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I thought I was giving my kids the best childhood ever until my 4-year-old asked why we didn't own a 'bigger golf cart' (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (40 children)

$150 a month for her dog's health insurance...

And she's calling herself "middle class" like she lives in the burbs....

The wealthy always think of themselves as "middle class" because they know people wealthier.

Just because billionaires exist doesn't mean millionaires who take annual child free vacations are suddenly "middle class".

They just don't want to actually admit they're wealthy and wasting a shit ton of money that should be going to taxes.

[+] Emmie@lemmings.world -22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)

Idk why you guys are so obsessed about millionaires here. We aren’t some evil devils that you can put all the blame for your problems on. It’s just life some are wealthier some are poorer. It was like that since forever and it will be like this forever except in this system you also have a chance for success unlike feudalism where everything was 100% predetermined.

In literally every system that ever existed there was someone wealthier and someone poorer what matters is the dynamics, can the poorer become wealthy, can the wealthy lose money if they stop being productive proportionally to their wealth? This is the problem

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

Idk why you guys are so obsessed about millionaires here

Because they keep denying they're the 1% and claim to be "middle class" and need tax breaks because the 0.1% exist.

When they're still causing problems for the rest of the 99%

It was like that since forever and it will be like this forever

At this point, it's real hard to think you're not trolling...

Like just statistically, very very few people would ever legitimately try to use that argument these days after sooooooooooo many people have been shooting it down for centuries.