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Go ahead. Drop out. Meantime, somebody has to do the work. We ain't living a fairytale. To keep our world going, it requires sweat and blood. WORK! To keep the lights on. To keep the water running. To keep our highways drivable. To build the roofs over our heads. To keep the farms and ranches tended. SOMEBODY has to do the work. You college boys can enjoy your freedom from 'work'. Live a simple, stress free life. Drop out of society. Meantime, MEN will take up your slack. MEN will keep your electricity on, clear skies or storm. MEN will keep your water running. MEN will tend your cattle and vegetable fields. Working MEN. You know. Those suckers of the system. Those MEN who sweat..and bleed..to keep food on their tables to feed their families. Enjoy your fairytale life. Because those MEN...have your back.
@andyholder6039 And, you know, more power to him. Let him enjoy his life, right? Just as long has he doesn't lose grip on reality. Somebody has to pay the meal ticket. What if every single one of us decided to drop out? Within a month, we'd all he living in the stone age. Yeah. Life sucks! But you gotta keep going. Me, me, me, me, me! As I my old man told me when I was a teen. "This counyry doesn't owe you a goddamned thing! If you want it, you got to work for it!" Times have changed, haven't they? And life STILL isn't fair. But, you know what, brother? At the end of the day, I don't owe no SOB a damn thing! Thanks, dad. Hopefully, when this guy decides to grow up, he'll understand.
You think you will not be a corporate slave on YT? That's how their system works. We are deconstructing due to the cyclical nature of humanity. Capitalism is bad when it is the crony variety.
After working 36 years for one family in a private garden which entailed bringing that garden back from ruins to putting in on the map as one of the best gardens in Scotland I was always promised “we will look after you” and “your part of the family” until on my 68th birthday I decided I need to retire as health problems eg, heart, prolapsed discs causing permanent numb legs and hand amongst other things. However when I mentioned I would be retiring and I gave them 5 months notice they were dumbfounded! That I wasn’t staying and working on, sentences which included phrases like “ but what will you do” and “ how will you manage” were among things said to me. However I did carry out with my retirement plan and was alienated and mentally blackmailed when none of this worked I was ostracised and got no goodbye, thankyou or even a handshake when I left. It baffles me to this day how I never saw through it. I now tell my children and grandchildren only do enough work to get by which is the opposite to how I have I have done. As the saying goes “every day is a school day”
If you had changed jobs more often during your career, you'd have learned this lessons in your 20's and 30's many times over. Glad to hear you planned for your retirement.
I gave the last 15 years of my life to a company that fired me today. We've had to work overtime for the last two years on the grounds that we'll make it financially, working an hour longer every day and working every Saturday. Us workers slaves squeezed like a lemon until the end. 15 years and I'll be gone at the end of the month. I'm so done with this system.
I’m a 48 year old construction worker and have been working for the last 10 years on how to break free from the system. Quit drinking 10 years ago, built a 5 acre homestead, will pay off my house at 54, no car payments, research all kinds of do it yourselfs like laundry soap, been baking 2 loaves of bread every week for 3 years, and have learned to not care about keeping up with the Jones. I can only hope my adult children learn from me and break free themselves. Brainwashing thru media is real
I love this. The work available in the system is soul crushing and you are treated like you are supposed to be fine with being mistreated. I’m not fine with it. Much better to work on your own terms. Much luck to you on your journey.
Your lucky to have begun your process before everything became impossible to afford. I would love to be able to own my own homestead, but homes are not reasonably affordable.
My solution is to simply work part-time. I work four days per week, so I get to do what I want on three days. I think that's pretty balanced. And as a minimalist, I can afford to not earn lots of money
@@hanknyclooking into health benefits nowadays is better on the worker-employee finding it and supplementing themselves. Lots of insurance companies tend to NOT be of any help when you really are in need of them (plus rates all depend on employees claiming them and if the provider is tied to the company outside in any other way)
@@hanknycworking one day less doesn’t make your life unsustainable. Eat very well,sleep well and take proper care of your body and you won’t have to worry about health ,dental and eye care. Thank you 😊
I managed to escape at 39 from the corporate world: a dystopian hellscape which encouraged psychopathy, cult-like adoration of the CEO, and a slavish mentality.
I'm a software engineer with a six figure salary in a very low cost of living state. Trust me, earning more won't make you happier. The way to peace is to reduce your wants, not fulfill them. There's several other issues with this society we live in: 1. I think men are quite willing to endure poverty, long hours, or whatever harsh conditions present themselves if it's for a good cause, but our modern society has destroyed all the good causes. Families are difficult to start and high risk with the super high divorce rate, religion has been commercialized and turned into a tribalistic political machine, and this society is a clearly failing mess of radical ideology that isn't worth defending or contributing to anymore. 2. People have used the government to get involved in everything for their own selfish purposes (property values). Most places, through zoning laws and NIMBYism, have driven up land and property prices so high that it's difficult to even buy land for the average person. And then once you do, you can't just build a shack on it and use your own sweat and muscles to work the land...you'll be hit with all sorts of zoning laws, permits, inspectors, etc. Many places have even made it so that new housing must meet a minimum square footage requirement! We've sacrificed so much on the altar of Boomers' property values that it's made property unaffordable for the generations after. 3. You can't even take the monk's way out by donning the robes and living in nature after this newest Supreme Court decision (Johnson v. Grant's Pass) as entire states have begun adopting anti-camping laws. We've made the least materialistic, most holy of professions literally illegal unless it has the backing of monied entities that can pay for monasteries. Perhaps this isn't a problem for you personally, but I consider it quite a sign of just how absurdly materialistic and backwards our society has become, that the least harmful and least materialistic profession out there is literally illegal. ---- The entire system has been designed to funnel you into one lifestyle, made that lifestyle very difficult to afford (you need a car to get around, you need all the amenities in your house or it'll be condemned as substandard), and made it so you're taxed on every bit of it.
Spot on. It's a value system disorder that society suffers from. It's no measure of success to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. You are considered useless and have no value in this system if you aren't constantly generating money for someone else. And all money is created out of debt via a loan "at interest" yet the interest was never created in the original principal of the loan so if everyone paid back all the debt that was owed, all the interest debt would still remain. This creates a game of musical chairs where subsets of the population (always the poor and working class) will always be in default on their debt to some capacity, leading the "owners" to reposses their things like homes and cars. It's just one covert wealth funnel that sucks money from the poor to the rich.
Most people end up truly believing their job is their identity. That only matters when it comes to impressing other slaves. Abroad, in most countries, it's a insult to ask a person what they do for a living, so one can judge their monetary value. In the U.S., that is the norm, so tells you a lot about the very competitive (cut throat) people there.
You are so right. Our current system has failed. Our current society, if one can call it a society at all, has also failed. That's my opinion. A 9 to 5 job is slavery. For most employees, the money is just enough to survive, if at all. This is by design. The intention is for the money to be just enough to pay the bills, if at all. Most people just exist, they don't live. Working for someone else's dream. No self-realisation, just survival. Most people work so they can buy food, the food they then buy enables them to keep working. It's a hamster wheel, nothing else. It's no different here in Europe. Here especially in Germany it's not 9 to 5 but rather 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., it's still the same. Wage slavery feels like imprisonment. It drains your energy. After work, one is usually too weak to do anything at all. What's remarkable is that when I tell other people about it, they usually get angry. They then say "that's how life should be" or "everyone has to go through it, it's normal". I believe that slavery has never disappeared. It has just become more subtle. Money has put us all in chains. We have never been free people. Neither today nor then.
Great comment. I started working seasonal jobs here in the US, and plan to take the half a year off and travel. Being a minimalist helps make it possible. Will be documenting on my new channel. Many can't afford a basic life here anymore. The stress of wage slavery, and having no way out, is cause for depression and poor health. Working ourselves to an early grave...
I agree with your comments. Its also true when you try to get people thinking a little deeper about life they don't like it. People would rather keep their head in the sand. What do you think to the idea that there is a bigger picture here? that maybe there are higher forces here ?
@8-bit-g Of course, we also have vacation days in Germany. By law, there are 20 paid vacation days per year, which applies to a five-day week. With a six-day week, this increases to 24 paid vacation days per year. Many employers grant 30 paid vacation days per year, but this is voluntary and not all employers do this. I know many employees who only work for the weekend or focus on their annual leave for months. A dangling carrot. Many employees in the USA would dream of so many paid vacation days. But I can tell you that it makes no difference. Whether you take 10 paid vacation days a year or 20 vacation days, the time off goes by just as fast and you remain a wage slave.
@@andy-pk2pe The way of thinking is dictated by society, the media and politicians. A lot of people can't imagine anything else and believe that this is the only way. If you ask them about it, they usually don't want to know anything about it. And yes they often get angry if I confront them. The next sporting event or some TV series which starts at 8:00 p.m. is much more important for them. I cannot blame them because for them it seems to be a form of cope. They are truly miserable.
I'm 46 now. I'm an electrician. Truly do love my trade, but my body is destroyed. Some of it from work, some of it from sports, but my lumbar spine and both shoulders hurt constantly. Fell 12 feet to concrete in 2018. Broke 7 ribs, collapsed my lung, and lacerated my spleen. I would love to have 1 job at this point if it were available and paid halfway decent.....night watchman at an abandoned steel mill. I don't think I'll live to see retirement. What's crazy is even in the trades you find a lot of places don't want ot pay you squat. I've seen starting wages as low as $21. Usually want you to have your card, proficient in all facets of the trade, and be able to do mechanical, welding, and fitting. I feel bad for today's younger generations. In your 20s you should be getting your first place and picking out your first furniture sets, findinf crap to hang on the walla, etc. Getting yourself established I guess. You're in that spot where you want those nice material things. I see posts all the time how the younger generations don't want to work, and I don't blame you. $hitty pay, terrible benefits, throwing 2, 3, and 4 times the workload on you. Us older guys talk a lot of smack, but truth is they all wish they were done working. I'm a bit different than most of the trades workers in not giving a crap about material stuff. As long as I got a roof over my head, a reliable vehicle to get to work, and a little food in my stomach and I'm happy. Some days when I wake up I wish I hadn't survived the fall. The way work is today it can be soul crushing. I genuinely feel like I'm in God's waiting room. Keep your heads up, keep plugging away as best you can. When you're feeling depressed, reach out to family and friends. Please don't let that crap fester in your head. I hope things get better for you guys. This is not the same country when I was your age. Even with the horrible stuff like 9/11, the Gulf wars, etc we still had hope. Sadly it feels like this generation has lost that. Godspeed everyone.
The outcome of your fall reminds me of how lucky I've been. I fell from more than 30 feet onto concrete 4 months ago breaking my spine on three spots. No operation needed. Few more months and I'm back to climbing trees. I'm already able to dance without any pain. Wish you all the best, mate.
Take your electrical trades knowledge and teach, manage, estimate, calculate, design, interpret code. There are many useful and fulfilling things you can contribute. Never think otherwise.
@@jak83948From many comments coding or IT work can and is soul crushing and exploitative. Besides we can't all code. Who's going to do all the rest of the jobs that are necessary for society??
"I fear that I have los the ability to enjoy life" - that one hit me, made me think and realize that working way too much is not just exhausting but also changing your view on life in general.
I knew as a kid that work was not normal, I never understood how people hove 8 hours away a day. I have struggled with it my whole life until I finally accepted that I'm not a 9-5er. Never was. Never will be enjoy the rest of your life as much as you can.
It makes sense to work at a place only if business is your (or your family’s) and you enjoy what you do. I would love to work in real estates or working in a dealership selling cars but in my hometown real estate market is weak and in my homecountry people selling cars give about 40-50% to the state, so they don’t make much money. And again, working for others isn’t great. On top of that, we live in a world where you can’t do a job without a previous experience in same role, so here I am working a lame 9-5 corporate job abroad in a company doing layoffs and hiring in countries were employees are cheap.
