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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

A mocha pot? But then I’d still have to buy coffee beans, which are a luxury, right? Not buying a mocha pot means you don’t have to buy coffee either, thus saving even more money.

There are degrees to all things. Doesn't mean some things aren't better or worse. If you are getting a latte at a coffee shop every day, making them yourself is a comparable amount of luxury for significantly less money. If you are actually strapped for cash, then indeed, simply give up coffee entirely.

But if you are struggling to save even $600 in a year, you are truly in a financial emergency, and doing something about that should be at the top of your list. If you are regularly buying fancy coffee, this is obvious low hanging fruit.

And that could go for all luxuries, to the point that life is just working to be able to work.

Sure. Again, degrees, choices. But again, if you struggle to save $600, then you need to save $600. Life can just be work for a while until you are in a more stable financial situation.

And none of this would be necessary if wages were higher overall, and there was a good social safety net.
Tell government to tax the rich, instead of telling people to forego their pleasures.

Okay, I've done those things. Now what does the financially struggling individual do once I have told the government that, and the government has ignored me? If their plan is to continue having no financial safety net while drinking cafe coffee every day, I'm just gonna say that that isn't the best choice.

If the government turned around and did those things, that sure would be nice. But I'm not gonna count on it, and if you are struggling financially, you shouldn't either. If you sit around waiting for the government to save you because they should, my bet is that you're in for some disappointment. A better bet is to see that social safety nets are bad and likely to get worse, accept this fact, and the fact that you can effectively do nothing about this and other large mechanations of the world, and ask yourself what you can do to improve your own situation.