The vibe I get from these articles is "see, even losers like you can be successful and independent if you tried just a bit harder". They also never mentions about how they paid for uni and have no family responsibilities whatsoever. If feel like Citations Needed needs to do a breakdown of these tropes.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They kinda already did. It's old, but Episode 77: Frugality Fables and the Poor-Shaming Grift of Financial Advice Journalism covers a lot of this

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Good spot!

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

That may be the intention, but I think you'd have to be a neolib true believer for the article to read as anything but deeply dystopian

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-77-frugality-fables-and-the-poor-shaming-grift-of-financial-advice-journalism

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Good spot!

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

their definition of "success and independence" is also stupid, like imagine calling your economic system "the best possible outcome with no alternative" with all the best modern amenities etc. when you define "success" as being free from it... by not using these modern amenities to save money while wageslaving

dumb system run by evil morons

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

I thought this was a dunk tank post at first.