tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post1877459314934399862..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Your Destiny with Maslow and PTSD AwaitsCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-51200094680383311102018-12-18T08:36:24.917-08:002018-12-18T08:36:24.917-08:00Thanks Cap. I needed to read that today. You hit...Thanks Cap. I needed to read that today. You hit the nail on the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40697695222024635562018-12-14T13:33:42.915-08:002018-12-14T13:33:42.915-08:00It's lonely at the top, but the view is better...It's lonely at the top, but the view is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-58336657115409034732018-12-14T11:59:18.520-08:002018-12-14T11:59:18.520-08:00I think a lot of what is being written is true. I...I think a lot of what is being written is true. I think the push towards education uber alles has forced people into roles for which they are ill suited. For me, education raised me out of lower-middle class. However, I chose a profession that pays well.<br /><br />As a Gen Xer, I think the Millenials and definitely Gen Zyklon are luckier than us. The information is out there and readily available. Heck, I grew up with only 3 channels to watch on TV. Information was much more controlled. Nowadays, those that still made bad decisions without doing their due diligence reap the whirlwind.<br /><br />I do think there is a reckoning a comin'. A combination of huge national debt, destroyed families, stagnant wages, expansion of the welfare state, etc. is creating the perfect storm of something really terrible coming. It cannot be sustained.Aphronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961746944452526087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-73152256133128579292018-12-14T11:47:17.154-08:002018-12-14T11:47:17.154-08:00If you need something else to do with your self-ac...If you need something else to do with your self-actualized self, it might be interesting to go out shooting sometime.<br /><br />The wife would even appreciate dancing instruction, if you don't mind showing uncoordinated Midwesterners how it's supposed to be done.<br /><br />But that's only if you don't mind hanging out with relative normies trying to hack it at mi vida circa 1950. Best of luck, from Koop.Steffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07389334455596453447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57260813145952958332018-12-14T08:20:34.091-08:002018-12-14T08:20:34.091-08:00Bravo, Cappy.
After getting out from under debt, ...Bravo, Cappy.<br /><br />After getting out from under debt, normie-employment and a socially-imposed compulsion to impress hot chicks, I found myself asking "okay, now what?"<br /><br />If I'm honest, I'm still not sure what the answer is, but going back to the herd has never entered my head.Alt Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601417656688903206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62205907664446070542018-12-13T18:11:47.618-08:002018-12-13T18:11:47.618-08:00Cappy you read my mind.
About four years ago I fo...Cappy you read my mind.<br /><br />About four years ago I found you and Rollo. I was always a minimalist having gone thru near bankruptsy when my first was born. I worked my way up to director in a government organization. Married for 30 years since I was 24. My wife only ever wanted to be a wife and mother. Went thru the year from hell five years ago. It was just after the last kid left. We looked at each other and said now what. We split up for a while.<br />Both swallowed red pills like tic tacs. She even agrees with Rollo. "Your an asshole" is a compliment here.<br /><br />Sold our big farmhouse, scaled down to a small rented cottage in the woods outside town. When I got downsized at 54 she just said "ok I will follow whatever you need to do.". Was able to cash my pension and had a years severance.<br /><br />So there I am. Costs of maybe 2k a month, earning 5k in severence. 400k in investments from my pension. 180k in cash from selling the farm. 7 acres to play on, a dog and five horses. <br /><br />Great. For three months. Then bored out of my fucking goard.<br />So more red pills. Became a farm hand cause I like horses. Did carpentry there fixing the barn. Then the pony princess mothers need work done on mcmansions. So became a handyman at 50 an hour (outside work only and body cam, im not stupid) the walking talking half millionaire hunky handyman.<br /><br />But lost so many friuends cause the red pills are unswallowable at their age and I cant put up with the bullshit seeing them suffer. Wife lost more. " make him a sammich? Why?" Her " Because while yoiu are divorced me and him are building our retirement cottage together."<br /><br />The lonliness and at times boredom is hard. But then the freedom calls.<br /><br />My house is small, but is big enough for we.<br />My needs are few so my purse is small.<br /><br />But most of all, I do as I please<br />For me.<br /><br />Mgtowhorseman<br />Frequent visitor over at Spawnyspace<br /><br />Keep dispensing the pills Cappy.<br /><br />P.s. the video on the skills for a tradesman...show up, dont drink, etc? Classic. Send it to the kids monthly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55412881307763032722018-12-13T16:50:09.516-08:002018-12-13T16:50:09.516-08:00second. we lost some staff recently and I getta pi...second. we lost some staff recently and I getta pick up the slack for who knows who long and am now a slave to the job; it's depressing and now having knowledge that a gained from places like this; should I be able to escape this at some point; I'm not going back; I don't care if kate upton says she'll have reguloar sex if I give up 60 hours a week working; it's not worth the trade.leeholsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-34429944631420411462018-12-13T16:04:35.260-08:002018-12-13T16:04:35.260-08:00Right on! My wife will finish her Web Dev degree n...Right on! My wife will finish her Web Dev degree next year, and I'm now working as a DBA. Our goal is to be completely out of debt and maybe working from home within 5 years. Then we start buying rental properties. Thanks for all you do, Cappy!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333577934420526059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-83923214087483009512018-12-13T13:39:04.721-08:002018-12-13T13:39:04.721-08:00AKA 'Bad times make hard men.' I have yet ...AKA 'Bad times make hard men.' I have yet to make money. You make it sound so easy. You have functional people skills, i.e. marketing skills, very poised in front of video camera. To earn money is to plug in somehow. Normies smell out my alien mind. I can't feel herd camaraderie. My free advice (lol) is pursue power exclusively until can cross finish line, and never eschew power with trivial cost of ownership. No sideline safety eventually. Personal health mental, physical, and financial always comes first, with some allowance for same of biological children.'Reality' Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-2268724192104983422018-12-13T13:33:46.791-08:002018-12-13T13:33:46.791-08:00Nice work on this article Aaron. Our CEO is a big...Nice work on this article Aaron. Our CEO is a big fan of yours and sent me this link to your article.Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-19018135468866178752018-12-13T13:30:45.466-08:002018-12-13T13:30:45.466-08:00Indeed.....Indeed.....captain cryptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676008081724581027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6195121496156538532018-12-13T13:21:48.172-08:002018-12-13T13:21:48.172-08:00Yes. Started my own business at 51 after working ...Yes. Started my own business at 51 after working in the corporate world my entire life. Many hours of hard work and risk, but I kept all of the profits/losses and now am able to retire at 58. I wish that I had done it in my 20's.<br /><br />You are right about the PTSD - working with the NPC's in the corporate world does leave a mark on you that may never fully go away.<br /><br />What do I do in my retirement? Currently reading the "Great Books of the Western World" and riding my motorcycle. I figure that will keep me busy for the next three years or so. After that, who knows? I do know that I will not be showing up and filing TPS reports for some jackass. Keep up the good writing. AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-10411930463758676902018-12-13T12:16:19.143-08:002018-12-13T12:16:19.143-08:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com