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Religion made sense back in the day. Life was hard and short, and we didn't know what would happen afterwards. Today, people work their butts off because they know (hope) they'll be able to enjoy life in retirement - back then, people endured life hoping that they'd enjoy afterlife.


"Working our butts off" for the future hope of a payoff after retirement and after our bodies have lost all our vitality is as big a scam as all religions. It keeps the coffers lined, keeps people head down, and it's nothing but a lie. All people should be able to live free of slavery and not be duped into believing all this office work 50 hours a week ends in some magical, mystical payoff. It doesn't. I've known a TON of people who died right after retirement, and who can't do anything they wanted to do after retirement as they're too damn worn down. The entire working for another company to make them profits in return for a paltry little barely livable wage, is a scam.




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