English teaching can be a decent option, but don't think that American Beauty contains some sort of deep insight.
When I was 20 years old and a lazy cynical pot head, I saw that movie and thought it contained some sort of wisdom.
In reality, in my post red pill world view, the problem wasn't/isn't the system and American culture, the problem was that Lester Burnham was a whiny little beta bitch.
I mean seriously, oh woe is me, I have a stable job that affords me the ability to have a house and car and live in a safe neighborhood....but it doesn't make me HAPPPPPYYYYYYYYY, wah wah wah wah.
It would have been a very different movie if Lester had always worked out, had hobbies, took an occasional trip to Colombia, maybe owned a second home there, and either got promoted at his job or started his own business or just lived frugally and invested.
His wife also wouldn't be a neurotic bitch if he was more alpha, she would likely be about 10-15 years younger and Asian or Latina.
My point is, the USA is one of the best places in the world to stack cash and move up the economic ladder and set yourself up with future options.
It is what you make of it. The opportunity is there. If you end up like Lester, that's your problem, not the system.
As an English teacher in some 2nd/3rd world authoritarian or poorly governed country you won't advance much, unless you go to one of the high money countries in Asia or ME, save religiously, and do something smart with the money.
When I was 20 years old and a lazy cynical pot head, I saw that movie and thought it contained some sort of wisdom.
In reality, in my post red pill world view, the problem wasn't/isn't the system and American culture, the problem was that Lester Burnham was a whiny little beta bitch.
I mean seriously, oh woe is me, I have a stable job that affords me the ability to have a house and car and live in a safe neighborhood....but it doesn't make me HAPPPPPYYYYYYYYY, wah wah wah wah.
It would have been a very different movie if Lester had always worked out, had hobbies, took an occasional trip to Colombia, maybe owned a second home there, and either got promoted at his job or started his own business or just lived frugally and invested.
His wife also wouldn't be a neurotic bitch if he was more alpha, she would likely be about 10-15 years younger and Asian or Latina.
My point is, the USA is one of the best places in the world to stack cash and move up the economic ladder and set yourself up with future options.
It is what you make of it. The opportunity is there. If you end up like Lester, that's your problem, not the system.
As an English teacher in some 2nd/3rd world authoritarian or poorly governed country you won't advance much, unless you go to one of the high money countries in Asia or ME, save religiously, and do something smart with the money.
"Me llaman el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido"