I was thinking too. People often don't think beyond that.
Like what do people do when they’re at home 24/7? They stream play video games etc just waist time coz people lack purpose.
I have watched your videos for a while Tom. I used to listen to them on my depressing drive to work every morning. I had a local government utilities job (working on water mains) in the US that supposedly had great "benefits" even though none of those benefits translated to more money in my pocket. While working there I slowly built up a plumbing company after hours and on weekends. It took a couple years to get the company to the point where I could safely leave and provide for my wife and infant daughter, but in December I took the plunge.
The last 7 months have been the happiest of my life. I set my own schedule and wake up when I want to without an alarm (instead of the soul crushing buzzing at 6 am every day). I am the only employee of the company and am making more money than I've ever made, but I still have a desire to expand and hire. The only reason would be to retire even sooner because the earliest comfortable retirement possible has always been my goal. I am not 100% sure which way I'll go because I am saving quite a bit as is but I can certainly say that escaping wage slavery was the most difficult/rewarding accomplishment of my life.
Omg, thats so great to read. I envy you!
Thanks for sharing and spreading hope
Well done. The worst sound is that clock buzzing on a cold, dark morning!
My friend was involved in a group called financial independence, retire early. He made it to 55, working full-time, and then sold his house in the US and moved to malaysia. The people are friendly, it's beautiful, and the cost of living is a fraction of the usa. You would be surprised how quickly 50 comes, and if you keep yourself in good shape and good health, you have potentially several more decades to enjoy life. Another option would be that since you don't have kids, you have a lot more freedom than most people do. You and your wife could both work part-time and move to a lower cost state, if you are in the usa. We have been brainwashed to think we need a lot more stuff than we actually do. And kudos to you for being an anti-natalist! It is the only logical thing to do in this hellscape of a society we've created.
yeah I heard of the FIRE movement. its a cool idea. I don't buy it completely though. There are some kinks to iron out in their philosophy. But I respect the sentiment.
@@TomScryleuscould you make a video about it? Like your personal views and why you are not buying that idea? Especially the part time fire sounds realistic To me as a average person
Its a good idea. To make a video about it.
He moved to Malaysia, where wage slaves could serve him
I was an air traffic controller..a highly paid wage slave as my salary was in the top 10% regardless of where I lived. However, I saved and invested about 20% of me earnings for 12 of the 35 years I was employed. I did this once I realized what the TRAP was. Namely that one day I was going to have to live on 60% of my income after retirement.
So no new car every 3 or 4. Years. No BMWs or other luxury brands. Paid cash for all my cars over 24 years now. All vehicles were expected to last 10 years. Only one car note at a time. Owned 3 homes in my lifetime (I’m 69 now) but that’s a scam too. Mortgage means “engagement until death) literally.
Today and after retiring 15 years ago I’m doing just fine. Positive cash flow and no worries at all. Don’t own anything but cash in the bank and other investment assets like crypto,,,which has been tremendous gains. The most important and valuable things in life are free I have learned.
Yep in Latin mortgage translates to “death pledge”. You will be paying for that house until you die… property tax,maintenance,insurance,lawn care and snow removal. It is what it is and not all bad don’t get me wrong but average Joe can’t afford a $250,000 mortgage at even 7% with money down and excellent credit. A big trap for most. A good landlord goes along ways.
@@jasonhall8706 Word 🙌🏽 And if I’m correct Real Estate 🏡 is translated “estate of the Royals”. Where you can “work the land” but never own it due to taxes needing to be paid. Held over from the era of serfdom in Europe centuries ago.
The Royals (Central Bank) still rule the masses because the masses are not educated, but indoctrinated, into a financial system of economic slavery hidden between the pages of history long ago.
I'm curious what your living arrangements are though? You don't own, so I assume you're renting? Rent can be more expensive than a mortgage. I live small. I have a paid off condo. I just pay condo fees and annual property taxes, but every year they go up slightly. I live in Canada, so living out of a motorhome is challenging. Not impossible, but definitely difficult.
@@sfrwriter You make a point - it depends on what you get a morgage on. Individual homes are high liabilities and taxed more with more maintenance time and money required. Living in Europe and basically having bought a concrete box in a tower, the cost in time and maintenance is far, far lower than a home. The mortgage payment is also same or lower than rent.
The way you talk about these problems is very philosophical. A lot of people might say you suffer from depression, when in fact your interpretation of life revolved around the meaning of life and how philosophy can help you better understand it. Thank you for not losing yourself in life's meaningless tasks.