It doesn't help when society seems to be going backwards and the internet has educated us in things we probably weren't meant to know. like the WEF etc
It's been said forever that some day we will have machines that are so productive they will make labor a thing of the past. Now with the advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, this seems closer than ever to becoming a reality. I for one cannot see the powerful owners of the world ever allowing the peasants to prosper. They will arrange things so that they reap the lionshare of the profits just as they always have and keep us working the hours of our lives away to survive.
@@ryann4904 Marx didnt really idealise what became Communism .. i would think the toxic Soviet system he would have hated as much as hardcore capitalist system
It'll turn you into a soulless, no curiosity, cowardly comfort zone dweller for life. You'll end up bored, bitter, angry, miserable, knowing you wasted your young life away doing what others wanted, for fiat money.
Does the concept of, 'Survival', have any meaning to you? My guess is that you still live at home with mom and dad. And most all of us, today, work for, 'fiat' money. So go ask dad to once again pay your car insurance that is due, as well as your car payment.
@@samr.england613 Been to 40+ countries, had every possible big boy toy in the U.S., built a beautiful home, now live abroad permanently. Try not following everyone else, by leaving your comfort zone far beyond, for a happier life now, and in the future.
I am 59 years old and have been working since i was 15. In the early 2000s I read a book entitled "The Joy of Not Working" by Ernie Zelinski. That book helped me understand my role in paid labor and how to develop my own interests that have nothing to do with work. I have been used, abused and fooled as a worker. I raised 2 children, paid mortgages and got physically healthy. My idea of civil disobedience is to remain alive as LONG as possible so that SS and my state pension has to pay me for as LONG as possible. I will do all i can to enjoy the fruits of my labor for as long as possible. Wage labor gets in the way of my life goals. 😂 It's a racket.
@Poemsguitar I send you positive vibes. You must educate yourself on your particular health issues. This is paramount. Your #1 priority is YOU. You must totally love and care for yourself as you would your own child. Research your disease. Don't let the medical industrial big pharma complex own you. YOU are in charge of YOU. Work is just a means for $. Not all work from home jobs are scams. Watch what you put in your body. Get your vit D checked. Treat your body as the temple that it is. Getting control of your health is the #1 issue at hand for you. If you don't have your health you have nothing. You can be healthy.. it is up to YOU to take control. Control what you actually can control and you will get stronger and better.
I found that book decades ago. 👍🏼 For the guy with health issues- Look up Fenbendazole and ivermectin. Fasting. I’m alive now because I said eff it. I have all my pieces. No radiation. My friend was diagnosed with MS. She dropped her typical American life and traveled the world with a backpack. 30 years later- still healthy and happy.
One aspect of the system you've gotta begrudgingly admire, is the way it can convince people to work 2, sometimes even 3 jobs and still barely be able to make ends meet. And some of those people even _defend_ the exact same systems that allow that to be a reality. Like a financial Stockholm syndrome. You know, the type who give themselves a big pat on the back for their "work ethic" but willfully ignore all the other ethical implications of supporting the aforementioned systems. 🤔
It's crazy how numb we've become to the systems put in place for us "common folk", like working 2-3 jobs per household just to make ends meet. The middle class is disappearing, if not gone altogether, while the rich get richer and the poor keep betting on "hard work" and "long hours" to get ahead as the ivory tower elites plot how to make even more money.
What do you mean, "convince"? People need to eat and a roof over their head, so they struggle to afford that. What else could they do? Looking for purpose in life is a luxury poor people cannot afford, they know why they get up every morning.
@@hyperspacejester7377 Are you dumb? Do you really not get that the bottom third of the totem pole works out of sheer desperation? To cling on to that last bit of dignity that comes with at least staying out of the gutter?
The 9-5 really took a toll on you bud, and I’m talking physically. I imagine it’s the same for many others as well. I am a millennial like you, and I just feel like all of this is for nothing at the end of the day. Earning money to survive but not thrive is how they want us!
I couldn't care less about work. Never wanted a job. Scraped by doing my own thing for years and will continue til I die. I'd rather retain freedom and autonomy, and the things I enjoy most in life cost nothing.
The main problem with work is bosses and managers. If I was a company owner, I honestly wouldn't care if my employees spent 3 hours per day watching youtube as long as the work gets done in the correct timeframe and to a good standard. Let employees have autonomy, let them have fun, take breaks, give them holiday leave, give them benefits and a fair wage, and they will enjoy coming to work mostly.
Ive been working for 27 years in X company. Last years I was transferred to another location doing similar work. The manager asked me what I was doing in the previous location. When I told him he just said, what you were doing is 4 individuals positions here. Im still making less than 50K a year. Its absurd how companies exploit ppl.
I can just repeat it again and again: wages have nothing to do with productivity, they are determined by replaceability. And even then not by real replaceability, but by how your employer perceives it. If you think you are worth more than you get, the move is to try and find a position where you get paid what you think you deserve. If you cannot find such a position, then your perception is wrong.
@@firefly9838 depends what part of the country you're in some places 50 K a year is actually pretty comfortable but places like California 50 K is basically poverty. Weird how it works it's one country but it's actually ran like 50 individual countries.
Never in my life have I worked one hour more than I signed up for! And because of that, I have heard it all: Not a team player, selfish, not carrying your load, etc… Got fired many times. I understood very early on three things: 1) I have enough! 2) The little I have, I must share. 3) What matters the most is to invest in people! And nothing else. Thanks to that approach to life, I met (helped) extraordinary people who in turn (pay) me back by opening up doors and gave me extraordinary opportunities. None of them were rich, all of them were willing to pay forward. Basically, bypassing money is the key.
P.S.: "Most people seem to be okay with it." - this is the most infuriating thing about it. If we could at least all agree that we have been rendered powerless and are being taken advantage of... but people refuse to let that enter their mind. Is it that their egos can't take it? Would their self esteem crumble? And what's so hard about getting bruises on your ego that you can't take it? I have lots of them. I don't have the highest opinion of myself. I still love life though and get along with myself just fine.
@@TomScryleussoon as one chooses to CREATE A LIFE one is part of the evil system that perpetuates this suffering by forcing a newborn to endure this trap cycle of abuse and exploitation. But our selfishness almost evil nature will make us justify it into a good thing when we are acting same as animals without any thougjts.
Worked 20 years in the restaurant/baker industry. And grateful for the time there. Many skilles learned, but my soul wants something else now. The time is slow, but slowly moving toward my goals as I want to help others to a healthier lifestyle. I truly believe in doing something that does not makes you feel like a slave of life. That includes, as you point out, not working the regular 9-17 ratrace.
Never work hard if you can get away with it. Always work on yourself, your projects, your dreams. Corpos don't care about your dream unless if helps their bottom line. Your dreams are better than theirs
For us, companies are seen like a kind of familylike Comunity. Then you find out slowly, that for some colleagues, you are just an opponent. They do not have any interest in building a community like environment. Then you find out, that the company does not have any interest in you as a individual. You are just a part of a sheepherd, that shall remain silent and produce.... And then... You realize, you have been fooled, and your Soul starts hurting...
I worked for 24 years and got made redundant during COVID. The sense of freedom I felt during that time is what I have been working towards for the past 4 years and I am getting there slowly. I became an alcoholic, but am now 3 months totally sober. I am planning on building a small home for myself in a field without applying for planning permission. I have to go for it, I can't see another way for me to be able to live a relatively 'normal' life. I cannot afford rent or a mortgage and I will not be paying anymore expensive energy bills either.
YT recommend this video and it was great to see another person that's questioning things and do get a different perspective. I've been at a UPS Store for 15 years and Amazon has basically taken over even though they don't sign the checks. It's become a battle with myself everyday when I walk through the door to work because half of me knows it's affecting my health and the other half knows I need the money because I'm married. I feel like a robot so much that I started walking around like one to sort of joke around. I got so sick of the whole returns insanity that I deleted my Amazon account and buy directly from manufacturers or straight from a local store(I do this first even if it's more). 99% of the time I just buy what I absolutely need which is another good outcome of this insanity. Amazon is massively feeding an environment where people can mindlessly buy whatever without researching it because they can return endless amounts of things with no thought on the seller losing money, etc. I put on a fake smile and hide my stress because I see enough places locally where the workers have frowns, attitudes, etc. Keep working on escaping Tom and I will do the same.
After 15 years of working a full-time job, I never got a thank you or a bonus, on top of paying high taxes. I thought to myself it wasn't worth it anymore, so i divided i had enough. I got my part-time job on weekends, and in the week, with years of practice, I started to day trade. Now, I earn more than ever did before, and with way more time to myself, I am a lot happier.
Wow! A Whole 15 years? You poor, poor baby! And what is your, 'day trade'. And how do you make ends meet with a part-time job on weekends? What is your, 'practice'? What is, 'day trading'? Just asking.
Human beings love work. As long as it’s productive, you get recognised for it and it yields tangible results. Personally I love simple tasks like mowing the lawn, decorating a room or even just doing the laundry. It’s a small victory but I can sit back after and feel a sense of a job well done. What human beings hate is futile work. Mind numbing tasks that don’t seem to make any difference to anyone other than the man up top. You can work yourself to death for a company and you’ll never get any credit. If lucky you’ll get to retire with a modest pension, if not so lucky you’ll get let go without so much as a thank you. If you can find a way out then great, otherwise make your money whilst you can then get out asap. Life really is too short.
Great comment. Having some balance is good. The system demands a 40-50 hour work week, with much of the time wasted, just riding the clock. At least when doing small tasks you enjoy, you take it at your pace, and do as much or as little as you like in the moment. The kind of creative projects we enjoy and that bring us personal meaning
@@samr.england613 I don't mind hard work at all, but I like to be compensated in a decent way for it as well, whether that be satisfaction with how a project turned out, or financially. I'm not picky, but I don't do it just to do it.
Man I busted my ass for 50 years. Hard construction work, ruined my hearing and back for what? Social security? It's not enough to live on. I thought many times about quitting but I had a family so....I had to keep on plugging away. If only I could go back in time. My advice to you is, follow your heart and step out there with confidence. Don't be afraid. I didn't think I had a choice. But I did, I was just too afraid to grab it. Best wishes to you and your family.
Sad story. But I think if everyone would follow their heart, there would be no one left to get the hard work done. And there IS plenty of hard work, that should be done in order human civilisation stays functional. In other words: I think there are hundreds of millions of people who actually don’t have a choice. Firstly - someone should do the hard work, secondly - due to hierarchical social structure/social classes of the human civilisation. It’s unfair but it’s the way it is. We as civilisation are still developing and are far from perfect and fair system. P.s i consider your work as hard one, may be you regret now about so many years doing it, as all of us will one day. But your work wasn’t a waste of time, both for the society and your family.
Hi Tom, I am based in South Africa. Thank you for this video. I have been self-employed for the past 13 years. And over here my experience is that companies use the fact that you are running your own business as a way to get you to under quote for work, they keep you thinking that there are many others that do the same work as you and if you price normal they will pick someone else. I am passionate about the work I do and the ICT sector that I am in, but the government institutions that we serve do not care one bit. After watching your video I realized that I was on the right path and I too need to focus on watering my money trees. Thank you for this video, today I will drop the project if I see that they are playing into my insecurities and are trying to use me. I will come back to update you guys on what happened in full.
I am 45 and I am jobless, have sank into extreme financial destitution. I have to somehow attain a job in order to crawl out of this negative money scenario. Here in lies the problem of it all I am exhausted with job searching that does not produce any results, and if I had an unlimited supply of money I would simply retire from the work world, and pursue other interests, my true passion, writing, but without money life sucks! It entails going to bed hungry because you do not have enough food, can't even purchase necessary items, so it is a necessary evil.
Here is what I recommend, start a TH-cam channel and blog your daily activities... lots of people do it and their videos are fun to watch. Then grow your channel ❤
Go to the woods and work on a homestead. Just like when Moses rescued his people from thier Egyptian masters. Starting from scratch and feeding yourself is not easy. Thats the price you pay for freedom.
