• YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Wanting a Twinkie here and there and a new iPad/car every year is very different. What you want is found pretty much anywhere that isn’t touched by imperialism and war in general, lol. But maybe the average American can’t be happy and comfortable without many expensive toys? Or life is just expensive AF invariably there, idk.

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      5 days ago

      The article mentions “living comfortable” as “financially secure”. Financial security generally means having enough money to comfortably cover your current living expenses and future financial needs, without undue worry about money.

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        Mmm. I guess academic and medical debt are scary by themselves, and that’s a very American experience I completely forgot about…