I get that a lot :)
Thank you for the comment.
You and I are on the same level :)
You're not depressed your aware. I agree with your conlutions.
I sensed it was 'work lies' as a 10yr old, in the 1950's.
All the adults around me, family, neighbors, etc were miserable, hated each other, saw each other as the competition, to be mocked, destroyed so they could get ahead, and not feel so jealous of others accomplishments. I wondered, where is this so wonderful, great America everyone speaks of. I wanted no part of it, so put a wall against all the feel good lies I was told in school, on TV, in movies.
The parents today, still spreading those 'feel good' lies to their children, wanting them to have the same miserable, routine, boring life they have. Sad!
We are brothers, truly. Our stories share so many nuances. I, however, succeeded in breaking free from wage Slavery. I went from a family, living in a 4 bdrm house, 4 vehicles...ALL the trappings of a "successful" existence. That all changed in 2022. I divorced, sold the house and my car. I now live in a 27' travel trailer on someone else's land, I am self-employed (earning a minimalist salary of around $2k/month), paying NO utilities (using a 3000 watt generator for power and using the landlords water) and maintaining the property (cutting about 3 acres of grass and keeping fencelines clear) for rent (which is HUGE savings). In many ways, it is a blessing, but it IS hard living, and I am alone 80-85% of the time. But, I no longer feel trapped, which is priceless. I hope you find...and take...your way out. 😏
I am 59 this year. I remember when I was in my late thirties and into my 40s saddled with kids, a mortgage and an overwhelming sense of oppression (I'm female). I remember sitting on my front porch looking at my cute white picket fence in an HOA neighborhood and wondering why I was miserable. I did all the things. I'm thinking now that I go through these sad phases but I'm thinking now I'm actually living in a VR and that anybody who comes to play this game are trapped too. I now feel lucky that I'm not homeless or hungry. Its all just a big fish bowl and my current VR receptors (perception) can't see outside the fishbowl. I didn't do anything wrong, I'm just along for the ride...
Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year , Pink Floyd .
Thank you for sharing your deepest thoughts. I don't find your discussions dark at all. I find them enlightening and helpful. if anything you are a realist, pragmatic and courageous. Cheers,
thank you for the feedback. sometimes in my head things sound so dark. I don't always know how people interpret my videos.
With machines taking over jobs there needs to be a universal basic income as a safety net.
Delusional.
Yes the Elites® will give you a basic income. But it will be basic. You will barely survive.
You need to understand that the Planet of ours is nothing but a prison of souls.
No they just let us starve
I don't agree with universal basic income because it encourages people to do less or even nothing. How about instead we have a robot tax and that is distributed first among those who lost a job to robots and then to the disabled, etc. I've read that some robots can operate for about $4 per hour, That's way less than what people get paid. I'm thinking that instead of the difference all going to the company, maybe $5 or $6 per hour goes to this fund, maybe a bit more. Use it for retraining, support of those who lost their jobs to robots and the disabled. The companies would still make plenty because they would have no unemployment tax, no health insurance, no vacations, etc to pay .
@@williamrichards7081 That sounds good but there are still too many people out of work that will be unable to find any jobs. Do we just let them starve to death on the streets?
Technological advancements always come with the promise of less work but we always end up working more or at least as much as before anyway.
I feel this. Thanks for creating this. It wasn’t depression - it was raw and real.
0:10 the worst day because tomorrow we all go back to the wage cage 🤦♂️😂
The thing is you're awake. Good for you. You figured it out. ❤❤😊
I think what turns people into zombies is lack of curiosity, false goals, and rewarding undeserving people with loyalty they don’t deserve. It’s better to remain single and experiment with job hopping. I think it helps if you acquire real skills so you can have a good vocational identity. But you want to me more of a freelancer by for instance being like the merchant mariner who gets a different ship with a different company every time he ships out rather than being a company man. There’s nothing worse than being a company man like these guys on the Great Lakes who rather than seeing the world just do the same voyage over and over again as a cog in the steel industry working their way up to wheelsman so they don’t have to perform manual labor anymore when they would’ve been better off being a deckhand and seeing the world.
You just spoke word for word how ive felt and the thoughts ive had for so long. So very tired of the the grind and the stress associated with it. Everyday i wake up and ask for it all to end. Right now im sitting in my house in texas thankful for a hurricane because it gave me an additinal day off to rest. Im just so very very tired and burned out. Im 39 years old and have no clue how ill make it to retirment. My parents are still alive so i couldnt take my life while theyre here but after they pass idk. Theyre the only thing that makes life ok at times but at the same time i sometimes get angry that they brought me into this existence. I didnt ask for this amd its been a struggle since the begginning. I cant remember a time where i truly felt at peace.