I'm a 44 years old engineer with a lot of experience and I'm exactly at this point, seriously considering a complete life change. I had lost too much health and time working for other's people happiness.
As a truck driver, my career will be killed off by the age of 56-59 thanks to technological advances & automation. I'm not worried about it though. I'm financially preparing for it with a passive income and looking forward to being released early, so that i can spend my days in a different way.
made this video on my vacation. can't tell you how good it felt not feeling stressed about having enough time to film and edit. and I think the result was good.
My parents had long hours but they genuinely liked their jobs and the money they made. We had a nice house, a vacation place, private schools, cars at age 16, and excellent meals each and every day. It seemed worth the hustle for them.
Not everyone had the opportunity your parents had. You will be reap the benefit as I will from mine. But you clearly lost something 🤔 in your privileged life. It's critical thinking and sensitivity to the reality people are facing in this country.
I currently live at my sisters and brother in law. He has a butcher shop downstairs. He took it over from his parents. The region here is very lutheranian, meaning strong work ethics. My brother in low was handed a card and was too young to chose if he wants it. He hardly ever sleeps 6 hours a night, ALL his waking hours are work, sometimes even halve of Sundays, when stores are closed. I worked from home 9to5 for 7+ years and turned that into a digital nomad life in Latin America (always maxing out my travel visas, staying long time at places I loved, it's not like I was on the road 24/7). 8 hours work per day without commute isn't such a big sacrifice. It's even better when you start at like 3AM and when you're finished you take a nap and have whole day of sunlight ahead of you. Unfortunately i lost the job and am now looking to replace it was something equal. The past 7 years were awesome.
The "evil corporations" is what everyone wants to blame. The problem is, that isn't the only ownership class. When mom and pop invest into a retirement plant like an IRA or 401k, they expect a return on that invetment. That return comes at the expense of low wages for workers, who are the owned class. Yes, mom and pop are also owned, but they also participate in the ownership class. It's essentially a version of the inmates policing themselves.
I'm 56 years old. Been doing construction for 40 years. I'm very tired and my body is beaten and broken. Don't really have anything to show for it and never have really been anywhere significant. I own 10 acres or at least I'm renting it for the government I guess but I keep trying to convince my wife to let just leave and live off the grid let's make our own food grow our own food build our own things I'm so ready for that lifestyle even though I'm close to retirement I still want out of the rat race.
Thank you so much for this video. It’s nice to hear that I’m not the only one to think like this. I found myself sad again last month. Worrying about nature, wars, the increasing rent of the house and other bills and have to maintain the 9 to 5 job or work even harder to survive in this money driven system. I wanted to break free of this system for a very long time but years earlier I gave up. But now after this depressing moment I asked myself why I couldn’t enjoy life anymore and what it is what I truly want. To have a conversation with yourself and giving answers from heart and acknowledging it that this is what you think and feel is the first step. Don’t push your feelings away and think it will pass. These feelings will come back straight into your face to confront you, because you are not living the life you really want. Now I have a plan to ‘work’ my way out. I owe it to myself to try at least the best I can. Lots of love to all of you.
How profound. Yet, you, I, and everyone else, needs it, as it is the standard mechanism of exchange and transaction. Money doesn't "promise" damned anything! It's simply a medium of exchange.
@@samr.england613 It is in fact a promise until you can exchange it for something of your interest and useful for you. Tell me, what are the things that you can do with a piece of paper?
I feel old from reading your comment. :) But actually. Im what they call a millenial, and I have mentioned the gen x before me, that they are the ones who keep working without actually thinking. They work the hardest. but I feel they do more damage. Im generalizing of course.
At 18 you still have a whole life ahead of you…. Figure out your living etc…. Don’t wait too much either..,time flys by and before you know it you’ll be middle age or worse
Im gen x. We grew up different than millinials. Sorry. Go outside and LOOK. Gen x are business owners. Millions of us. We think the "man" is a douchebag shitstain. Im about to quit, again, and go back to work for myself, again! Why? Cuz the boss is a dick.@@TomScryleus
Brilliant Video. I have a one-man business but at the end of the day I'm still an employee of my own business. It's draining me mentally and physically and it's all about making enough money just to get by. So even with my own business I'm still part of the system. So many times, especially the past three years I've been dreaming of just having a wooden cottage on a beach somewhere, working in a beach pub to get just enough to feed myself and doing the things I love like surfing and free diving etc. For me it's just to find peace in my life and be happy, I don't need to be rich.
I am a wage slave too at a big company. It is like we are being treated nice but only until we are not needed anymore then we are just disposed, I know that. I try allways to invest and save as much I can so every day I get less and less dependent on the company. I will not quit but it will not be a disaster if they kick me out, and that is a good feeling.
I was a team lead once and stirred up a lot of controversy at my last workplace, because i was trying to create good working conditions for everyone. Humane conditions. When I finally understood that our literally noble boss was a fing sadist, everything fell into place. He enjoys putting people down, controlling everyone and in the best case publicly humiliating. He could very well pretend that its all for the christian good, but hey, lets not fool ourselves anymore. That is just a lavel nowadays. It means youre fake and pretending. I was thinking, people like him - and i think they are MANY, must be TERRIFIED for employees to start doing their own thinking and especially feeling, voicing it and wanting to do things differently. They dont care and build up a narrative, but in reality they dont give a shit about anyone, starting with themselves. Think about it and do yourself the favour of researching sadistic personality disorder, it will save you a lot of time! If you dont have a strong support group at work, leave.
Excellent video Tom. Everything you’re saying rings such a chord with me. I’ve lived everything you’re saying here. I’ve been crispy for the last 10 years. The stress has affected my physical and mental health. I retire in 30 days. It can’t come fast enough. First on my to do list - get healthy again.
I'm glad you liked the video John. We are not alone. Im sorry to hear the stress is getting to you. But at least you getting out soon. take care of yourself, you deserve it.
As we get into our 40s and 50s, we start feeling the toll more and more that years of stress have taken. Need more time to relax, and do the things we enjoy with our short time on this planet
But it has no meaning it has always been 'dog eat dog' or alternatively 'survival of the fittest/richest/most bloodthirsty/brutal or whatever. I've nearly done 70 years and to be honest I've got no real knowledge of what it has all been for. My gran lived till she was a 104 and then opted for euthanasia (she was Dutch) and she actually said to me once when she was in her late 90's - 'it hasn't been worth the effort'. In the words of David Benatar 'Better to never have been'.
yep...as we remember....'all is vanity, chasing after wind'. Our chief end/purpose in life is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever (Westminster Shorter Cat?)
@@gideonros2705 on another level you are 10000% correct for we are corrupt, unprofitable, rebellious, x 1000....which is why we need Christ....and avoid heeding the voice of miscreants...such as you seem to have come across as. Shame...
I'm so glad I found this video. I been feeling the same way for past year or so. And im sick and tired of working. I'm 54 and started working when I was 12 years old. I can't begin to retire. Suicide is on my mind daily, and that's the truth.
Yeah I understand that totally. But you mustn't let the company "take you out". Figure out a way to to escape. make that your life ambition. Thats what I'm doing.
I feel this way everyday and was just mistreated at work.i had a supervisor target me and mistreated me and when I basically tried to expose her behavior I was then acted as if i was the one causing the problem and written up and put on leave for 3 days. This is how so called professionals are acting.its ridiculous.
Keep making these videos. They are having an impact. They give a voice to what people feel and eventually over time that can create a movement, a demand for better wages, better conditions. Most of all I think it helps people not to feel alone. They are not the only ones. Keep it going. Thank you.
This was a very hard video to watch, and not because it was dull.. It was hard to watch because of the visceral reaction I got while listening to your reasoning. I literally got flashbacks to when I was an office drone, before that I followed the herd and spent $100k on college to fit in. Wow, just wow. This video hit me so hard that I had to take a minute. At least you can take solace in that you now realize how empty your life is. I had the same empty feeling. Not because I was without friends, but because of the obligatory compliance every day all day. This kills your soul. I went and became a sailor, I'm a merchant marine now. It was a huge culture shock moving from a clean office to an extremely dirty ship but the freedom was worth it. And I'm so much happier.
I went to college as well. I was a carpenter in my twenties and decided that wasn't a way to make a living. I got a degree in computer engineering and that stunk too! I should have gone in the Navy when I was 24.
Thank you for speaking truth about the drudgery of work. I honestly have never felt like I fit into the system - a job will never fulfill me the way I’m told it should or will. I’m left grappling with this existence that feels like a constant struggle to be brutally honest. Something has to change and it feels like all the cards are stacked against me. 😢
Dog at 3.02 is best image on entire video. I am lucky i have escaped the hellhole that was work at 55…largely due to taking risks and luck. less is more ..try to get out in nature and eat well. Keep up the good work Tom
Far too many years being a slave to the system , for me I find the 66 retirement age horrific . Only thing I would suggest is invest in stocks shares , or do a job that you will like , or downsize your house and buy cheaper and live off the profit .
That's great if one has the money to invest in stocks, or one already owns a house one can, "sell and then downsize", or, better yet, "do a job that you will like"! Good luck, for most people, with all of that.
What is "horrific" about retiring at old age? The base reality is that you provide for yourself until you are physically unable to, then hope you have some relatives around who take care of you until you snuff it. When pensions were invented, half the people died before they even reached pension age. Retirement was never meant to become a kind of "old age vacation" where you finally get to enjoy yourself. Plus, don't think that living off "money" is a solution. Once you have enough useless eaters that just consume without contributing, what you get is inflation. The richer parts of Europe see this exact thing happening right now, as do Japan and Korea.
To those who are done with work, you are in very good company. This is not just a generational thing. There are many who are tired of the way things are, who worked hard to change things and watched them get worse. What are you doing without work? What ideas do you have for people not working to survive? How can you help? How can we be part of the solution together? Unity is our strength. If you don’t believe that, look anywhere in history. When people are divided, they fall.
Get into a niche sector where you can differentiate yourself and be in high demand, enabling you to be self employed (yes you may have to tske some backwards steps and grind but with the end goal in sight). And/or if you have a degree, go teach English in Asia for a year or two. Living expenses and housing is paid. Pay is good. Save, save, save. That gives you the breathing space to pay off debt that's keeping you trapped. And it gives you space to think about what you really want. This is exactly what I did. I paid off all my student loans this way.
Not only money....but trust. Imagine this. I have access to a house where someone could live....for the cost of utilities. I have an opportunity to help others.....yet, whom can I trust? The last five people have taken advantage. Imagine this, I could help someone get out from rent, they could save up for a better life...... But who can we trust?
It never ceases to amaze me that people can't act right. I swore off roommates after being taken advantage of too many times. I'm like, if we both pay half of everything then it's great for everybody. But no, never works out. Something wrong with people.
@@skh770 You nailed it. This started about six or seven years ago. Groups stopped renting houses because they could not get along. Now individuals want to rent rooms and after the world shut down they want private bathrooms. They say they need the private bathroom to stay safe...but really, they don't clean. How many arguments they must of had over messy kitchens and bathrooms. I used to send in a maid to help out....but these days the maids are too busy.. ....I suppose because few people clean. I'm switching over slowly from group rentals...to families. It is a slow change....I actually liked the groups way more when they existed. * Many of the people I talk to daily were once upon a time tenants or roommates. I really liked having roommates....we were clean.
I just took a new job - half the salary and much less stress , ten minutes from home and 4 days a week instead of 5 so I can focus on leaving the rat race and building my own dream in the evenings and on weekends. My current salary barely covers the bills but I’m taking a risk on myself. If I don’t change - nothing will ever change. Big “go for it” to anyone else taking a chance on themselves. We only get one life - it’s short - go for it.
Maybe if humans had to work 25 h per week , 3 days per week, it wouldn't be so bad. But inspite of the fact that productivity is more than 10 times from 1920 ( 40 hours per week established) we still work the same hours after 100 years. Something is wrong. And many humans work much more , maybe 60 hours per week. The system is not fair for the workers.
