I didn't say "an income"--I said the income needs to "beat inflation".
You need extra money so that you can save for a rainy day. Depending that the income you currently have will be around forever, or that you will have the ability to do it forever, is just silly.
Yes, many can get to that "extra" by living frugally.
Yeah, that doesn't work.
I do agree that living frugally is a VERY good tool for happiness and financial freedom.
But (as MAHDOOD says below) you also need an income, or investment that will "beat inflation".
Looks like we need nostr and Bitcoin more than ever.
"No, it is the conservative laissez-fairist, the man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, 'limit yourself'; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian."
For A New Liberty - The Libertarian Manifesto
Murray N. Rothbard
I can appreciate your principaled stance, but not sure what you expect to happen.
Do you honestly think you reduce this kind of behavior by any significant amount by demanding the money is given back?
I think you are doing more by just warning people. But maybe that is you're main intent.
It looks like intellectual property is pretty much going the way of the dinosaurs with AI generation, the ease of copying, ungovernable money, etc..
I've started several businesses; and I can count on one hand the number of weeks I've worked over 40 hours.
But I work for myself because I'm lazy, and some businesses are easier than others.