""""" "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” is a quote by Henry David Thoreau from the first chapter of his 1854 book Walden, or, Life in the Woods. The quote reflects on the human tendency to live in a state of quiet desperation, and some say it has helped them identify their own misgivings, face self-doubts, and take risks.""""" I personally find that YES; when I was married, and the Level of Anguish it Can Bring vs Living Alone and THE NEW FOUND WORLD realized like None Ever Before... I feel Bad for those whom Will Never Experience what I speak of😞
I know it, its a classic line. sits well with most of us.
ps. I loved Walden.
11:20 The life of a wage slave is dark! The time to revolt is now! 😡
thats why I had to use such a dark themed thumbnail. probably my darkest to date.
Revolt is to what?! You think some better paradigm will rise from the ashes that will be more in your favor? We are all here for the harvest of the ultra wealthy…
What’s your answer? Revolt into what?
@@PianoMan-hx3ev I'm a fan of Social Democracy and Worker Co-ops. It's up to us to build systems that prioritize human rights over property rights. We need to strengthen local communities and build relationships that aren't transactional. People are waking up and will continue to wake up. All we can do is make space for each other and share our burdens together. It's a new era.
@@dallenpowell2745 We give up our property rights, we give up our freedom.
Ive been going through this and taking it hard lately. I just dont understand how people can accept that this is howlife is. Ive been trying to figure out what i can do to get out of it before im to old to enjoy the things i want to while im physically able to do them. Every option i can come up with either involves more work doing something i hate or taking a job for less money but not being able to afford even a fraction of the life that would make me happy and be enjoyable. I feel stuck and completely lost.
You just have to accept the compromise or choose a different compromise. Could getting a job that you like more mean living on less, or doing a stressful job getting paid more worth being able to spend more money? Either way you need to trade your time, which we seem to never have enough of.
@SurpriseMeJT 100% im def at a crossroads right now. I just dont know what to do bc it seems like no matter what i do i end up getting knocked down. And after so many times its hard to keep going. There really is something to be lucky but idk what it is. I see people that put in little effort and always win and others cant win no matter what they do. Even when it comes to lottery tickets and raffles. I know people that win them all the time and ive never won one at all. Crazy bc you think eventually the odds would be in your favor but its not.
I was never more happy than when I was unemployed but still had enough money saved up that I was able to afford everything I needed.
I haven't worked in a decade due to disability. I went from my healthy teens directly into a broken twenties and so, in some ways, I never grew up. I worked maybe 9 months in my whole life. My partner has supported me and I've had, aside from the limits of my mind and body, had complete freedom to do what I want. I'm now 32 and looking to pick up my adult life back up where I left off. I'm writing a book, I'm learning to drive and I'm going to community college. With a spare decade to think and figure myself out that most people spend busting ass, I had a lot of time to think about who I want to be and what I want out of life. Well... I still don't know. Maybe I'm incompetent, or maybe the answer keeps changing, or maybe there is no perfect answer and the better question is, what compromises am I willing to make before I'm dead
Thank you for this question of life ❤
Thank you for making this video. I have been in this same journey, of questioning this system that we live in, for years now and I still have a difficult time fully accepting it. Once you become aware, there’s no turning off your mind. Still trying to figure out how to not be so affected by this wage slavery and the system we live in. Even if I try to accept it, or looking at silver linings, it still feels heavy.
💯 im with you
My son wanted to live in a tent in the woods for years. Age 23, out of the blue he wanted to become a homeowner. i encouraged him to hike the Appalachian trail; or travel internationally while he can. Take a risk and make memories that may change his life, like I did. Shortly after he got a girlfriend and a dog. A job he's never really cared for, thankfully he has a few toys he likes to work on... But he's now 30 and deciding right now. A house is out of reach. The job he wants is a bit out of reach. I keep telling him that right now he is living his life, and to stop waiting until he gets to this place or that place before he feels like he can settle down and "start living". He's even waiting to have children until he has a house and feels like he's in the perfect situation. There is absolutely no perfect situation, but I think he listens to his father. Live life now and enjoy it because you're only going to get old, sick And tomorrow was never promised!! I think my kids don't like me as much because I don't conform, but I'm happy. People look at me differently because I don't do what's expected of me. I get by, I am sick, I'm getting old... And my days are short, although my kids don't realize just how short. ❤ Let me just enjoy the time I have here, And I keep telling my kids not to judge and to mind their business; And that goes for everyone! There are each choosing to live their lives, how they want and if they don't like it, they have the opportunity to change it. Thank you for making these videos❤
Yes, life and the social constructs are tough to traverse. I am a trapped wage slave, but i am content with it. There are securities in it that i am fine with. It is easy to get stuck in concerns and what action to take. I make do with the life i can afford and what i can save, goes into a split of equities that could fail/drop and "hard assets" that should retain future purchase power... I spend what i want within reason, and live what i perceive to be a middle class life that is a bit better than my parents before me. I don't waste my time striving for a wealthy person's life. This feels like happiness to me. Good luck!