Assuming we undergo an economic reset, returning to sound money and hopefully given access to zero point energy we could easily live on 6 hour, 4 day work weeks. If healthcare was also regulated to disallow extortion of sick people via absurd price gouging, we wouldnt NEED benefits which is nice cause companies could hire for 2 shifts per day for average jobs, morning and afternoon so they can remain open for 12 hours. It'd be great if people were given overtime by law if they worked more than 30 hrs per week, say 1.5x compensation for jobs that are more demanding time wise such as PD/EMS, etc. Ofc, Im just dreaming but let me.
the wrong is this: competition requires higher quality and polishing details in an ever more complex machines takes more and more time. Try to build a web application. The basics are quick and simple, but start getting it look and work better and you will get lost in those details as stuff gets more and more complex. the more complex machine the more time it requires to make it even a little bit better, and we are getting into more and more complex machinery. What's the solution? Stop at stuff that just works, forget about polishing it, it is not worth your time. My rule is, do the very minimum required, never jump ahead, this is a good way to both deliver the message preserve your time for other things. Finally, do not bother with technical stuff, tech companies will throw more resources at it than you can, you will lose the game. Learn sales instead.
Absolutely agree with you. Most jobs are mindless and prevent us from reaching anyway near our potential. Sucking us dry of our most productive hours and youthful energy. If only our basic needs were met we could pursue our higher purpose and contribute so much more to society.
After 30 years working for Corporate America, I developed a disability and was able to go on SSDI. Yes it's sometimes a struggle with money, but I wouldnt change it for the world. I escaped! 😊
I was lately walking through a strange wonderland. It was composed of fine, well-proportioned and substantially-built semi-detached houses. As I passed through the streets, the designs changed in lots of interesting ways, but the quality prevailed throughout. The streets were quite narrow, but they were still avenues of mature trees - maybe 100 years old. In places, their roots had disrupted the pavements, lending a quaint rustic appearance. At the centre of this delightful maze was a fine boulevard and a huge playing-field to the side. Here was a massive detached building in a similar style with the words "Club House" engraved above the front. There were no shops or stores or pubs to disturb the day-to-day tranquility of residents. Though these things were within walking distance. This place was built by a very successful business-owner whose premises were about half a mile away. It was intended for all his workers, so they'd have literally everything they could wish for. It's been a long time since employers took such care of those who created their profits...
I think about the 9-5 Enslaving plantation every single day, it took decades of my life and I'm still poor. Thanks Tom for these pearls of knowledge about the theme , I'm happy when I see a new one .
I am Gen X, and my feeling as a young adult was that my peers and I were skeptical of the system and looking to beat it or go around it. We thought we were self-reliant and aware of a lot of scams and fakery. The tech of the early, free-wheeling internet was a key part of this. It has been amazing to see new generations coming up who have been really broken and brainwashed by corporations and have less of a sense of rebellion and anti-corporate individuality than my generation.
I'm 63 and two years ago.Seagate was in financial trouble so they sold our R&D group off to Luminar. A year later that company ean into trouble after the CEO got mixed up with some Russian oligarchs and when it got out the stock crashed. No more investment money in a company that does not yet have a viable product is an existential crisis so they had a big layoff and now I am retired. I feel fortunate that I can retire. I was careful with spending and I've been single since '97. I'm not going to be doing any businesses on the side. No idea how and most likely I'd lose my shirt doung it. Instead, I know how to make my own pizza and cook anything else. I can do my own house projects.
I am 71 years old and was fortunate enough to be able to retire at age 58 and walk away from an intolerable work situation. I am so glad that neither my wife or I have to work any longer. Work is an obvious necessity for 99.9% of the adult population in America and employers know this and work it to their advantage. Add in having to support a family and for those people they have no choice but to work. I realize this doesn’t work for a lot of people but achieving financial independence should be the top goal of every working person. You don’t want to be someone’s employee and at their mercy any longer than you have to.
Yesterday I loosely decided to scroll less and actually watch videos to the end. And I’m so glad I watched this one. Thank you so much. I pretty much “retired” 10 years ago, at age 36. I lived off savings and pension. And now that’s mostly gone, but everything I learned in the meantime has been invaluable. Now I can build my life up again, but one that does not cost my soul. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work and wisdom. I’m also going to comment more on the videos I do watch. Instead of just getting back to scrolling mindlessly. Taking a moment to connect with the creator is nice ❤❤
I've noticed more and more young people with stories like this. I've been lucky that I was able to easily move on when a toxic culture (mostly managers) started to get to me. I can say as you age these issues sometimes get even worse and I tried to make the best of it. I worked in a small town bakery and watched a man work the ovens for 30+ years for minimum wage and no medical. That's what most went through in the past. I was lucky it hit me at the right time and it pushed me to go to college. No matter what we do we have to work around people and people are the reason it's called work and not fun. STEM work has more tech to work with and less people compared to most jobs so I like it. Sorry but life is tough and the only thing we can do is to live well. If 8 to 10 hours is hard look forward to your time to yourself and try not to complicate your life. Relationships when the go wrong and make life unbearable - at least it was for me.
quit my last real job almost 20 years ago. i am a sound designer, soundtrack composer and educator for audiovisual media now. i have breakfast, luch and dinner every friggin day with my two sons. our kids grow so fast. but man was i there for the ride. was i present. I decide when and with whom i work. is it easy? no. because i look into the abyss every day. it’s just next to me. but i am the one at the stearinh wheel. with time i became comfy with dealing with my fears and insecurities and not belonging to mainstream. but i live it. frredom comes with great responsability. especially when kids involved. but once i’ll be only a memory in the life of my children. i want ti be a memory of courage, passion, determination, fun, love
Becoming self employed with youtube was one of the most fulfilling and freeing experiences. I wish everyone could just be self employed or own their own business, the rat race is such a horrific thing to be in and im glad im out of it
My chains have gotten heavier. My job is so stressful and there are so many uncertain sketchy situations and poorly planned dangerous as hell travel. It’s caused a severe mental disability. I have anxiety so bad I was prescribed meds. Hence my boat gets filled with more water. I have been looking for something better but everything out there left is so poorly paid up here or requires huge amounts of travel. I make enough to keep my kids and wife comfortable and pay the bills but I honestly feel like I’m sacrificing everything I am. I feel like soap in the shower, slowly being worn away till is nothing.
My Dad worked all his life. He told me he felt his job as head farm parts salesman was fulfilling and he made so many farmer friends along the way. He loved gardening,fishing and going out to eat. He enjoyed funny tv shows,popcorn and T bone steaks. He loved chocolate milk shakes and coke floats! He was born in 1911 and died in 1985. He and Mom taught me that you work so you have a place to live for you and family a home. Food and eats out sometimes Medical,dental,vision care Money for play ( vacations) All your needs and some wants And to save for old age when you can no longer work.
What's crazy to me is that production and effectiveness have multiplied many times! But it's still not enough. One worker today can do labor worth of 10 or more workers back then...but....it's still not enough? How tf can this even be possible?
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Go ahead. Drop out. Meantime, somebody has to do the work. We ain't living a fairytale. To keep our world going, it requires sweat and blood. WORK! To keep the lights on. To keep the water running. To keep our highways drivable. To build the roofs over our heads. To keep the farms and ranches tended. SOMEBODY has to do the work. You college boys can enjoy your freedom from 'work'. Live a simple, stress free life. Drop out of society. Meantime, MEN will take up your slack. MEN will keep your electricity on, clear skies or storm. MEN will keep your water running. MEN will tend your cattle and vegetable fields. Working MEN. You know. Those suckers of the system. Those MEN who sweat..and bleed..to keep food on their tables to feed their families. Enjoy your fairytale life. Because those MEN...have your back.
Yet makes useless videos for money. Try a budget 😮
@andyholder6039 And, you know, more power to him. Let him enjoy his life, right? Just as long has he doesn't lose grip on reality. Somebody has to pay the meal ticket. What if every single one of us decided to drop out? Within a month, we'd all he living in the stone age. Yeah. Life sucks! But you gotta keep going. Me, me, me, me, me! As I my old man told me when I was a teen. "This counyry doesn't owe you a goddamned thing! If you want it, you got to work for it!" Times have changed, haven't they? And life STILL isn't fair. But, you know what, brother? At the end of the day, I don't owe no SOB a damn thing! Thanks, dad. Hopefully, when this guy decides to grow up, he'll understand.
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You think you will not be a corporate slave on YT? That's how their system works. We are deconstructing due to the cyclical nature of humanity. Capitalism is bad when it is the crony variety.
After working 36 years for one family in a private garden which entailed bringing that garden back from ruins to putting in on the map as one of the best gardens in Scotland I was always promised “we will look after you” and “your part of the family” until on my 68th birthday I decided I need to retire as health problems eg, heart, prolapsed discs causing permanent numb legs and hand amongst other things. However when I mentioned I would be retiring and I gave them 5 months notice they were dumbfounded! That I wasn’t staying and working on, sentences which included phrases like “ but what will you do” and “ how will you manage” were among things said to me. However I did carry out with my retirement plan and was alienated and mentally blackmailed when none of this worked I was ostracised and got no goodbye, thankyou or even a handshake when I left. It baffles me to this day how I never saw through it. I now tell my children and grandchildren only do enough work to get by which is the opposite to how I have I have done. As the saying goes “every day is a school day”
I'm sorry that happened to you. You deserved better! ❤
If you had changed jobs more often during your career, you'd have learned this lessons in your 20's and 30's many times over. Glad to hear you planned for your retirement.
That's wild. Just shows how this world really is. Very maddening!
That is soul-crushing
Thats just horrible. I hope you're doing alright and is healthy
Its getting real hard to go to work everyday knowing that " hawk tuah girl " made more money in 1 month then i can make in a lifetime...
I think that aspect of it evens out over time. "A fool and his money are soon parted." Best wishes! Hope you are well.
@@rayecast Thats what they said about bhad babie. she still has money
@@DefOfInsanity srsly.. that girls I.Q level is Box of Rocks and yet im the broke ass.. 😂😂 quotes of wisdom dont work on internet fame
its a sick world my friend
@@rayecastif it evened out we'd have a blossoming society of intellectuals, and not bars and strip malls, with addicts, and mindless consumers
I gave the last 15 years of my life to a company that fired me today.
We've had to work overtime for the last two years on the grounds that we'll make it financially, working an hour longer every day and working every Saturday. Us workers slaves squeezed like a lemon until the end.
15 years and I'll be gone at the end of the month.
I'm so done with this system.
Worse, no-one cares ....
I care 😢. How can I help you?
as long as you're alive after u been fired u still work whatever it is
otherwise I call Houston sleeping bag @ train station or tesko express no 62.
What type of company?
I know a 75 year old who gave 20 years. Was let go. Today was her last day.😢
I’m a 48 year old construction worker and have been working for the last 10 years on how to break free from the system. Quit drinking 10 years ago, built a 5 acre homestead, will pay off my house at 54, no car payments, research all kinds of do it yourselfs like laundry soap, been baking 2 loaves of bread every week for 3 years, and have learned to not care about keeping up with the Jones. I can only hope my adult children learn from me and break free themselves. Brainwashing thru media is real
Reading your post warmed my heart and soul. There is nothing more inspiring to hear than people starting to think for themselves.
Great job. Construction gave you the means, knowledge and ability to break free. You did the hard work necessary to achieve this. Much respect.
I love this. The work available in the system is soul crushing and you are treated like you are supposed to be fine with being mistreated. I’m not fine with it. Much better to work on your own terms. Much luck to you on your journey.
Your lucky to have begun your process before everything became impossible to afford. I would love to be able to own my own homestead, but homes are not reasonably affordable.
@@criticaloptimist7961 I think there is a real estate market crash on the way. Seeing the beginning of one here in SW Florida.
My solution is to simply work part-time. I work four days per week, so I get to do what I want on three days. I think that's pretty balanced. And as a minimalist, I can afford to not earn lots of money
@@Kyouma. You can also supplement yourself with community resources like food pantries.
