I agree, but we gotta be more thoughtful about it.
I recently had a crazy interaction where I was apparently “The Rich” that needs eaten because I landed a job with a good salary.
Working people aren’t the enemy, needs to be made clear as well. Hell, even corporate headwigs raking in a few million aren’t even close to your enemy in this regard either.
Sounds like jealousy honestly. I’ve had a couple conversations here in the past that because I went out and started my own electrical contracting business instead of working for someone that all of a sudden in the bourgeoise. Like, dude, why in the hell would I keep myself in a position of struggling when I have the skillset and knowledge to make a lot more money, though I’m in a small tourist town so it’s not like I have a bunch of commercial contracts. I have one employee, who makes damn good money for an apprentice. I don’t have health insurance because I can’t fucking afford it without being back in the poor house. I ain’t affording a house anytime soon, and my rent is $2k/month. Most of my gains for this year are going to be diminished because I have to buy a new truck to replace my old car with almost 200k miles on it, and interest rates are fucked. And then taxes take the rest because this country hates people striking out on their own. I make just enough to be slightly ahead of myself year over year, but my wife and I aren’t on a beach in Bora Bora eating bons bons.
Point is, people are angry, and I get it, I’m pretty irritated too. But don’t let people drag you down for your successes just because they’re subscribing to the crabs in a bucket mentality.
I agree, but we gotta be more thoughtful about it.
I recently had a crazy interaction where I was apparently “The Rich” that needs eaten because I landed a job with a good salary.
Working people aren’t the enemy, needs to be made clear as well. Hell, even corporate headwigs raking in a few million aren’t even close to your enemy in this regard either.
Sounds like jealousy honestly. I’ve had a couple conversations here in the past that because I went out and started my own electrical contracting business instead of working for someone that all of a sudden in the bourgeoise. Like, dude, why in the hell would I keep myself in a position of struggling when I have the skillset and knowledge to make a lot more money, though I’m in a small tourist town so it’s not like I have a bunch of commercial contracts. I have one employee, who makes damn good money for an apprentice. I don’t have health insurance because I can’t fucking afford it without being back in the poor house. I ain’t affording a house anytime soon, and my rent is $2k/month. Most of my gains for this year are going to be diminished because I have to buy a new truck to replace my old car with almost 200k miles on it, and interest rates are fucked. And then taxes take the rest because this country hates people striking out on their own. I make just enough to be slightly ahead of myself year over year, but my wife and I aren’t on a beach in Bora Bora eating bons bons.
Point is, people are angry, and I get it, I’m pretty irritated too. But don’t let people drag you down for your successes just because they’re subscribing to the crabs in a bucket mentality.