honest to god, I wish I felt okay with my wage slavery. So I envy you actually.
the problem for me is that I think weather we are ok with it or not, we are still being used.
Content with being in the Matrix. Sad.
@@TomScryleus I hear ya! If I really thought I was really good at what I do, was willing to find people to pay me to provide it as a service, wanted to do it regularly, felt a desire to manage periphery services (health care insurance, book keeping, establish bank accounts, tax prep, etc) and could believe I'd be better off for it - well, I'd start a business. Or, I could forego all of it for a fairly reasonable salary and generic benefits with a good amount of job security, well, I take the easier, to me, route. I am nearing the end of my career and am at the point of this being my last employer. I'll likely do self growth work in retired life, like a RUclips channel, and happily receive small payments for it and live on whatever wealth I have. It's not much, to me, but should do. Yes, I'm a Gen X'er living in a small community an hour outside a city with a modest home, so low cost of living.
@@TomScryleus as much as my career job is wage slavery, I am a parasite to the employer. I provide them a service that I do better than most, at a salary a bit higher than most, with a better work ethic than most. I know they benefit from me, but I also benefit from them to live a lifestyle that is good to me. It has been that case most of my career.
@@vincentharris7909 understanding the reality around me and adapting beneficially to it has done me well. I am happy compared to you it seems.
Thank you for sharing Tom, I'm a of your work and it's really great to hear that there are other deep thinkers out there. I am the same and it's difficult with my partner, who isn't as much of a deep thinker as I am, where I'm philosophising the next moves and outcomes, pondering on the deep esoteric questions of life, that many don't think about because they are scared of depth and going internal. So thank you!
Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
If there is an afterlife, it would suck if you found yourself in an office, at a corporation, doing the same thing...💀
That would be hell 😂 imagine that instead of finally resting we get right back to work for EVIL corporation
😬😬🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s hell mate
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I have unknowingly been wanting to shout a similar message from the rooftops. Thank You!
What you said a good 90% hit home, parents split and resentment for that along with ignorance of work hard and be rewarded, not seeing the trap before stepping into it, all of that 💯
I watch the people around me emailing and claiming to work over the weekend, and I guess silently they think their work will be acknowledged.
I genuinely feel for them, because they just don't even seem to know they are just wage slaves.
Sunday for me is slowly getting better and the "Sunday night dreads" are slowly lessening as I move away from that broken system.
Tom, love your work!
Thanks, I resonate with this video in many aspects. I have been in "Wage Slavery" for almost 4 decades already, I have 3 college degrees (thankfully I got scholarships for most of my courses due to studying very hard - and not taking much vacation). No, I don’t come from a rich family at all. Companies / people start to discriminate (give less value and opportunities) professionals over 50 - I felt that very well and proacted upon that. Thankfully I will escape “Wage Slavery” soon and will have [modest] passive income enough to live well and provide to my dependents. And yes, the money that I made during “Wage Slavery”, especially in my 40’s and 50’s, was quite good but did not make me a rich man, but it was good enough even though I compromised a lot of my well-being and time spent with my loved ones, including my parents that are no longer alive. I have to look at the present and future now.
yeah, not much choice with human mistakes. Like what I mentioned with my dad.
Cant turn back time, can only move forward.
That must resonate with so many people. At least me, a lot. Thanks Tom, I really appreciated you opening up like this.
Working most of this weekend to finish up what was left from this week, so that I can start the new workweek tomorrow.
I'm really getting ready for this crap to end. If I didn't have a plan for this I would go nuts.
that sounds terrible! :(
I hope you find a better solution soon.
Problems aren’t reserved for the poor. Rich, middle class and poor all have their problems. I’d rather be rich with problems though. I’m not sure our parents lied about working hard and college and buying a house. I think nowadays it’s much easier to find info because of technology on anything within seconds. In the old days we weren’t online giving us access to so much information. Info like everything you’re talking about.