Doesn’t sound sustainable. What do you do for medical, dental, eye care? Any insurance? Any savings or investments for the future?
@@hanknyclooking into health benefits nowadays is better on the worker-employee finding it and supplementing themselves. Lots of insurance companies tend to NOT be of any help when you really are in need of them (plus rates all depend on employees claiming them and if the provider is tied to the company outside in any other way)
@@hanknycworking one day less doesn’t make your life unsustainable. Eat very well,sleep well and take proper care of your body and you won’t have to worry about health ,dental and eye care. Thank you 😊
Great comment. I'm thinking along the same lines. Have very few needs and wants, so I can afford to work less
I managed to escape at 39 from the corporate world: a dystopian hellscape which encouraged psychopathy, cult-like adoration of the CEO, and a slavish mentality.
Yes! 100%! I left corporate at 35. Still searching for my new path...
Ahhh.... psychopathy, the #1 preferred product of this system. What a world!
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Consider just working for yourself.
Totally agree but what did you do afterwards?
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Sounds like Elon Musk 🤣
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I'm getting out of the rat race.. WHO is coming with me?
I wish... 😪
I'm getting out of the rat race by down sizing and living wayyyy below my means. Saving enough to retire on the interest.
Getting out of the rat race by becoming a teacher and keeping my expenses super low. 🎉
Me no matter what it takes
Im being forced out! Your vids help me out alot
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price
Is this a poem by a famous poet or did you create this ?
Days for gold? Its not even gold, its monopoly money. The rat race is for ink on paper. Mad indeed
Not only do they think your days have a price, they think that they are entitled to them.
Presumably you have made alternative provision for a roof over your head and food in your belly...
I always said i don’t want to sacrifice my freedom for 2000 hrs a year just to Pay for a house that I can only enjoy 2 days a week ?
I'm a software engineer with a six figure salary in a very low cost of living state. Trust me, earning more won't make you happier. The way to peace is to reduce your wants, not fulfill them. There's several other issues with this society we live in:
1. I think men are quite willing to endure poverty, long hours, or whatever harsh conditions present themselves if it's for a good cause, but our modern society has destroyed all the good causes. Families are difficult to start and high risk with the super high divorce rate, religion has been commercialized and turned into a tribalistic political machine, and this society is a clearly failing mess of radical ideology that isn't worth defending or contributing to anymore.
2. People have used the government to get involved in everything for their own selfish purposes (property values). Most places, through zoning laws and NIMBYism, have driven up land and property prices so high that it's difficult to even buy land for the average person. And then once you do, you can't just build a shack on it and use your own sweat and muscles to work the land...you'll be hit with all sorts of zoning laws, permits, inspectors, etc. Many places have even made it so that new housing must meet a minimum square footage requirement! We've sacrificed so much on the altar of Boomers' property values that it's made property unaffordable for the generations after.
3. You can't even take the monk's way out by donning the robes and living in nature after this newest Supreme Court decision (Johnson v. Grant's Pass) as entire states have begun adopting anti-camping laws. We've made the least materialistic, most holy of professions literally illegal unless it has the backing of monied entities that can pay for monasteries. Perhaps this isn't a problem for you personally, but I consider it quite a sign of just how absurdly materialistic and backwards our society has become, that the least harmful and least materialistic profession out there is literally illegal.
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The entire system has been designed to funnel you into one lifestyle, made that lifestyle very difficult to afford (you need a car to get around, you need all the amenities in your house or it'll be condemned as substandard), and made it so you're taxed on every bit of it.
Spot on. It's a value system disorder that society suffers from. It's no measure of success to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. You are considered useless and have no value in this system if you aren't constantly generating money for someone else. And all money is created out of debt via a loan "at interest" yet the interest was never created in the original principal of the loan so if everyone paid back all the debt that was owed, all the interest debt would still remain. This creates a game of musical chairs where subsets of the population (always the poor and working class) will always be in default on their debt to some capacity, leading the "owners" to reposses their things like homes and cars. It's just one covert wealth funnel that sucks money from the poor to the rich.
Very well stated.
Thank you …
Thanks very much, I hadn't even heard of Johnson v. Grant's Pass... Very dark times indeed
thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts.
very good stuff.
I deeply appreciate all the points you made. Thank you.
We are all expendable. The earlier you realise that the more enlightened you’ll be. People that dedicate their life to companies realise it too late .
most people will never get that.
Most people end up truly believing their job is their identity. That only matters when it comes to impressing other slaves. Abroad, in most countries, it's a insult to ask a person what they do for a living, so one can judge their monetary value. In the U.S., that is the norm, so tells you a lot about the very competitive (cut throat) people there.
You are so right. Our current system has failed. Our current society, if one can call it a society at all, has also failed. That's my opinion. A 9 to 5 job is slavery. For most employees, the money is just enough to survive, if at all. This is by design. The intention is for the money to be just enough to pay the bills, if at all. Most people just exist, they don't live. Working for someone else's dream. No self-realisation, just survival. Most people work so they can buy food, the food they then buy enables them to keep working. It's a hamster wheel, nothing else. It's no different here in Europe. Here especially in Germany it's not 9 to 5 but rather 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., it's still the same. Wage slavery feels like imprisonment. It drains your energy. After work, one is usually too weak to do anything at all. What's remarkable is that when I tell other people about it, they usually get angry. They then say "that's how life should be" or "everyone has to go through it, it's normal". I believe that slavery has never disappeared. It has just become more subtle. Money has put us all in chains. We have never been free people. Neither today nor then.
Agree with everything except that last part, some groups of people have been a lot more free if you can look back far enough or in the right places
Great comment. I started working seasonal jobs here in the US, and plan to take the half a year off and travel. Being a minimalist helps make it possible. Will be documenting on my new channel. Many can't afford a basic life here anymore. The stress of wage slavery, and having no way out, is cause for depression and poor health. Working ourselves to an early grave...
I agree with your comments. Its also true when you try to get people thinking a little deeper about life they don't like it. People would rather keep their head in the sand. What do you think to the idea that there is a bigger picture here? that maybe there are higher forces here ?
@8-bit-g Of course, we also have vacation days in Germany. By law, there are 20 paid vacation days per year, which applies to a five-day week. With a six-day week, this increases to 24 paid vacation days per year. Many employers grant 30 paid vacation days per year, but this is voluntary and not all employers do this. I know many employees who only work for the weekend or focus on their annual leave for months. A dangling carrot. Many employees in the USA would dream of so many paid vacation days. But I can tell you that it makes no difference. Whether you take 10 paid vacation days a year or 20 vacation days, the time off goes by just as fast and you remain a wage slave.
@@andy-pk2pe The way of thinking is dictated by society, the media and politicians. A lot of people can't imagine anything else and believe that this is the only way. If you ask them about it, they usually don't want to know anything about it. And yes they often get angry if I confront them. The next sporting event or some TV series which starts at 8:00 p.m. is much more important for them. I cannot blame them because for them it seems to be a form of cope. They are truly miserable.
I'm 46 now. I'm an electrician. Truly do love my trade, but my body is destroyed. Some of it from work, some of it from sports, but my lumbar spine and both shoulders hurt constantly. Fell 12 feet to concrete in 2018. Broke 7 ribs, collapsed my lung, and lacerated my spleen. I would love to have 1 job at this point if it were available and paid halfway decent.....night watchman at an abandoned steel mill. I don't think I'll live to see retirement. What's crazy is even in the trades you find a lot of places don't want ot pay you squat. I've seen starting wages as low as $21. Usually want you to have your card, proficient in all facets of the trade, and be able to do mechanical, welding, and fitting. I feel bad for today's younger generations. In your 20s you should be getting your first place and picking out your first furniture sets, findinf crap to hang on the walla, etc. Getting yourself established I guess. You're in that spot where you want those nice material things. I see posts all the time how the younger generations don't want to work, and I don't blame you. $hitty pay, terrible benefits, throwing 2, 3, and 4 times the workload on you. Us older guys talk a lot of smack, but truth is they all wish they were done working. I'm a bit different than most of the trades workers in not giving a crap about material stuff. As long as I got a roof over my head, a reliable vehicle to get to work, and a little food in my stomach and I'm happy. Some days when I wake up I wish I hadn't survived the fall. The way work is today it can be soul crushing. I genuinely feel like I'm in God's waiting room. Keep your heads up, keep plugging away as best you can. When you're feeling depressed, reach out to family and friends. Please don't let that crap fester in your head. I hope things get better for you guys. This is not the same country when I was your age. Even with the horrible stuff like 9/11, the Gulf wars, etc we still had hope. Sadly it feels like this generation has lost that. Godspeed everyone.
I just got and inversion table from Teeter. For my spine. They're on sale
The outcome of your fall reminds me of how lucky I've been. I fell from more than 30 feet onto concrete 4 months ago breaking my spine on three spots. No operation needed. Few more months and I'm back to climbing trees. I'm already able to dance without any pain. Wish you all the best, mate.
Take your electrical trades knowledge and teach, manage, estimate, calculate, design, interpret code. There are many useful and fulfilling things you can contribute. Never think otherwise.
@@jak83948 when I can't move anymore that's definitely an option, but as long as I can push through a shift, I can't tie myself to a desk.
@@jak83948From many comments coding or IT work can and is soul crushing and exploitative. Besides we can't all code. Who's going to do all the rest of the jobs that are necessary for society??
39 months left,paying off my vehicles and off grid cabin,then no more people !
love it
Sounds like heaven!
I put a cabin on my grandma's abandoned farm 10 years ago and that's my plan too.
Great goal. I got 34 montha
Can I go? Wait, never mind, I'm a person..
"I fear that I have los the ability to enjoy life" - that one hit me, made me think and realize that working way too much is not just exhausting but also changing your view on life in general.
its true... I struggle with this.
I have not smiled in family photos for many many years. If I didn't seek out some comedy online I'd probably go days without laughing.
One of my bests friends always said: its all in the eyes.
Look at those faces!
I knew as a kid that work was not normal, I never understood how people hove 8 hours away a day. I have struggled with it my whole life until I finally accepted that I'm not a 9-5er. Never was. Never will be
enjoy the rest of your life as much as you can.
thanks for sharing your experience.
its the same with me.
Work is a four letter word.
It makes sense to work at a place only if business is your (or your family’s) and you enjoy what you do.
I would love to work in real estates or working in a dealership selling cars but in my hometown real estate market is weak and in my homecountry people selling cars give about 40-50% to the state, so they don’t make much money. And again, working for others isn’t great.
On top of that, we live in a world where you can’t do a job without a previous experience in same role, so here I am working a lame 9-5 corporate job abroad in a company doing layoffs and hiring in countries were employees are cheap.
It doesn't help when society seems to be going backwards and the internet has educated us in things we probably weren't meant to know. like the WEF etc
It's been said forever that some day we will have machines that are so productive they will make labor a thing of the past. Now with the advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, this seems closer than ever to becoming a reality. I for one cannot see the powerful owners of the world ever allowing the peasants to prosper. They will arrange things so that they reap the lionshare of the profits just as they always have and keep us working the hours of our lives away to survive.
'we have nothing to lose but our chains'
100%
A quote from someone who’s ideology enslaved billions
@@ryann4904 Marx didnt really idealise what became Communism .. i would think the toxic Soviet system he would have hated as much as hardcore capitalist system
@@ryann4904 I wouldn't want to live in that system, but capitalism is brutal in it's own way.
It'll turn you into a soulless, no curiosity, cowardly comfort zone dweller for life. You'll end up bored, bitter, angry, miserable, knowing you wasted your young life away doing what others wanted, for fiat money.
ok
Does the concept of, 'Survival', have any meaning to you? My guess is that you still live at home with mom and dad. And most all of us, today, work for, 'fiat' money. So go ask dad to once again pay your car insurance that is due, as well as your car payment.
