r/FluentInFinance • u/AdFar3727 • 5d ago

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Why are there so many people who couldn’t get a C- in high school personal finance in a sub that is called fluent in finance?

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u/theunclescrooge 5d ago

So much political bs!! 😡

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u/BornAd7924 5d ago

How can you possibly discuss money or finance without talking politics? The entire financial conversation IS politics.

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u/VortexMagus 5d ago

I agree! The core of politics is the allocation and distribution of resources. It's central to any discussion of the economy.

A lot of people want to slam their heads into the sand and pretend that housing, taxes, interest rates, and trade are not affected at all by politics, but they're just wrong.

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u/BornAd7924 5d ago

People love to avoid the fact that even having the idea of a “free market”, getting paid money, spending money, the very existence of money are all political policies and choices. The opposite of that is true too, the idea of a barter based society, a utopian society where class and money don’t exist, all of it, EVERYTHING is politics. That’s what a society is.