You being born is like 1 out of 10 billion. Whether our parents divorced or we lived in poor conditions the fact is we’re all winners. Just being born is almost impossible. Most don’t see it that way.
Instead of looking at life as a rat race try using an emotion called empathy or gratitude. Don’t get bogged down on others having more. Your mind has the tactical advantage over you. Control your thoughts and it’s game over.
Great video and I understand cuz I’ve too felt that way.
Your video resonates with me. I have often wondered what the point is of me being here. I wish I was never born. I don't get all that much enjoyment out of life. For the most part, you're just a wage slave. I don't have kids. I knew from a young age that I never wanted them. Now I'm glad they were never born. I'm glad for them that I broke the cycle and that they don't have to suffer in the same way that I did. I wish my parents had thought the same, before they brought three children into the world, knowing that they would become wage slaves too. I don't really believe in an afterlife. I wish there was one where I could spend eternity with my beloved dog, but I think that's just a fairy tale.
There is a afterlife. Unfortunately the devil has dominion over earth though. And does everything in his power to make the world believe that a god and afterlife dont exist. If people knew that everything we been taught is a lie then this whole system would end tomorrow. Unfortunately people are to brainwashed to ever believe it. Ps we def don't live on a globe either. Its all a part of the deception to hide that we have souls.
Here I am on a sunday night, dreading my upcoming week of work, then this video pops up. Every sunday night is a dread, and I hope that it doesn't have to be.
Is there a posibility to have a more minimalistic lifestyle, affordable by only working 3 days a week?
A solution could be to work only in the morning and then the rest of the day you are free. Things like worldpackers are interesting to me.
Holy smoke.. I don't mean to look down on anyone. But I have had a great life and I am grateful for it..
I really wish you all a change in fortune..
thats nice. thank you.
and I'm glad for you.
After high school i had this crazy little scheme where my sister mom and dad would all live together as long as possible to save and invest more of our pay so my sister amd i could set ourselves free. Of course, they all thought it was a bad idea and i was on my own wasting most of my income on apartment rent and transportation.
Yep, living together has never been a problem for Eastern people. Having said that, this is normal in Italy (I believe) and Turkey, Greece.
The idea that at 18, you start to live and pay for your own way is a huge scam of a narrative, designed to keep you poor and on the hamster wheel forever. The best thing to do is as you imagined - save on housing costs, because that is the highest expesnse item. Save and invest as much as possible, hopefully taking care of your retirement. Having the security first means you can really tell shitty bosses and jobs to go f*** themselves.
the comment about your childhood and parents had me in tears man. i relate, im sorry you went through that same childhood. and your regrets about your father have made me feel like i should welcome mine into my life a little more even though ive spent my childhood resenting him. we all make mistakes, and better to mend bridges than to let them burn and weigh on our minds later. tomorrow isnt promised.
very articulate speaker, youve earned a sub.
welcome onboard. :)
yeah, the relationship with fathers isn't always easy.
especially difficult when they pass away. :(
next video will actually be more about that.
I retired at 57 and I am in good shape . I have 0 debt lots of toys . I am not rich but I feel rich . Live below your means.
I watch all your content. Thanks for your honesty - no need to make any apology for it! Keep up the good work 😀
😂😂😂wrong?
OMGOSH! I thought I was the only person that hated Sundays! Ever since I was a child , Sunday was the day before a whole
week of school. As an adult , Sunday has always been the day to do EVERYTHING you can't do during the previous week because you were at work and getting ready to do it all over. Saturday, generally , was recuperating from the previous week.
" escape to the museum of my childhood." Good God. I was born into a " hippie" family in the early 60s. I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. I've often wondered...if I could go back to that 1st grade classroom...and all my now grown former classmates were there...I'd ask them...how did life turn out for you in light of what were were promised about our futures? Are you happy? Disappointed? What happened? Where did it go wrong?
its the worst day of the week. I cant stand them. the only day worse, is last day of vacation. Thats when I wonder how to end it all.
Right on.
This was great! Its comforting to know there are millions of us questioning this and our programing. Your channel just popped up and Im a new subscriber. Thank you for your insight😊
thank you. glad you liked it.
welcome to the channel.
have a nice weekend.
Yea, I'm picking a fight every single time.
Not even for me - my ancestors wish me freedom and fought for it. Through generations.