@@samr.england613 Been to 40+ countries, had every possible big boy toy in the U.S., built a beautiful home, now live abroad permanently. Try not following everyone else, by leaving your comfort zone far beyond, for a happier life now, and in the future.
@@samr.england613I think you missed the point dear. Your also making assumptions because you feel oppressed.
@@Georgeanne17 Who's making assumptions here? Look in the mirror, Georgeanne.
I am 59 years old and have been working since i was 15. In the early 2000s I read a book entitled "The Joy of Not Working" by Ernie Zelinski. That book helped me understand my role in paid labor and how to develop my own interests that have nothing to do with work. I have been used, abused and fooled as a worker. I raised 2 children, paid mortgages and got physically healthy. My idea of civil disobedience is to remain alive as LONG as possible so that SS and my state pension has to pay me for as LONG as possible. I will do all i can to enjoy the fruits of my labor for as long as possible. Wage labor gets in the way of my life goals. 😂 It's a racket.
@Poemsguitar I send you positive vibes. You must educate yourself on your particular health issues. This is paramount. Your #1 priority is YOU. You must totally love and care for yourself as you would your own child. Research your disease. Don't let the medical industrial big pharma complex own you. YOU are in charge of YOU. Work is just a means for $. Not all work from home jobs are scams. Watch what you put in your body. Get your vit D checked. Treat your body as the temple that it is. Getting control of your health is the #1 issue at hand for you. If you don't have your health you have nothing. You can be healthy.. it is up to YOU to take control. Control what you actually can control and you will get stronger and better.
Great comment. Thanks for the book recommendation, I love the title and will check it out
@Poemsguitar Please stay strong and carry on.💪
I found that book decades ago. 👍🏼
For the guy with health issues-
Look up Fenbendazole and ivermectin. Fasting.
I’m alive now because I said eff it.
I have all my pieces. No radiation.
My friend was diagnosed with MS. She dropped her typical American life and traveled the world with a backpack. 30 years later- still healthy and happy.
Yep. You got it. Living well is the best revenge. Whining like a bitch gets you no where.
POWERFUL! You're speaking what millions of Americans feel daily. Bet on yourself. "Stop buying stuff, and start creating stuff."
That's why I'm a content creator on only fans now, don't even have to leave the house
One aspect of the system you've gotta begrudgingly admire, is the way it can convince people to work 2, sometimes even 3 jobs and still barely be able to make ends meet. And some of those people even _defend_ the exact same systems that allow that to be a reality. Like a financial Stockholm syndrome. You know, the type who give themselves a big pat on the back for their "work ethic" but willfully ignore all the other ethical implications of supporting the aforementioned systems. 🤔
2-3 jobs? :(
thats crazy
It's crazy how numb we've become to the systems put in place for us "common folk", like working 2-3 jobs per household just to make ends meet.
The middle class is disappearing, if not gone altogether, while the rich get richer and the poor keep betting on "hard work" and "long hours" to get ahead as the ivory tower elites plot how to make even more money.
What do you mean, "convince"? People need to eat and a roof over their head, so they struggle to afford that. What else could they do? Looking for purpose in life is a luxury poor people cannot afford, they know why they get up every morning.
@@Volkbrecht How's the weather in Stockholm today!? 😉
@@hyperspacejester7377 Are you dumb? Do you really not get that the bottom third of the totem pole works out of sheer desperation? To cling on to that last bit of dignity that comes with at least staying out of the gutter?
Working doesn't work anymore...
you could be more right than you know...
Exactly
Agreed
The 9-5 really took a toll on you bud, and I’m talking physically. I imagine it’s the same for many others as well. I am a millennial like you, and I just feel like all of this is for nothing at the end of the day. Earning money to survive but not thrive is how they want us!
Literally slavery
I couldn't care less about work. Never wanted a job. Scraped by doing my own thing for years and will continue til I die. I'd rather retain freedom and autonomy, and the things I enjoy most in life cost nothing.
I know what you mean... we were forced.
The main problem with work is bosses and managers. If I was a company owner, I honestly wouldn't care if my employees spent 3 hours per day watching youtube as long as the work gets done in the correct timeframe and to a good standard. Let employees have autonomy, let them have fun, take breaks, give them holiday leave, give them benefits and a fair wage, and they will enjoy coming to work mostly.
Ive been working for 27 years in X company. Last years I was transferred to another location doing similar work. The manager asked me what I was doing in the previous location. When I told him he just said, what you were doing is 4 individuals positions here. Im still making less than 50K a year. Its absurd how companies exploit ppl.
Im a security guard who plays video games like 3/4th of the time on the job and make more than you. You are vastly underpaid.
You have to demand your worth!
I can just repeat it again and again: wages have nothing to do with productivity, they are determined by replaceability. And even then not by real replaceability, but by how your employer perceives it. If you think you are worth more than you get, the move is to try and find a position where you get paid what you think you deserve. If you cannot find such a position, then your perception is wrong.
@@firefly9838 depends what part of the country you're in some places 50 K a year is actually pretty comfortable but places like California 50 K is basically poverty. Weird how it works it's one country but it's actually ran like 50 individual countries.
Never in my life have I worked one hour more than I signed up for! And because of that, I have heard it all: Not a team player, selfish, not carrying your load, etc… Got fired many times. I understood very early on three things: 1) I have enough! 2) The little I have, I must share. 3) What matters the most is to invest in people! And nothing else. Thanks to that approach to life, I met (helped) extraordinary people who in turn (pay) me back by opening up doors and gave me extraordinary opportunities. None of them were rich, all of them were willing to pay forward. Basically, bypassing money is the key.
P.S.: "Most people seem to be okay with it." - this is the most infuriating thing about it. If we could at least all agree that we have been rendered powerless and are being taken advantage of... but people refuse to let that enter their mind. Is it that their egos can't take it? Would their self esteem crumble? And what's so hard about getting bruises on your ego that you can't take it? I have lots of them. I don't have the highest opinion of myself. I still love life though and get along with myself just fine.
I hate to sound so rude to people in general but...
most people are sheep. thats why it works.
@@TomScryleussoon as one chooses to CREATE A LIFE one is part of the evil system that perpetuates this suffering by forcing a newborn to endure this trap cycle of abuse and exploitation. But our selfishness almost evil nature will make us justify it into a good thing when we are acting same as animals without any thougjts.
Yeah, I hear you. 😢 Truth
@@TomScryleusidk. A lot of those around me seem to know the truth. Just no one knows a way out
yepp, its hard to get out. I hope to find my own way, and maybe share some wisdom some day.
Worked 20 years in the restaurant/baker industry. And grateful for the time there. Many skilles learned, but my soul wants something else now. The time is slow, but slowly moving toward my goals as I want to help others to a healthier lifestyle. I truly believe in doing something that does not makes you feel like a slave of life. That includes, as you point out, not working the regular 9-17 ratrace.
After working as a slave for 40 years, building other men’s dreams, I’ve started working for myself and the freedom is amazing. Praise God 🙏🏻
Never work hard if you can get away with it. Always work on yourself, your projects, your dreams. Corpos don't care about your dream unless if helps their bottom line. Your dreams are better than theirs
For us, companies are seen like a kind of familylike Comunity.
Then you find out slowly, that for some colleagues, you are just an opponent. They do not have any interest in building a community like environment.
Then you find out, that the company does not have any interest in you as a individual. You are just a part of a sheepherd, that shall remain silent and produce....
And then... You realize, you have been fooled, and your Soul starts hurting...
exactly...
I worked for 24 years and got made redundant during COVID. The sense of freedom I felt during that time is what I have been working towards for the past 4 years and I am getting there slowly.
I became an alcoholic, but am now 3 months totally sober.
I am planning on building a small home for myself in a field without applying for planning permission. I have to go for it, I can't see another way for me to be able to live a relatively 'normal' life.
I cannot afford rent or a mortgage and I will not be paying anymore expensive energy bills either.
YT recommend this video and it was great to see another person that's questioning things and do get a different perspective.
I've been at a UPS Store for 15 years and Amazon has basically taken over even though they don't sign the checks.
It's become a battle with myself everyday when I walk through the door to work because half of me knows it's affecting my health and
the other half knows I need the money because I'm married. I feel like a robot so much that I started walking around like one to sort of joke around.
I got so sick of the whole returns insanity that I deleted my Amazon account and buy directly from manufacturers or straight from a local store(I do this first even if it's more).
99% of the time I just buy what I absolutely need which is another good outcome of this insanity.
Amazon is massively feeding an environment where people can mindlessly buy whatever without researching it because they can return endless amounts of things with no thought on the seller losing money, etc.
I put on a fake smile and hide my stress because I see enough places locally where the workers have frowns, attitudes, etc.
Keep working on escaping Tom and I will do the same.
After 15 years of working a full-time job, I never got a thank you or a bonus, on top of paying high taxes. I thought to myself it wasn't worth it anymore, so i divided i had enough. I got my part-time job on weekends, and in the week, with years of practice, I started to day trade. Now, I earn more than ever did before, and with way more time to myself, I am a lot happier.
Wow! A Whole 15 years? You poor, poor baby! And what is your, 'day trade'. And how do you make ends meet with a part-time job on weekends? What is your, 'practice'? What is, 'day trading'? Just asking.
@@samr.england613 He's a pro gambler!
Human beings love work. As long as it’s productive, you get recognised for it and it yields tangible results. Personally I love simple tasks like mowing the lawn, decorating a room or even just doing the laundry. It’s a small victory but I can sit back after and feel a sense of a job well done.
What human beings hate is futile work. Mind numbing tasks that don’t seem to make any difference to anyone other than the man up top. You can work yourself to death for a company and you’ll never get any credit. If lucky you’ll get to retire with a modest pension, if not so lucky you’ll get let go without so much as a thank you. If you can find a way out then great, otherwise make your money whilst you can then get out asap. Life really is too short.
Great comment. Having some balance is good. The system demands a 40-50 hour work week, with much of the time wasted, just riding the clock. At least when doing small tasks you enjoy, you take it at your pace, and do as much or as little as you like in the moment. The kind of creative projects we enjoy and that bring us personal meaning
Mowing the lawn depresses me because I know it's only temporary and my work will be erased in a matter of days.
I love hard work, and I think many people do too. But, I would dare not presume that most people love hard work. Most people tend towards laziness.
@@samr.england613 I don't mind hard work at all, but I like to be compensated in a decent way for it as well, whether that be satisfaction with how a project turned out, or financially. I'm not picky, but I don't do it just to do it.
Man I busted my ass for 50 years. Hard construction work, ruined my hearing and back for what? Social security? It's not enough to live on.
I thought many times about quitting but I had a family so....I had to keep on plugging away.
If only I could go back in time. My advice to you is, follow your heart and step out there with confidence.
Don't be afraid. I didn't think I had a choice. But I did, I was just too afraid to grab it.
Best wishes to you and your family.
Sad story. But I think if everyone would follow their heart, there would be no one left to get the hard work done. And there IS plenty of hard work, that should be done in order human civilisation stays functional. In other words: I think there are hundreds of millions of people who actually don’t have a choice. Firstly - someone should do the hard work, secondly - due to hierarchical social structure/social classes of the human civilisation. It’s unfair but it’s the way it is. We as civilisation are still developing and are far from perfect and fair system. P.s i consider your work as hard one, may be you regret now about so many years doing it, as all of us will one day. But your work wasn’t a waste of time, both for the society and your family.
Hi Tom, I am based in South Africa. Thank you for this video. I have been self-employed for the past 13 years. And over here my experience is that companies use the fact that you are running your own business as a way to get you to under quote for work, they keep you thinking that there are many others that do the same work as you and if you price normal they will pick someone else. I am passionate about the work I do and the ICT sector that I am in, but the government institutions that we serve do not care one bit. After watching your video I realized that I was on the right path and I too need to focus on watering my money trees.
Thank you for this video, today I will drop the project if I see that they are playing into my insecurities and are trying to use me. I will come back to update you guys on what happened in full.
