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You Shouldn’t Have to Risk Everything for a Little Financial Security
It’s becoming the only way.
One of my uncles tried to kill himself last year after betting his retirement and life savings on a bad stock tip. With $200,000 to his name, he could’ve spent the rest of his life in relative comfort. But he wanted a little more financial stability and freedom.
Instead, his decision left him penniless.
Now he’s an ardent Trump supporter who blames his bad luck on minorities and immigrants. He hates Joe Biden, and whiles away the hours posting QAnon-style conspiracy theories on Facebook.
It’s a sad story, not so different from the ones you see about guys in Silicon Valley with thousands of bitcoins trapped on their encrypted hard drives. Honestly, it must agonize someone to come that close to riches. It agonizes me just to read about it. I’m not alone here. We all seem to be harboring a secret obsession with wealth lately.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why.
Things are pretty bad…
We all dream of escape.
Lately it feels like the only way to survive the future is to become a billionaire with an escape pod. The economy has gone haywire. White supremacist terrorism is on the rise…