By any means, greetings from Poland !
czesc jak sie masz! jeste tez polakiem :)
@@TomScryleus Tak, mówiłeś w jednym odcinku ! Pozdrawiam 🇵🇱🫡
hehe
Polska jest obozem koncentracyjnym I kolonią zachodu, a nie samodzielnym państwem.
@@TomScryleusyou look polish dude, you look nothing like a anglo saxon, I knew it haha!
This is one of the truest and most honest look at life in 2024. My kids will watch this. Thank you.
thank you. Im glad you liked it.
I just don’t understand why people work 10 hours a day just to buy material possessions to make them look rich. Asked yourself why are you working so many hours. Or you working to invest into things that’s going to retire you at an early age or you working just to keep up with the Jones’s to impress other people or working to buy expensive things to make you feel important. Oh I forgot you are working because u love what you do but working for someone else making their lives better and dreams come true and you are slaving your life away on your dream job. I know we have to work but we need to know what is our why. People work all of their entire life just to get paid once a month. Like that is a big accomplishment. If you work on a job for 5 years and invest and really know what you want in this life, your life could be an adventure and u can live because u can have your freedom back.
100% agree
Can only speak for myself but I was more or less sold into wage slavery over a period of a several years where my wife slowly worked less and less and I paid for more and more while we had children. I had to switch jobs to earn more and the indignities and suffering began to mount until here I am years later 60 pounds overweight working 50 hours a week suffering daily indignities. It's too late for me but I will warn my children especially my son.
The thing is if we don't work we perish. But the system is in place. Could always be worse.
@@craggyexplores3070 Very True. This channel is more about priorities than it is about avoiding work. This channel promotes working for oneself, having a high savings rate, not sacrificing our lives for any Corporations we work for.
Since i have to work in order to survive without being homeless all the material stuff i buy for enjoyment is just to keep me from eating a bullet.
Soo I love working on cars im 43, started at 8yrs old with my father but he was a drunk that worked on cars. I always said I will never be like him. His work ethic was incredible he worked everyday all day but thursday -sat he was drunk without a beat unless he was sick. I have the same work ethic but stayed away from all drugs/alcohol etc. I’ve spent my life doing countless different jobs searching for something I love. Untill I went back to cars at a shop, I now understand I’m not like my father in the bad ways but I can be like him in the good ways and I forgive him for not knowing what he didn’t know. I’m learning the financial part of the business at a very small shop to be able to start my own slowly with very very little debt if any at all. I will rent a place and cashflow everything I can, I have learned many lessons in life and failed a lot. Learning from the mistakes is what makes them Lessons and not mistakes❤.
There's some irony in knowing that CEOs and hedge fund honchos, etc., wine and dine at the best restaurants and that it is this kind of culinary indulgence that ends up being their own demise as the decadent delicacies they consume put a toll on their health.
That bottle of 2011 Romanée Conti wine is expensive in more ways that one, and they end up paying with their life expectancy!
yupp. its a weird social sonstruct pyramid, where wonder who is the bigger fool. the ones on the bottom, or on top.
⁰@@TomScryleus
I have one worked one job my entire life - and that was almost 11 years ago, my senior year of high school. I was fortunate enough to be supported by family this entire time. I understand many people will never experience that luxury, and I'm terribly sorry for anyone who wasn't able to just spend their time doing whatever they want. However, I still relate to what you're saying. It pains me every day knowing the free ride will eventually come to an end, and I'll have to surrender and join the rat race, or just give up. Although the convenience and comfort of an easy life is immense, trying to adapt after so long to fit into normal culture is near impossible for me.
Have you ever read the Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhaur? He wrote a book of essays about the dealing with the futility and absurdity of life and offered his own solutions. You might like it. YT has an audiobook available for free.
sure, I actually have studied his work in college. But Its worth checking out again.
Could you give a summary in a few words of his conclusion and solution?
I have my adult kids and grandkids live in our house. We don't look for our space or isolation. We have promoted a family life of sharing and love. I am happy to have them all and was happy to retire from my first job at 49. I recently took a job after a few years off to provide more for their futures. I feel my work enables them a good future.
I guess you lack perspective and have been infected with bad thoughts from the media voices.
You are responsible for your enslavement or freedom. Comply or not.
Best wishes. I hope you find a better perspective. Using the negative to build a positive is a skill that isn't taught in a classroom or in sports.
The trophy for all participants and teaching of enslavement is in everything.
Break free.
We will die on earth but what we do will live on forever.
Health and time are wealth given as gifts from God to you. Trading it for money and wares from the self scribed elite is a loss.
