Honestly even people earning $130k, who consider themselves to part of the "elite" are deluding themselves.
At any moment their boss could fire them, and if they aren't able to find another high paying job, they are in with everyone else.
I've seen this happen to many people (especially older people, especially women and minorities) who are something like "Senior manager of business intelligence pipeline logistics" who get fired and suddenly have to take a job earning $30k a year, because they don't save much and live a life as though they are one of the elite who will always have that big income.
Being actually wealthy means at a minimum someone can't walk up to you and say that they have decided your life will change and your quality of life will drop dramatically.
chewy_rat on December 13rd, 2019 at 13:18 UTC »
You are not a capitalist. You are the capital.
thinkB4WeSpeak on December 13rd, 2019 at 14:09 UTC »
No not yet. If I and everyone else works really hard we all can be billionaires.
Abawer137 on December 13rd, 2019 at 14:24 UTC »
Honestly even people earning $130k, who consider themselves to part of the "elite" are deluding themselves.
At any moment their boss could fire them, and if they aren't able to find another high paying job, they are in with everyone else.
I've seen this happen to many people (especially older people, especially women and minorities) who are something like "Senior manager of business intelligence pipeline logistics" who get fired and suddenly have to take a job earning $30k a year, because they don't save much and live a life as though they are one of the elite who will always have that big income.
Being actually wealthy means at a minimum someone can't walk up to you and say that they have decided your life will change and your quality of life will drop dramatically.