Government here is full of kak
Born into wage slavery, schooled to be a docile, happy servant.
great
Who says we're, 'docile"?
@@samr.england613 The 'episode' we had from 2020 to 2022 does.
You mean the covid lockdown?
@@ls28harry Are you talking about the covid lockdown?
I am 45 and I am jobless, have sank into extreme financial destitution. I have to somehow attain a job in order to crawl out of this negative money scenario. Here in lies the problem of it all I am exhausted with job searching that does not produce any results, and if I had an unlimited supply of money I would simply retire from the work world, and pursue other interests, my true passion, writing, but without money life sucks! It entails going to bed hungry because you do not have enough food, can't even purchase necessary items, so it is a necessary evil.
Here is what I recommend, start a TH-cam channel and blog your daily activities... lots of people do it and their videos are fun to watch. Then grow your channel ❤
Dont start, You Tube is even bigger scam and evil, even bigger lie.
Have you thought of freelancing (offering your writing services)? Perhaps, just perhaps, this is the way you should go
Go to the woods and work on a homestead. Just like when Moses rescued his people from thier Egyptian masters. Starting from scratch and feeding yourself is not easy. Thats the price you pay for freedom.
Understandable.
Dunno, just wish you all the luck in the world!
I do the bare minimum and letting go of my fear of being fired
Im in the same club.
I'm a 44 years old engineer with a lot of experience and I'm exactly at this point, seriously considering a complete life change.
I had lost too much health and time working for other's people happiness.
@@radosawszmid7822 I would love to hear what you decide to do and how you do it
Same ❤
As a truck driver, my career will be killed off by the age of 56-59 thanks to technological advances & automation.
I'm not worried about it though. I'm financially preparing for it with a passive income and looking forward to being released early, so that i can spend my days in a different way.
Most work isn’t “working,” but “slaving.”
made this video on my vacation. can't tell you how good it felt not feeling stressed about having enough time to film and edit.
and I think the result was good.
I was so impressed with your story telling, filming and editing.
thank you. just imagine if I could dedicate all my time on this.
It is a masterpiece
💯 @@smudlicko
My parents had long hours but they genuinely liked their jobs and the money they made. We had a nice house, a vacation place, private schools, cars at age 16, and excellent meals each and every day. It seemed worth the hustle for them.
Not everyone had the opportunity your parents had. You will be reap the benefit as I will from mine. But you clearly lost something 🤔 in your privileged life. It's critical thinking and sensitivity to the reality people are facing in this country.
I currently live at my sisters and brother in law. He has a butcher shop downstairs. He took it over from his parents. The region here is very lutheranian, meaning strong work ethics. My brother in low was handed a card and was too young to chose if he wants it. He hardly ever sleeps 6 hours a night, ALL his waking hours are work, sometimes even halve of Sundays, when stores are closed. I worked from home 9to5 for 7+ years and turned that into a digital nomad life in Latin America (always maxing out my travel visas, staying long time at places I loved, it's not like I was on the road 24/7). 8 hours work per day without commute isn't such a big sacrifice. It's even better when you start at like 3AM and when you're finished you take a nap and have whole day of sunlight ahead of you. Unfortunately i lost the job and am now looking to replace it was something equal. The past 7 years were awesome.
same, remote is so awesome it’s hard to go back. Good luck replacing…I lost mine over a year ago and haven’t found another remote one yet.
are you a dev?
@@fixiple2722 what is a dev?
The "evil corporations" is what everyone wants to blame. The problem is, that isn't the only ownership class. When mom and pop invest into a retirement plant like an IRA or 401k, they expect a return on that invetment. That return comes at the expense of low wages for workers, who are the owned class. Yes, mom and pop are also owned, but they also participate in the ownership class. It's essentially a version of the inmates policing themselves.
I'm 56 years old.
Been doing construction for 40 years.
I'm very tired and my body is beaten and broken.
Don't really have anything to show for it and never have really been anywhere significant.
I own 10 acres or at least I'm renting it for the government I guess but I keep trying to convince my wife to let just leave and live off the grid let's make our own food grow our own food build our own things I'm so ready for that lifestyle even though I'm close to retirement I still want out of the rat race.
This is not the old days, where if you work hard, you're able to get somewhere.
Thank you so much for this video. It’s nice to hear that I’m not the only one to think like this. I found myself sad again last month. Worrying about nature, wars, the increasing rent of the house and other bills and have to maintain the 9 to 5 job or work even harder to survive in this money driven system. I wanted to break free of this system for a very long time but years earlier I gave up. But now after this depressing moment I asked myself why I couldn’t enjoy life anymore and what it is what I truly want. To have a conversation with yourself and giving answers from heart and acknowledging it that this is what you think and feel is the first step. Don’t push your feelings away and think it will pass. These feelings will come back straight into your face to confront you, because you are not living the life you really want. Now I have a plan to ‘work’ my way out.
I owe it to myself to try at least the best I can. Lots of love to all of you.
Money is a worthless promise that promises only more worthless promises
How profound. Yet, you, I, and everyone else, needs it, as it is the standard mechanism of exchange and transaction. Money doesn't "promise" damned anything! It's simply a medium of exchange.
@@samr.england613 It is in fact a promise until you can exchange it for something of your interest and useful for you. Tell me, what are the things that you can do with a piece of paper?
I am happiest when i work for myself . I felt totally trapped and exploited in a professional job , it was literally hell being owned.
As an 18 year old, you keep restoring my faith in the older generations
I feel old from reading your comment. :)
But actually. Im what they call a millenial, and I have mentioned the gen x before me, that they are the ones who keep working without actually thinking. They work the hardest. but I feel they do more damage. Im generalizing of course.
At 18 you still have a whole life ahead of you…. Figure out your living etc…. Don’t wait too much either..,time flys by and before you know it you’ll be middle age or worse
Im gen x. We grew up different than millinials. Sorry. Go outside and LOOK. Gen x are business owners. Millions of us. We think the "man" is a douchebag shitstain. Im about to quit, again, and go back to work for myself, again! Why? Cuz the boss is a dick.@@TomScryleus
Brilliant Video. I have a one-man business but at the end of the day I'm still an employee of my own business. It's draining me mentally and physically and it's all about making enough money just to get by. So even with my own business I'm still part of the system. So many times, especially the past three years I've been dreaming of just having a wooden cottage on a beach somewhere, working in a beach pub to get just enough to feed myself and doing the things I love like surfing and free diving etc. For me it's just to find peace in my life and be happy, I don't need to be rich.
I am a wage slave too at a big company. It is like we are being treated nice but only until we are not needed anymore then we are just disposed, I know that. I try allways to invest and save as much I can so every day I get less and less dependent on the company. I will not quit but it will not be a disaster if they kick me out, and that is a good feeling.
Sounds like you have a good strategy. Good for you!
I was a team lead once and stirred up a lot of controversy at my last workplace, because i was trying to create good working conditions for everyone. Humane conditions.
When I finally understood that our literally noble boss was a fing sadist, everything fell into place. He enjoys putting people down, controlling everyone and in the best case publicly humiliating.
He could very well pretend that its all for the christian good, but hey, lets not fool ourselves anymore. That is just a lavel nowadays. It means youre fake and pretending.
I was thinking, people like him - and i think they are MANY, must be TERRIFIED for employees to start doing their own thinking and especially feeling, voicing it and wanting to do things differently. They dont care and build up a narrative, but in reality they dont give a shit about anyone, starting with themselves.
Think about it and do yourself the favour of researching sadistic personality disorder, it will save you a lot of time! If you dont have a strong support group at work, leave.
Time is your biggest assest. Keep your humanity. Love is all you take and keep, it is the only treasure.
I dont even think that most people are okay in the system. If they were they would not harrass their workmates until they leave
haha.. thats so true that its funny (and sad).
Excellent video Tom. Everything you’re saying rings such a chord with me. I’ve lived everything you’re saying here. I’ve been crispy for the last 10 years. The stress has affected my physical and mental health. I retire in 30 days. It can’t come fast enough. First on my to do list - get healthy again.
I'm glad you liked the video John. We are not alone.
Im sorry to hear the stress is getting to you. But at least you getting out soon.
take care of yourself, you deserve it.
As we get into our 40s and 50s, we start feeling the toll more and more that years of stress have taken. Need more time to relax, and do the things we enjoy with our short time on this planet
But it has no meaning it has always been 'dog eat dog' or alternatively 'survival of the fittest/richest/most bloodthirsty/brutal or whatever. I've nearly done 70 years and to be honest I've got no real knowledge of what it has all been for. My gran lived till she was a 104 and then opted for euthanasia (she was Dutch) and she actually said to me once when she was in her late 90's - 'it hasn't been worth the effort'. In the words of David Benatar 'Better to never have been'.
Thats extremely intersting. Thanks for sharing you story
Spoken like a true atheist.
Thats actually scary...I have to figure it out.
Indeed😊
@@mjr7991spoken like a true euthenasiast..😂
learn to fix things, cook your own food, grow your own food
I'm working on it.
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest”
Matthew 11-28
yep...as we remember....'all is vanity, chasing after wind'. Our chief end/purpose in life is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever (Westminster Shorter Cat?)
@@lazvt8469I doubt any of you understand 'to glorify God'.
@@gideonros2705 ...oh, do tell.
@@gideonros2705 on another level you are 10000% correct for we are corrupt, unprofitable, rebellious, x 1000....which is why we need Christ....and avoid heeding the voice of miscreants...such as you seem to have come across as. Shame...
I'm so glad I found this video. I been feeling the same way for past year or so. And im sick and tired of working. I'm 54 and started working when I was 12 years old. I can't begin to retire. Suicide is on my mind daily, and that's the truth.
Yeah I understand that totally. But you mustn't let the company "take you out".
Figure out a way to to escape. make that your life ambition. Thats what I'm doing.
I feel this way everyday and was just mistreated at work.i had a supervisor target me and mistreated me and when I basically tried to expose her behavior I was then acted as if i was the one causing the problem and written up and put on leave for 3 days. This is how so called professionals are acting.its ridiculous.
Find a support group. You cant fight this alone. If you cant, change jobs and start again with new people.
At 20 years i thought "not working" is a dead end, at 40 years i think "working" is a dead painful end
Haha… that is so true. I used to think that way when I was 20. Now I envy the homeless(!)
We have no control over the value of $, and we don't really own our land.
its a problem.
So what do we do?
Keep making these videos. They are having an impact. They give a voice to what people feel and eventually over time that can create a movement, a demand for better wages, better conditions. Most of all I think it helps people not to feel alone. They are not the only ones. Keep it going. Thank you.
This was a very hard video to watch, and not because it was dull.. It was hard to watch because of the visceral reaction I got while listening to your reasoning. I literally got flashbacks to when I was an office drone, before that I followed the herd and spent $100k on college to fit in.
Wow, just wow. This video hit me so hard that I had to take a minute. At least you can take solace in that you now realize how empty your life is. I had the same empty feeling. Not because I was without friends, but because of the obligatory compliance every day all day. This kills your soul.
I went and became a sailor, I'm a merchant marine now. It was a huge culture shock moving from a clean office to an extremely dirty ship but the freedom was worth it. And I'm so much happier.
I think the daily 8h of pretending for survival is the worst.. it makes monsters out of people.
@@pismobiics825this.
omg. the college years. yes I fell for it too.
the sailor life sounds like a dream. I should find something like that too.
I went to college as well. I was a carpenter in my twenties and decided that wasn't a way to make a living. I got a degree in computer engineering and that stunk too! I should have gone in the Navy when I was 24.
Do you need an apprentice? I was just thinking about how water matters most to me in life and how to make money off of it.
Thank you for speaking truth about the drudgery of work. I honestly have never felt like I fit into the system - a job will never fulfill me the way I’m told it should or will. I’m left grappling with this existence that feels like a constant struggle to be brutally honest. Something has to change and it feels like all the cards are stacked against me. 😢
It is not enough for me to get out.