I went from a prominent role in my previous work and do menial work now to avoid the world's corruption and make a difference in lives of people.
Giving of self is rewarding.
Break free.
It is funny that those that break free are ridiculed by society. But only those that free themselves realize how they once enslaved themselves.
This made my cry...51 and asking this questions and trying to find way out from this rat run
sad part is this video gives no answers - he is escaping the rat race by telling you how much live sucks the real way to escape the rat race is to tell people how much the rat race sucks
I wish you luck old man, thank fully I get disability checks and i only need to work 2 days a week hypothetically
Tack för dina videos. Jag hittade din kanal för cirka 2 timmar sen och har totalt fastnat. 🤝
I work full time and I can’t even afford to pay any bills! I can’t pay rent ! I don’t have any money for food! How can a corporation pay me a laughable wage 😢
What do you work with?
Where does all your money go on payday then?
Everything you said resonates with my life at this moment…the truth is incontrovertible
Tom this vid hit me hard. You saying even tho you have the money to send and save and it still seems like life is sliping away.I feel like that more and more as my life progress. I feel like I am in a boxing match all the time trying to block and couterpunch what is thown at me
Well, I mean could save to retire earlier, but the majority of my life is still working for companies.
hopefully I get to escape this year. Made a video about it earlier this year.
Thank you everyone for the comments, and the love!
you have no idea how much it means.
It even makes me forget the fact that I have to go to work tomorrow.
At some level to stay alive requires a level of "work" effort is needed. An understanding of existents is needed but no answer is available.
I saw a newborn yesterday at the Costco. I don’t see them often. It seemed strange for some reason.
I'm 26. My husband and I are in so much student loan debt. He owes 100,000 and makes 18 an hour. I went to school to be a teacher. Giving birth at a hospital would cost too much
For all of you that thinks that work sucks…. How will you live with no work…. What will you have to do to live … you will need to work…. Prepare land for planting food… weeding the gardens… watering the plants… dig a well for water… or go get water …… ya get the picture…. You work all your life to live … no matter if it’s at a company or on your own land …. One is with earning money the other is not unless you start selling food to people…. That comes from your gardens… but it’s still work…. Pick a job you like and you won’t be as miserable…
Dude, sell the house, ask wifey one last time if she is ready, if not, drop the wife. Move to something like Thailand or vietnam and live like a king on 2k dollars per month. Problem solved 🤷
I like your efficient thinking here :)
Options come at a cost, but it is expensive to have no choice.
Don't sell the house, rent it out to create passive income. Go take a few months off with your wife to travel. Take freelance work. You would have a clearer picture what you really want in life. I just turned 40, my husband and I are childfree but contemplating if we should get a house. we do not want to be wage slave either. We are happy with our lives but personally we are also going through the same dilemma about work as you do. We don't really hate our job but I can't help but to see job as a necessary mundane activity for money sake.
@@coffeemug3009 this is a far better approach!
@@coffeemug3009 It's so dumb isn't it (work). It would be alright if it felt like it was making a difference to better society but nothing works! NHS is failing, council tax goes up but they make cut backs.... at least the plebs are busy i guess
Dude, I swear watching this video was like watching myself in the mirror. I just feel like I’m in this though spot and no one understands me. I earn a good salary that allows me to live comfortably, it’s still nowhere near enough to give me any prospect of escaping the rat race. I just hope to be able to start a business one day, I’ve been working at different ideas, but I just realize I often don’t have the energy at the end of the day.
but ....to my parents defense....."the world they lived in had way fewer choices"
We all complain about work and then one day we retired and realized that we get bored AF doing nothing, so we back to work.
Not so fun fact: If you want to escape wage slavery you must embrace homelessness.
Not true. Tribesmen such as Masai,Yanomami, etc live off the land as farmers who are off the grid and self reliant also do. Advise you to watch Jon Jandai's Life is Easy Ted talk
A person can't embrace homelessness,Unless one Experienced homelessness.. always Remember,Where There is a Will, there is a Way.. you have too give a lil to get a lil.. God is Good.. Responsibility along with Sacrifice goes a long Way.. Good Luck n God Bless...
I've been homeless. That's just another type of slavery.
Not entirely true, we must embrace creativity away from traditional living arrangements.
Welp, I've thought of living in the backwoods of South East Alaska, with sum savings giving interest, winter would be tough butt doable. Life would get boring fast I'd imagine.
