• @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    correct.

    if you don’t want to give your money to this administration, I advise not doing that, as stated above.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      “They” is billionaires in general, not the Trump administration. Living in a foreign country isn’t the loophole you think it is.

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        ““They” is billionaires in general, not the Trump administration”

        one or all, I’d suggest getting out of billionaire clutches.

        “Living in a foreign country isn’t the loophole you think it is.”

        yeah it is, specifically for this situation that you’re complaining about.

        you want things to be futile and hopeless, but unfortunately for your ennui, there are simple solutions.

        stop working for those billionaires, and stop paying money into their system.

        • @alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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          stop working for those billionaires

          There is only a few countries you can move to that allows you to not contribute to those billionaires.

          I’m not saying that fleeing the US isn’t a good idea.

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            “There is only a few countries you can move to that allows you to not contribute to those billionaires.”

            ask questions instead of making things up.

            you are incorrect. there are dozens of countries you can teach in, contribute to education, help small business owners and keep all of your income.

            “I’m not saying that fleeing the US isn’t a good idea.”

            don’t flee the us, leave it behind where it belongs.

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              Periphery countries still contribute to the system; the US doesn’t have military bases in most of those countries by happenstance, but because keeping them in that position benefits the bourgeoisie.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World-systems_theory

              To be clear, the answer isn’t to say everything is futile and hopeless, it’s to participate in organizations which don’t contribute to the system and build duel power within these countries, or just move to non-capitalist countries.

              • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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                -210 days ago

                governments, peripherally, but the system in talking about doesn’t contribute to billionaires anywhere near the way you’re contributing to them right now.

                this is what you sound like to someone who actually understands how the system works:

                you are stranded in Antarctica.

                you loudly complain about how Antarctica is destroying your life, how the cold is invading your bones, how you can’t grow any food and you have no opportunities.

                a rescue boat shows up, and says they’ll take you wherever you want.

                you claim that because extreme weather exists at all, there’s no point in going anywhere.

                you scream your anxieties at the rescue boat until they leave you behind, per your wishes.

                that is how you are living, and how you want others to live.

                I’m on the other side, supported by facts, knowledge and experience.

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                    great, i hope you understand that your list contributed to my point, rather than being an independent thought of your own.

                    Your list is inadequate and unhelpful with regards to the real world, so i offered practical ways one can thrive while not contributing to the system you’re complaining about.

                    we’re working together.

          • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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            I’m not lying, everything I’m saying is supported by facts, knowledge and experience.

            you’re upset because people won’t lie down and die with you.

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              You have “facts, knowledge and experience” about what I want? Bullshit. You are not fucking entitled to tell me what my own opinion is, so quit trying to condescend at me!

              • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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                about living outside of the system you are complaining about.

                about not resigning yourself to being a squealing, melodramatic pauper.

                I’m not telling you what your opinion is, I’m telling you that you are wrong by complaining that there’s no way to not contribute to these billionaires.

                you are factually incorrect. as I said multiple times, yhere are simple solutions to that problem.

                that worries you because your coping mechanism apparently is to complain that nothing can be done until you perish, beckoning for others to join you in vain.

                • @grue@lemmy.world
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                  This is not about “living outside of the system.” This is about you being a condescending bully and troll who tried to dictate to me what my own opinion is.

                  How many times do I have to tell you to go fuck yourself?

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                    "This is not about “living outside of the system.”

                    that’s a simple solution to what you are complaining about.

                    “tried to dictate to me what my own opinion is.”

                    you can have all the opinions your want, I’m correcting your factual errors.

                    “How many times do I have to tell you to go fuck yourself?”

                    none, that’s your shame and anxiety encouraging you to lash out repeatedly.

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      Not to say that dodging federal taxes isn’t either good or neutral, but the problem isn’t specific to this administration.

      Where are you living that the wealth you create doesn’t end up in the hands of billionaires who then spend it on propaganda to convince you and others that that is just?

      Cuba? Vietnam? Laos? China?

      • @Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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        “Not to say that dodging federal taxes isn’t either good or neutral, but the problem isn’t specific to this administration.”

        phew, good thing nobody said it was.

        “Where are you living that the wealth you create doesn’t end up…”

        doesn’t matter where you are as long as you are outside of the US for 330 days of a tax year, not a calendar year.

        if you are outside of the US for 330 days or more per tax year, you are not required to pay about $125,000 in earned income tax per year (the amount goes up each year).

        if you have a remote job, all you have to do is travel to countries with better services and a cheaper cost of living(most countries).

        if you don’t have a remote job all you have to do find a remote job you like or if that is too difficult, travel to countries that hire English teachers(dozens of countries with thousands of current postings).

        • @alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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          I am not talking about taxes, I am talking about the profit the capitalists make off your labor. The trillion dollar media empire OP is talking about, Fox News, CNN, Reddit, twitter, etc aren’t funded by your taxes, though they are subservient to the state department.

    • @killingspark@feddit.org
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      You’re missing the point. It’s not the administration taking the money that’s the problem. That’s money (ideally) used to benefit everyone. The problem is the owner of the company taking a big share of the value you are producing with your labour.