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[–] Ke1tuMad5 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
You are making the mistake of believing that money equals happiness.
The one who lives in accordance to his own schedule and works for himself, gets up when he wants, does what he wants with the purpose he knows and believes in will be a much more happy person than the one who gets up at five in the morning, force shits and force feeds, sits in traffic for 3 hours to get to the office full of idiots who compete in doing senseless things in fear of being sacked for wrongthink.
The former may be poorer but, hell, I am sorry for the latter one.
It is better to be a farmer, live on your land, grow your own potato, sit with a fishing rod in the lake and paint in the afternoons, than to be a corporate slave eventually spending all your salary on things you don't actually need, rented flat, booze and antidepressants.
[–] alalzia 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago (edited ago)
bullet points
Outside drones on neoliberal payroll nobody on the left takes cultural Marxism seriously .
The leftist idea is not to destroy the west, they think that all 7.5b people people can live a western standards lifestyle . It is same level logical fallacy with capitalists who believe that a small planet with set resources can support infinite growth .
Native males are the most rebellious elements in society , forcing them to immigrate or sentencing them into unskilled wage slavery is a way of preventing electoral surprises .
Women and minorities are awarded useless degrees while sinking in debt objectively keeping them in perpetual bankruptcy and total submission .
Social justice is used to corrupt and destroy community bonds , the only real enemy of neoliberalism .
[–] Weasel_Soup 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
I don't think people in general think that anymore. Harvard and the rest to the so called ivy league are affirmative action and Jewish nepotism cesspools. Places like Berkeley are commie brain washing stations and places like the University of Phoenix are scams.
[–] EVLGOATZ 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Well, generally speaking, if you want a job in the tech industry you need a comp sci degree to be considered most of the time. Your right though, even my small town uni is full of Marxist ideology, we promote Islam all the while not selling/wearing poppies in case it causes offense.
[–] mailmetothemoon ago
Or you know...have a portfolio of functional projects? Maybe hit up a guy on linked in to get your foot in the door? That's what I'm working on. I'm learning digital art, and animation and my tutor is someone who works professionally in the industry. If I do well, I'll have my first job lined up flat.
[–] Wahaha 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/06/10/the-backfire-effect/
Once something is added to your collection of beliefs, you protect it from harm. You do it instinctively and unconsciously when confronted with attitude-inconsistent information. Just as confirmation bias shields you when you actively seek information, the backfire effect defends you when the information seeks you, when it blindsides you. Coming or going, you stick to your beliefs instead of questioning them. When someone tries to correct you, tries to dilute your misconceptions, it backfires and strengthens them instead. Over time, the backfire effect helps make you less skeptical of those things which allow you to continue seeing your beliefs and attitudes as true and proper.
In 1992, Peter Ditto and David Lopez conducted a study in which subjects dipped little strips of paper into cups filled with saliva. The paper wasn’t special, but the psychologists told half the subjects the strips would turn green if he or she had a terrible pancreatic disorder and told the other half it would turn green if they were free and clear. For both groups, they said the reaction would take about 20 seconds. The people who were told the strip would turn green if they were safe tended to wait much longer to see the results, far past the time they were told it would take. When it didn’t change colors, 52 percent retested themselves. The other group, the ones for whom a green strip would be very bad news, tended to wait the 20 seconds and move on. Only 18 percent retested.
When you read a negative comment, when someone shits on what you love, when your beliefs are challenged, you pore over the data, picking it apart, searching for weakness. The cognitive dissonance locks up the gears of your mind until you deal with it. In the process you form more neural connections, build new memories and put out effort – once you finally move on, your original convictions are stronger than ever.
[–] tmnsoon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Because boomer parents and employers still think university is the same as it was 20+ years ago when they attended. So they tell the clueless 18 year olds fresh out of high school that they need to get a degree to get anywhere in life. And so they sign up for massive student loans because after a decade and a half of government school they're retarded and are incapable of critical thinking.
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[–] Wahaha 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Reading the part about the many conjoined letters, I think I finally realized why Google renamed themselves into Alphabet.
[–] andrew_jackson ago
Education is the next bubble. Boy are the younger millenials going to be pissed when the degrees that they slaved for are suddenly not worth anything.
[–] ColaEuphoria 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Even without politics, people who go to more expensive specialized schools tend to be full of themselves and horribly incompetent. A former boss told me they don't hire most of them for this reason. Public universities all the way.
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[–] MrPim 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I'm down with everything you wrote. But I'm curious
How are you worried for your safety? I don't actually care which site it was. I'm just not sure how posting that could endanger you.
[–] kneo24 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Think discrimination lawsuits. It wouldn't be hard for that person, if they read Voat, to figure out who the OP is. Also, they could easily doxx the OP, causing further trouble.
[–] RickC-137 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I knew a lot of people who went to one of the better Ivy Leaguye schools and honestly they were really unprepared for the real world. It was like the schools have so much support that they coddle these kids and help them at every step, so when they get into the real world they can't function without a strong support system. As I'm typing this I feel like I understand the plan. Isn't this the DENNIS System, nurturing dependence?
[–] mailmetothemoon ago
That was what landed me on the streets. I grew up with wealthy, not really helicopter parents, but they sent me to psych wards, threw me in supportive classes, got me signed up with aba therapy. At the end of it all I was so dependent on my support system I didn't have a single independent thought in my body.
Just leaving, and going hitchhiking is the best decision I ever fucking made.