I actually got emotional watching the paraphrase scene because I was thinking about my early 20s and how I was so glad I didn't waste it by doing the things I wanted like travelling and starting an online business which had its ups and downs but learned so much from. These experiences gave me the learnings to understand what wage slavery is and exposure to soul-destroying companies. I turned 30 a while ago and thought my youth had ended because I'm no longer in my 20s but I've actually been enjoying it so much because I'm currently working for myself and have a portfolio of investments paying every month but nowhere near financial freedom yet but I am working on it.
I get emotional whenever I see that scene. Its very powerful.
The system tries to keep us on the treadmill, looking forward to payday, or to progress in our job, or the time when our work is over. The idea of Heaven is the ultimate way of getting us to sacrifice our lives for some fantasy that supposedly happens after we die. I believe we do have eternal life, because everything that exists, exists forever. I believe that Parmenides and Zeno of Elea were right. Even though things seems to move and change, it's an illusion. I'm glad I had a tolerant, Christian upbringing. It at least gave me some concept of eternal life. But I believe we already have it, because of how the universe is.
you actually mention something there Im considering making a video about.
@@TomScryleus I look forward to seeing that. For a long time, everyone thought that these two old Greek philosophers had been debunked, and were just coming out with interesting paradoxes. But Einstein's theories of relativity seem to challenge the commonsense view of past, present and future, and confirm that spacetime is eternal.
Does it also feel like you cemented your fate as a wage slave?
Nah, I'm still deluded enough to think I can escape! lol
But in all seriousness, I take some comfort in knowing that, push comes to shove, I can always buy a plot of land somewhere rural and build a wooden cabin for me and my fiance. I expect to be able to afford something better, but between that and the prospect of working an office job for another 30 years, I take the cabin in the woods any day of the week!
I like the idea of a cabin. my fear is that if I was to do that, i would loose connection with society. I know I'm wrong, but irritional thinking you know.
Yes. But it seems like some things cannot be avoided. I married in my early 20s with minimal college debt, but a couple of years into our marriage, my wife came down with serious life-threatening health problems out of nowhere. We were both working, I was in grad school, we saved everything we could but medical expenses ate all of it and - after we had spent all we had - those expenses indebted us for at least a decade. What's worse is that the various schemes / interventions tried by the doctors only helped a little, short term, and it was at that time that I got incredibly disillusioned about the modern medical industry, followed by many other institutions (long story I won't go into here).
We had to work out how to bring her back to health, or as close as possible, over years on our own and mostly without doctors and drugs. In the midst of that, we wanted to dedicate our lives purposefully toward building a family and a community (rather than orienting our lives around a corporation or career), so I rejected some early (non-lucrative) job / career-start opportunities and we moved to a rural area to 'plant' ourselves and to help start a church. We stuck that out for quite some time, through much hardship, and we are still here, with three homeschooling children, but even out in the sticks the cost to feed and house five people on a single check in the US is unbelievable. (To say nothing of the various medical expenses on top of all that as we've gone along.)
I'm very grateful my wife is still with us and that the children are well - and able to receive a far better education than they would otherwise - but I am beyond trapped in wage slavery, though we have always lived frugally and carried as little debt as possible. All we saved has been wiped out more than once by medical bills and / or home repairs. The best-paying gig I've had to date almost went bust last summer and I've been hanging on for very little pay and lots of extra work until now trying to enable this outfit to profit off of all the things we built / invested in over the last few years.
I am trying to hold on to the hope of escaping but I'm not getting younger and the math of all the elements in the situation is hard against me unless we sell our house and move away from this area / from the community we've worked to build for so long now. The only way we could become more financially 'free' would be to leave the country, which we are not contemplating at this stage.
This doesn't begin to scratch the surface of where the frustration really comes from in all this (at least for myself, or people like me) ... I have significant gifts / abilities with the fine arts, particularly music, and wide-ranging interests that have led to various stabs at composing, writing, and teaching over the last 10-15 years. Kind of a frustrated academic and a prodigy (or at least I was at one time). I gave all my early life and uncounted hours / $$$ to invest in those skills and now they are almost never exercised, and at the end of most days (if I'm not working until 1:00am as it is) there is simply no energy to give to any real efforts in those directions, either to 'escape' the trap or just to study, practice, write, and have more to contribute to the life of our home and community / church. My body and mind are almost totally at the mercy of the hamster wheel.
@@TomScryleus Well, even a shut-in like the Unabomber had social interactions with other people, e.g., shopping at the grocery store, going to the library, doing odd jobs here and there, etc., so I think you'd be okay.