According to the dictionary, these are the best definitions of:
Need - require something because it is essential or important.
Debt - something, typically money, that is owed or due; the state of owing money.
Freedom - the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
Notice "require and essential", "owed or due; the state of owing money" and "not being imprisoned or enslaved".
Require and essential are things like air, food, water, sleep, sex, shelter, expelling waste and clothes to protect us from the cold. Your body "requires" air, food, water, sleep, secretion and clothes. They are "essential" to your life. The things that people most owed is money to someone or corporation, and you have to work a job in order to obtain money, which you enslave for, and pay the "debt" you "owed". Working "without the choice to choose" not to work because today you want to spend time with your children, family or friends is being "imprisoned". You cannot escape your job because you just bought this very expensive car on finance that your body or mind does not require. And now, you have to work or "enslave" your body in order to obtain money to pay off the money you owed to the automobile corporation. You begin to see the connection here.
Where is freedom? The government not allowing us to build our own shelter, instead, subjugate us to pay someone else for a place to protect our body from the rain, cold and danger, we are being imprisoned. And having to work a job for someone in order to have a shelter, the government is enslaving us.
When your needs exceed your finance, that is when you have debt. As human beings, we do not have that many needs, not more than we give ourselves or society tells us through the media, television and commercials. Physiologically as a living organism you only have some important needs such as the need for air, food, water, sleep, sex and expelling waste. These are the most important needs we should focus on as the humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow puts it.
Take a good look at animals and ask yourself: Do animals need material wealth and luxury? Why do we need them? It is all because of our ego. The ego gives rise to status and social class. The need to drive a fancy car and live in a luxurious home all stem from the human need to be respected and feel important. Look at Kings and Emperors - what do they have in common?
Excessive or more than you need to survive is greed. Greed is what puts you in debt. The majority of people mistake greed for financial freedom. Greed is having more than you need so you can spend it lavishly. "Financial freedom" is actually a misnomer. It is a term created by capitalists. To me, it means the ability to see what you need and what you do not need so that you know how to spend what you have and make wise decisions on your finance. Having food to eat, a shelter to protect you from the elements, enough clothes to warm you, healthcare or medicines and some leisure time with your love ones are enough. If you let your id indulges you in excessive needs, you will likely borrow from credit, which puts you in debt. Being in debt is one of the biggest factor of stress and unhappiness. It is the greatest killer of financial freedom. People like Robert Kiyosaki talks about good debt versus bad debt all the times. This guy is a hypocrite. Do not listen to him. There is no such thing as "good debt". All debts are bad. Owing something to someone is bad because it gives you stress and worry about having to find money to pay back.
Need - require something because it is essential or important.
Debt - something, typically money, that is owed or due; the state of owing money.
Freedom - the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
Notice "require and essential", "owed or due; the state of owing money" and "not being imprisoned or enslaved".
Require and essential are things like air, food, water, sleep, sex, shelter, expelling waste and clothes to protect us from the cold. Your body "requires" air, food, water, sleep, secretion and clothes. They are "essential" to your life. The things that people most owed is money to someone or corporation, and you have to work a job in order to obtain money, which you enslave for, and pay the "debt" you "owed". Working "without the choice to choose" not to work because today you want to spend time with your children, family or friends is being "imprisoned". You cannot escape your job because you just bought this very expensive car on finance that your body or mind does not require. And now, you have to work or "enslave" your body in order to obtain money to pay off the money you owed to the automobile corporation. You begin to see the connection here.
Where is freedom? The government not allowing us to build our own shelter, instead, subjugate us to pay someone else for a place to protect our body from the rain, cold and danger, we are being imprisoned. And having to work a job for someone in order to have a shelter, the government is enslaving us.
When your needs exceed your finance, that is when you have debt. As human beings, we do not have that many needs, not more than we give ourselves or society tells us through the media, television and commercials. Physiologically as a living organism you only have some important needs such as the need for air, food, water, sleep, sex and expelling waste. These are the most important needs we should focus on as the humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow puts it.
Take a good look at animals and ask yourself: Do animals need material wealth and luxury? Why do we need them? It is all because of our ego. The ego gives rise to status and social class. The need to drive a fancy car and live in a luxurious home all stem from the human need to be respected and feel important. Look at Kings and Emperors - what do they have in common?
Excessive or more than you need to survive is greed. Greed is what puts you in debt. The majority of people mistake greed for financial freedom. Greed is having more than you need so you can spend it lavishly. "Financial freedom" is actually a misnomer. It is a term created by capitalists. To me, it means the ability to see what you need and what you do not need so that you know how to spend what you have and make wise decisions on your finance. Having food to eat, a shelter to protect you from the elements, enough clothes to warm you, healthcare or medicines and some leisure time with your love ones are enough. If you let your id indulges you in excessive needs, you will likely borrow from credit, which puts you in debt. Being in debt is one of the biggest factor of stress and unhappiness. It is the greatest killer of financial freedom. People like Robert Kiyosaki talks about good debt versus bad debt all the times. This guy is a hypocrite. Do not listen to him. There is no such thing as "good debt". All debts are bad. Owing something to someone is bad because it gives you stress and worry about having to find money to pay back.