How and why are so many people struggling?

[Freedman]

I don't know, but everybody need to quit blaming ......"the man"......... for it cause this ain't always the case.


There's quite a few careers out there that are booming and folks either don't know how or are just too lazy to get into them. I'm in one of them. Bad choices made in life can also contribute to struggling. Caught a few serious charges that can hold them back.

What are some of these careers for the brehs who don't know

 

[BlackJesus]

Social media has bridged what used to be a social divide between the rich and the poor. It used to be that the rich peacocked amongst their own. But now their peacocking is accessible to the masses. This has created a false sense of self for many non-wealthy people who think because they have access to these folks via social media, that they are on par (think of all the instathots that view themselves as socialites because they try to emulate the lifestyles of the Kardashians). This false sense of self contributes to delusions of grandeur, which causes people to not know the difference between needs and wants or necessities and luxuries. It all leads to financial illiteracy and mismanagement.

Dude came in with a brilliant explanation out of nowhere

 

[Pazzy]

People been struggling out here. It's just getting becoming more noticable as more people are having troubling hiding it. That's the way the system works.

 

[Absolut]

Student loans and kids. So many people get buried to their ears in debt for a degree that ain’t worth shyt. Also a lot of people who shouldn’t be having kids are having kids before they get a shot at an education or building a foundation for a career. The vast majority of folk who are really struggling are doing so with like 2 kids. A complete roadblock to any sort of financial freedom they will straight bury you in debt. These 2 are crippling factors that are a common denominator in folks trying to tread water financially

 

[PHamm]

Keeping up with the joneses, flexing or whatever else you want to call it.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

@BlackMoney

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[WesCrook]

If you get into the custom of paying your bills first, buying food consistently, and keeping fuel in the tank, your disposable income will increase before you know it.

 

[Take It In Blood]

People have always been struggling since the beginning of time


In fact ppl struggle more often than those not. Globally


Turn off the TV sitcoms, that shyt ain't real life unless u watching The Wire or summin

 

[I Really Mean It]

Social media has warped the minds of our people, tempting them with illusory images of wealth that seems possible because everyone on Instagram seems to have attained it. Nobody wants to be dusty, even if they can’t afford what they're buying to escape that perception. I’m done caring. If you haven’t figured it out by now..

 

[Musty]

No well paying jobs out here unless u are in a couple of fields

But a lot of it comes from bad money management period

I know a nikka that makes 100,000 a year, but he broke... spending money on 5 different hoes , waste money on the lottery and fat nikka can’t stopped eating out

 

[International Playa]

 

[phcitywarrior]

I think it's combination of factors

1. wages are stagnant, cost of living has gone up
2. people have poor financial literacy, mismanagement, keep up with the joneses
3. humanity will always have struggle because the heart of man is inherently flawed

 

[Heafcliffe]

People are trying to keep up with the Joneses and are overspending.

Thing is the Joneses are broke too.

 

[feelosofer]

Honestly most people aren't even flexing like that, the cost of living has skyrocketed and the wages haven't kept up. 85% of Americans are just trying to keep a roof over their head and their cars full of gas.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Thing is the Joneses are broke too.

Good movie to watch concerning this subject.