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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

WillWeEverBeGoodAgain said:
Question for Labour supporters here, do you honestly hand on heart think is a good PM and is doing a good job ?
He has lurched from scandal to scandal, lies, broken promises, U-turns and now today
Surely he has shot his bolt
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Hos parliamentary party are not doing as they are told that is the weakness- I don’t see any problem in him myself.

Anyone who replaces him will be even weaker.
 
glasgowspur said:
I'm replying separately to your first point because I think it's very interesting.
I think people are more unsatisfied and that's leading them to be unhappy.
There is a constant message of you deserve better, but no can deliver it.
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For 1st worlders, capitalism's goal is to convince you that consumption and consumerism will make you happy. The message is relentless. Eventually most people realise that it won't fill the void in their lives. The sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be, IMO.

Actually that reminds me of a good line in a Fr John Misty song....
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly
 
Rorschach said:
For 1st worlders, capitalism's goal is to convince you that consumption and consumerism will make you happy. The message is relentless. Eventually most people realise that it won't fill the void in their lives. The sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be, IMO.

Actually that reminds me of a good line in a Fr John Misty song....
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly
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Bingo!
I consider it one of the greatest strokes of fortune in my life that I realised this as a young teenager and have lived a life appropriate ever since. Had (and still having) an overall amazing time, but not 'stacked with material wealth' at all (although we do have decent pension stuff). But yeah, minimal physical things.

I think this is one of the best non-Spurs posts I have ever read here mate!
 
thfcsteff said:
Bingo!
I consider it one of the greatest strokes of fortune in my life that I realised this as a young teenager and have lived a life appropriate ever since. Had (and still having) an overall amazing time, but not 'stacked with material wealth' at all (although we do have decent pension stuff). But yeah, minimal physical things.

I think this is one of the best non-Spurs posts I have ever read here mate!
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Well thank you for the compliment.

I dare say you are an exception in this regard, having this epiphany so young. Some never have it. I realised it much later, in my thirties, probably triggered by the passing of my mother. Another lesson I took that day was that time is more important than money, so I quit my high-paying-stressful-as-fudge job soon after, changed career, and have never looked back. I have enough.

I saw someone posting one of Elon's tweets the other day, where he said that '...money doesn't buy you happiness...'. I am delighted this soulless husk is as miserable as fudge, but I doubt he'll take the right lessons from it.
 
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I’m 55 in the coming weeks and I’ve never been career oriented but I also enjoy working.

Will carry on until my wife retires at 57 so will carry on til she stops.

I feel like we are the first people to have nothing but pension pots - no final salary/ defined benefit options for me - and the cliff edge from saving loads to spending loads of savings gives me the fear.

I reckon i could probably manage if i stopped working but working another five years will make a world of difference.

But my job sucks.
 
Rorschach said:
For 1st worlders, capitalism's goal is to convince you that consumption and consumerism will make you happy. The message is relentless. Eventually most people realise that it won't fill the void in their lives. The sooner you learn this lesson, the better your life will be, IMO.

Actually that reminds me of a good line in a Fr John Misty song....
From time to time we all get a bit restless
With no one advertising to us constantly
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Records and books don't count though? They are nourishment (and cheap)
 
johnola said:
I’m 55 in the coming weeks and I’ve never been career oriented but I also enjoy working.

Will carry on until my wife retires at 57 so will carry on til she stops.

I feel like we are the first people to have nothing but pension pots - no final salary/ defined benefit options for me - and the cliff edge from saving loads to spending loads of savings gives me the fear.

I reckon i could probably manage if i stopped working but working another five years will make a world of difference.

But my job sucks.
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Could you quiet quit? I.e. gradually withdraw out of things and make yourself effectively obsolete, just don't tell anyone.
 
johnola said:
I’m 55 in the coming weeks and I’ve never been career oriented but I also enjoy working.

Will carry on until my wife retires at 57 so will carry on til she stops.

I feel like we are the first people to have nothing but pension pots - no final salary/ defined benefit options for me - and the cliff edge from saving loads to spending loads of savings gives me the fear.

I reckon i could probably manage if i stopped working but working another five years will make a world of difference.

But my job sucks.
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Luckily for me I was advised by an old boss back in 99 the benefits of savings even to a small level and what the difference it would make in the total pot AND that pensions would be eradicated. I am forever thankful for his advice, he was very smart.
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
Luckily for me I was advised by an old boss back in 99 the benefits of savings even to a small level and what the difference it would make in the total pot AND that pensions would be eradicated. I am forever thankful for his advice, he was very smart.
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I tell the young-uns that I work with that every time they get a pay rise, stick 1% of it in their pension fund
 
WillWeEverBeGoodAgain said:
I tell the young-uns that I work with that every time they get a pay rise, stick 1% of it in their pension fund
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He did a comparison on putting in then and what it would look like come retirement, pretty simple stuff but also when you consider contribute Nests now which I have, personal and private and really not having put in the earths end, I will be ok because someone took me under their wing when I started out.
 
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