“Retirement savings are a scam to keep workers docile while corporations profit from their labor”
Agree
- Delayed gratification keeps people compliant
- Market crashes destroy lifetime savings instantly
- Living now versus dying with money
- System designed to prevent threatening status quo
Disagree
- Compound interest genuinely builds wealth over time
- Future security reduces anxiety substantially
- Living paycheck to paycheck in old age horrible
- Personal responsibility for own future necessary
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