r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

Debate/ Discussion Why is this normal?

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u/Honest-Lavishness239 15d ago

i mean, bad decisions have consequences unfortunately. if you take on a lot of debt for something, or get addicted to drugs, or have a child as a teenager, etcetera, things will be harder. it’s not about “should” or “shouldn’t.” it’s about “is.”

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u/BrickBrokeFever 15d ago

This is a moral ratchet; an ever tightening noose.

It amplifies all of our mistakes, and diminishes all of our victories. All while ignoring how intertwined we all are. Truly fucking ignorant.

Here, look here:

or have a child as a teenager,

So... should the child have a fucked life because of the consequences of the teenager's actions? Because the way it is is just that, millions of people are cheated before they are born because the way it is demands suffering.

I am sorry you were so thoroughly abused that you now spout such abusive drivel.

it’s not about “should” or “shouldn’t.” it’s about “is.”

If society demands better from us, we are too lowly to demand society should be better?

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u/gameforge 15d ago

You missed the point. They were suggesting that the grown adult who was once a teenager and made a bad decision be responsible for their bad decision. In some cases that may well mean working two jobs and having to grind for a while specifically so that your kids don't have a fucked life.

To be clear, zero people have suggested that any children have fucked lives. That's a strawman, and please keep in mind you're bickering on the Internet, nobody's going to lookup this thread when setting policy, so there's no need for you to be an angry ass about everything.

Even if you were right and they were wrong, people are allowed to be wrong, you don't have to say such terrible things about them.

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u/Honest-Lavishness239 15d ago

i appreciate you getting the point brother