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Anyone dropped out of life?

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I really should stop assuming everyone with a gripe against society is male. Equality and all that (we're all equally fucked!)
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I wouldn't have cared to point out the female thing, but pregnancy is a thing that IS different between the sexes :). And not having/wanting children is something society is more willing to accept in males than females.

And how about lots of other benefits people who marry and have children have? I remember friends getting married for tax reasons. And then getting a certain amount of money for each child they have. I understand kids are expensive, but getting money from the government as incentive just to produce them is a screwed. I also knew people who had kids because of the money (lots of single mothers who could stop working once they had a second child).
So there's a female with two kids who doesn't earn a single penny and on top gets the house/apartment someone who works, pays taxes and social security can't have.
 
lecroute said:
And how about lots of other benefits people who marry and have children have? I remember friends getting married for tax reasons. And then getting a certain amount of money for each child they have. I understand kids are expensive, but getting money from the government as incentive just to produce them is a screwed. I also knew people who had kids because of the money (lots of single mothers who could stop working once they had a second child).
So there's a female with two kids who doesn't earn a single penny and on top gets the house/apartment someone who works, pays taxes and social security can't have.
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I'm from the UK, don't get me started on single mothers and also the topic of housing :ROFLMAO: We also have a large, certain demographic who pump out a large number of children, don't work, and draw benefits.. on the order of 70% of that demographic.

I'm living in a country where they are pushing desperately hard to enact 'Islamophobia' laws, which will attempt to silence this kind of criticism. It's a fucking disgrace. As a single white straight British male, I'm at the bottom of the pecking order. My taxes pay for this bullshit, meanwhile life continues to get more expensive, more mental demanding, less rewarding financially, more polluted, less freedom, and on, and on, and on.

The cherry on the cake will be if they try to draft people like me to fight a war against Russia. At the rate things are going I can honestly see that happening to be honest.
 
I changed "angry" to "heart" because I prefer to be positive than angry. And because I perfectly understand the situation you describe. I witnessed a similar situation when I lived in Germany, u fortunately thing where I live now (Chile) have developed in the same direction.
Minus the war.
 
Germany is toast. Along with Sweden, France, Belgium. It's madness what is happening, all of which was deliberately inflicted without the consent of the public. But that's another story.

I don't know much about the situation in South American countries. That's a shame about Chile, it's a very beautiful country from what I've been told. I have been thinking a lot recently about where to escape to, and South America seems to be the last reasonable option open.. but then again the madness seems like it's everywhere now :(

Given that you live in South America, can you give any insights on what the state of affairs is there??
 
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I'm not much into politics and social stuff. I don't see or read news and the people Interact with know better that to start discussing those topics with me. I can only tell what I couldn't avoid to know.

But live here is still much more to my taste than what it was in Germany 13 years ago. Especially if you live in smaller town or a city like Valparaiso where people like to keep some of the modern madness away. Even if for many people who come from "developed" countries much of how every day life works, the little things like riding the bus, must seem adventurous.

It all depends on what you're looking for.
You can have a modern lifestyle at the same level and cost as in Europe or the US/Canada. Or you can choose to go to the country where most things still work how they did 50 years ago.
Or something in between (my case).
But in the end it all comes down to how much you chose to get yourself involved in politics and social disputes. Because from what little I get, those are the same here as anywhere else (minus wars)
 
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I have this neurotic belief that the next time, the 27th time that day, that I check the news I'll find out that everything is going to be OK.
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Assuming that information is out out there ...
Is that really what people want from the news?
Because I'm under the impression that most people need the chaos and drama and worst case scenarios. Not sure why, maybe it makes their own lives seem much better while at the same time it gives them some thrill without being directly involved in any of the events.

Otherwise, if people would really like to read/hear that everything is going to be OK, that would be a good way to start a new cult/religion. Muahahaha
 
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When I hear stories about how 60 years ago you could just rock up to pretty much any business and get a job, find a room to rent without having to compete against 100 other people and corporate behemoths looking to snatch it up and suck the market dry, etc... It fucking boils my piss. Now they want to remove gas vehicles (UK) by 2030, so there goes the idea of living in a van too.
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Why couldn't you just live in a van now?

Could find a parking space for rent and camp there in an old Westphalia with the curtains drawn. Depending on the space, might even be able to get away with not licensing the vehicle. Get around on public transit or one of those electric scooters. They go pretty fast!
 
Van life isn't the same in the UK as it is in the USA or Europe, or even Scotland. There just isn't the the space, services, heck even many of the public don't like it.. reflecting the attitude of the establishment, which reviles anyone trying to break loose and live free.

If I lived elsewhere I might consider it.
 
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Van life isn't the same in the UK as it is in the USA or Europe, or even Scotland. There just isn't the the space, services, heck even many of the public don't like it.. reflecting the attitude of the establishment, which reviles anyone trying to break loose and live free.

If I lived elsewhere I might consider it.
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There are plenty of people who live alternative lifestyles in England, Wales and Ireland. Most cultures (not just UK) have long despised alternative lifestyles too (not just nomadic ones although they are particularly reviled granted.)

That kinda life has never sat easy with authority in the UK, yet plenty of people navigate it's occasional hardships so they can live a life more akin to their impulses and ethics.

Instead of just whining about the repressive society (etc) they make some practical steps to be as unaffected by it as possible (obviously it's never gonna get to 100% unaffected thesedays)
 
ageingpartyfiend said:
Instead of just whining about the repressive society (etc) they make some practical steps to be as unaffected by it as possible (obviously it's never gonna get to 100% unaffected thesedays)
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Do you live in the UK and understand the context?
 
I know living in a van in Germany is not allowed, unless you have a regular home where you are at least once a month to pick your mail (though that could be done by someone else, but who?) and the van is parked on a spot designed for it (which would be practically the same as living in in an apartment, only you could be moving from one place to another)
 
Geezers in RV's is a away of life for many healthy retirees here in America.
So is homelessness illegal in Germany? 🤣 no home, off to the work camp?
 
You have to register with a valid address in Germany, or register as homeless. If you don't register you are acting against the law. And will probably be arrested.
Guess how I know.
 
I dropped out of social life years ago....but unfortunately....may be....or may be not my inner life burns like fire.....and it is also a pain to exist
 
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Van life isn't the same in the UK as it is in the USA or Europe, or even Scotland. There just isn't the the space, services, heck even many of the public don't like it.. reflecting the attitude of the establishment, which reviles anyone trying to break loose and live free.
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It's the same attitude in a lot of urban places in America, but people find ways to make it work.

That said, it's not as easy a lifestyle as living in a flat so not many people willingly do it just to save money...

FWIW I've been meeting a lot of immigrants from UK here in recent years, even met a vandwelling Scot in a supermarket parking lot.

I asked him how much he's saving and he said fuck-all because he loves to explore and spends on gas what he might save on rent!

ageingpartyfiend said:
Instead of just whining about the repressive society (etc) they make some practical steps to be as unaffected by it as possible (obviously it's never gonna get to 100% unaffected thesedays)
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Agreed. The only plans that work are the ones that are actively being worked towards.

Jnowhere said:
Geezers in RV's is a away of life for many healthy retirees here in America.
So is homelessness illegal in Germany? 🤣 no home, off to the work camp?
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hey, someone has to beat the schnitzel into shape. it's a thankless job!
 
Well I was either right, or you have something other that forced labor to add too.
" Guess how I know" And
 
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