I need to create a path as I go for others to follow.
Dog at 3.02 is best image on entire video. I am lucky i have escaped the hellhole that was work at 55…largely due to taking risks and luck. less is more ..try to get out in nature and eat well. Keep up the good work Tom
I also feel the dread at the end of vacation, not wanting to return to office, after experiencing a week or two of true freedom.
its painful isn't it??
I just came back after 2 weeks off and I feel this pain. This can't go on like this any longer...
I know the feeling of the stress of going back to work after a vacation. It feels like a mini death every time.
Far too many years being a slave to the system , for me I find the 66 retirement age horrific . Only thing I would suggest is invest in stocks shares , or do a job that you will like , or downsize your house and buy cheaper and live off the profit .
good advice. thanks for sharing.
That's great if one has the money to invest in stocks, or one already owns a house one can, "sell and then downsize", or, better yet, "do a job that you will like"! Good luck, for most people, with all of that.
What is "horrific" about retiring at old age? The base reality is that you provide for yourself until you are physically unable to, then hope you have some relatives around who take care of you until you snuff it. When pensions were invented, half the people died before they even reached pension age. Retirement was never meant to become a kind of "old age vacation" where you finally get to enjoy yourself.
Plus, don't think that living off "money" is a solution. Once you have enough useless eaters that just consume without contributing, what you get is inflation. The richer parts of Europe see this exact thing happening right now, as do Japan and Korea.
I sooo relate to this. There’s a tonne of profound wisdom, here, and I know it took a HUGE amount of work. Thanks, Tom.
To those who are done with work, you are in very good company. This is not just a generational thing. There are many who are tired of the way things are, who worked hard to change things and watched them get worse. What are you doing without work? What ideas do you have for people not working to survive? How can you help? How can we be part of the solution together? Unity is our strength. If you don’t believe that, look anywhere in history. When people are divided, they fall.
I've felt this for 25 years. I thought I was weird, until recently, everyone seems to be realising this. Thanks for making it public ❤
We are not alone my friend. 🙂
Get into a niche sector where you can differentiate yourself and be in high demand, enabling you to be self employed (yes you may have to tske some backwards steps and grind but with the end goal in sight). And/or if you have a degree, go teach English in Asia for a year or two. Living expenses and housing is paid. Pay is good. Save, save, save. That gives you the breathing space to pay off debt that's keeping you trapped. And it gives you space to think about what you really want. This is exactly what I did. I paid off all my student loans this way.
Not only money....but trust.
Imagine this. I have access to a house where someone could live....for the cost of utilities. I have an opportunity to help others.....yet, whom can I trust?
The last five people have taken advantage. Imagine this, I could help someone get out from rent, they could save up for a better life...... But who can we trust?
It never ceases to amaze me that people can't act right. I swore off roommates after being taken advantage of too many times. I'm like, if we both pay half of everything then it's great for everybody. But no, never works out. Something wrong with people.
@@skh770 You nailed it. This started about six or seven years ago. Groups stopped renting houses because they could not get along.
Now individuals want to rent rooms and after the world shut down they want private bathrooms.
They say they need the private bathroom to stay safe...but really, they don't clean. How many arguments they must of had over messy kitchens and bathrooms.
I used to send in a maid to help out....but these days the maids are too busy..
....I suppose because few people clean.
I'm switching over slowly from group rentals...to families. It is a slow change....I actually liked the groups way more when they existed.
* Many of the people I talk to daily were once upon a time tenants or roommates. I really liked having roommates....we were clean.
Nailed it. You said what I've been thinking lately better than I could've
Im glad you liked the video Clint.
This is video gold!!!.... "Most men live their lives in quiet desperation"
I just took a new job - half the salary and much less stress , ten minutes from home and 4 days a week instead of 5 so I can focus on leaving the rat race and building my own dream in the evenings and on weekends.
My current salary barely covers the bills but I’m taking a risk on myself. If I don’t change - nothing will ever change. Big “go for it” to anyone else taking a chance on themselves. We only get one life - it’s short - go for it.
Maybe if humans had to work 25 h per week , 3 days per week, it wouldn't be so bad. But inspite of the fact that productivity is more than 10 times from 1920 ( 40 hours per week established) we still work the same hours after 100 years. Something is wrong. And many humans work much more , maybe 60 hours per week. The system is not fair for the workers.
Ive said this before. If the norm was 3 work days per week, i would not make these videos.
Assuming we undergo an economic reset, returning to sound money and hopefully given access to zero point energy we could easily live on 6 hour, 4 day work weeks. If healthcare was also regulated to disallow extortion of sick people via absurd price gouging, we wouldnt NEED benefits which is nice cause companies could hire for 2 shifts per day for average jobs, morning and afternoon so they can remain open for 12 hours. It'd be great if people were given overtime by law if they worked more than 30 hrs per week, say 1.5x compensation for jobs that are more demanding time wise such as PD/EMS, etc. Ofc, Im just dreaming but let me.
Marx thought with automation and efficiencies people would decide to work less hours and be happy ...but that hasn't happened
So true. A 2 or 3 day work week is closer to my idea of "work-life balance"
the wrong is this: competition requires higher quality and polishing details in an ever more complex machines takes more and more time. Try to build a web application. The basics are quick and simple, but start getting it look and work better and you will get lost in those details as stuff gets more and more complex. the more complex machine the more time it requires to make it even a little bit better, and we are getting into more and more complex machinery. What's the solution? Stop at stuff that just works, forget about polishing it, it is not worth your time. My rule is, do the very minimum required, never jump ahead, this is a good way to both deliver the message preserve your time for other things. Finally, do not bother with technical stuff, tech companies will throw more resources at it than you can, you will lose the game. Learn sales instead.
Absolutely agree with you. Most jobs are mindless and prevent us from reaching anyway near our potential. Sucking us dry of our most productive hours and youthful energy. If only our basic needs were met we could pursue our higher purpose and contribute so much more to society.
After 30 years working for Corporate America, I developed a disability and was able to go on SSDI. Yes it's sometimes a struggle with money, but I wouldnt change it for the world. I escaped! 😊
I was lately walking through a strange wonderland. It was composed of fine, well-proportioned and substantially-built semi-detached houses. As I passed through the streets, the designs changed in lots of interesting ways, but the quality prevailed throughout. The streets were quite narrow, but they were still avenues of mature trees - maybe 100 years old. In places, their roots had disrupted the pavements, lending a quaint rustic appearance. At the centre of this delightful maze was a fine boulevard and a huge playing-field to the side. Here was a massive detached building in a similar style with the words "Club House" engraved above the front. There were no shops or stores or pubs to disturb the day-to-day tranquility of residents. Though these things were within walking distance. This place was built by a very successful business-owner whose premises were about half a mile away. It was intended for all his workers, so they'd have literally everything they could wish for.
It's been a long time since employers took such care of those who created their profits...
I think about the 9-5 Enslaving plantation every single day, it took decades of my life and I'm still poor. Thanks Tom for these pearls of knowledge about the theme , I'm happy when I see a new one .
Im glad you liked it
It’s more like 6-6 by the time you prepare get to and finally get back from work.
I left the rat race 4months ago. I got nothing to show for 10years of hard work. But I am now working on becoming a digital entrepreneur.
Nobody, on their deathbed, has said, "I should have worked more."
I am Gen X, and my feeling as a young adult was that my peers and I were skeptical of the system and looking to beat it or go around it. We thought we were self-reliant and aware of a lot of scams and fakery. The tech of the early, free-wheeling internet was a key part of this. It has been amazing to see new generations coming up who have been really broken and brainwashed by corporations and have less of a sense of rebellion and anti-corporate individuality than my generation.
I'm 63 and two years ago.Seagate was in financial trouble so they sold our R&D group off to Luminar. A year later that company ean into trouble after the CEO got mixed up with some Russian oligarchs and when it got out the stock crashed. No more investment money in a company that does not yet have a viable product is an existential crisis so they had a big layoff and now I am retired. I feel fortunate that I can retire. I was careful with spending and I've been single since '97. I'm not going to be doing any businesses on the side. No idea how and most likely I'd lose my shirt doung it. Instead, I know how to make my own pizza and cook anything else. I can do my own house projects.
Thanks!
Thank you. You just lifted my Saturday spirit :)
Have a blessed day.
I am 71 years old and was fortunate enough to be able to retire at age 58 and walk away from an intolerable work situation.
I am so glad that neither my wife or I have to work any longer. Work is an obvious necessity for 99.9% of the adult population in America and employers know this and work it to their advantage. Add in having to support a family and for those people they have no choice but to work.
I realize this doesn’t work for a lot of people but achieving financial independence should be the top goal of every working person. You don’t want to be someone’s employee and at their mercy any longer than you have to.
Yesterday I loosely decided to scroll less and actually watch videos to the end. And I’m so glad I watched this one. Thank you so much. I pretty much “retired” 10 years ago, at age 36. I lived off savings and pension. And now that’s mostly gone, but everything I learned in the meantime has been invaluable. Now I can build my life up again, but one that does not cost my soul. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work and wisdom.
I’m also going to comment more on the videos I do watch. Instead of just getting back to scrolling mindlessly. Taking a moment to connect with the creator is nice ❤❤
I've noticed more and more young people with stories like this. I've been lucky that I was able to easily move on when a toxic culture (mostly managers) started to get to me. I can say as you age these issues sometimes get even worse and I tried to make the best of it. I worked in a small town bakery and watched a man work the ovens for 30+ years for minimum wage and no medical. That's what most went through in the past. I was lucky it hit me at the right time and it pushed me to go to college. No matter what we do we have to work around people and people are the reason it's called work and not fun. STEM work has more tech to work with and less people compared to most jobs so I like it. Sorry but life is tough and the only thing we can do is to live well. If 8 to 10 hours is hard look forward to your time to yourself and try not to complicate your life. Relationships when the go wrong and make life unbearable - at least it was for me.
quit my last real job almost 20 years ago. i am a sound designer, soundtrack composer and educator for audiovisual media now.
i have breakfast, luch and dinner every friggin day with my two sons. our kids grow so fast. but man was i there for the ride. was i present.
I decide when and with whom i work.
is it easy? no. because i look into the abyss every day. it’s just next to me. but i am the one at the stearinh wheel.
with time i became comfy with dealing with my fears and insecurities and not belonging to mainstream.
but i live it. frredom comes with great responsability. especially when kids involved.
but once i’ll be only a memory in the life of my children.
i want ti be a memory of courage, passion, determination, fun, love
Becoming self employed with youtube was one of the most fulfilling and freeing experiences. I wish everyone could just be self employed or own their own business, the rat race is such a horrific thing to be in and im glad im out of it
My chains have gotten heavier. My job is so stressful and there are so many uncertain sketchy situations and poorly planned dangerous as hell travel. It’s caused a severe mental disability. I have anxiety so bad I was prescribed meds. Hence my boat gets filled with more water. I have been looking for something better but everything out there left is so poorly paid up here or requires huge amounts of travel. I make enough to keep my kids and wife comfortable and pay the bills but I honestly feel like I’m sacrificing everything I am. I feel like soap in the shower, slowly being worn away till is nothing.
My Dad worked all his life. He told me he felt his job as head farm parts salesman was fulfilling and he made so many farmer friends along the way. He loved gardening,fishing and going out to eat. He enjoyed funny tv shows,popcorn and T bone steaks. He loved chocolate milk shakes and coke floats! He was born in 1911 and died in 1985. He and Mom taught me that you work so
you have a place to live for you and family a home.
Food and eats out sometimes
Medical,dental,vision care
Money for play ( vacations)
All your needs and some wants
And to save for old age when you can no longer work.
ok and your point is ?
I'm happy for you, your mom and your dad. But, what?
I don’t work anymore because work/even looking for work made me depressed.
What's crazy to me is that production and effectiveness have multiplied many times!
But it's still not enough. One worker today can do labor worth of 10 or more workers back then...but....it's still not enough?
How tf can this even be possible?