Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

  • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    26·
    8 months ago

    Same ship, different service. The safety net affords me the ability to find what I really want to do without tying my life to a single job or place.

    I also think that it can be brought to other citizens through other community activities. Why don’t we offer similar incentives to teachers? 10yr of teaching in exchange for UBI. Or doctors. Or rebuilding the crumbling infrastructure.

    I’m guessing that your VA/service income doesn’t just go straight to savings either. A lot of it goes right back into the economy through purchasing and associated taxes paid on those things. At least mine does.

    The US military is the largest socialist organization in the world and I wish they would extend that to the rest of its citizens without the downside of PTSD, death, and a lifetime of physical and mental ailments.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      173·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, it’s essentially BAH lol.

      Every year it goes up, and every year I make it my new monthly payment for my mortgage.

      The US military is the largest socialist organization in the world

      I say this all the time, it’s 100% true.

      The vast majority of our issues would disappear if everyone got that stuff. And we could pay for it all just be taxing the 1% of wealthiest people and corporations.

      The only reason to not want it, is if those wealthy people give you a shit ton of money to not want it.

      • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        9·
        8 months ago

        I’ve thought this for a while, but maybe our service to country isn’t done with a DD214. The current situation in the US and world at large makes me think I can still do some good. Maybe politics needs more people who think like you and me.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          154·
          8 months ago

          I got told once in the military:

          If you don’t want to be in charge of a bunch of idiots, one of those idiots is gonna be in charge of you.

          And it’s pretty accurate, even on the civilian side.