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Key quote from one of the comments: "The secret shame of the American Middle Class is that they listen to people telling them 'it's not your fault' too much."
by mfoy_ 11y ago
Key quote from one of the comments:
"The secret shame of the American Middle Class is that they listen to people telling them 'it's not your fault' too much."
- kamaal 11y agoWhy wouldn't they? Human tendency is to always find somebody else to fix the blame on. I know a lot of friends from school who would blame teachers for failing in tests and exams. They didn't get too far in life. Like school, adults can always blame bankers or some secret cabal in the cellar for their problem instead of having to look inwards.
- turar 11y agoThere's a large number of people that believe it's not their fault, e.g. comments here http://www.metafilter.com/158762/The-Secret-Shame-of-Middle-Class-Americans http://www.metafilter.com/158762/The-Secret-Shame-of-Middle-...
- mfoy_ 11y agoWow... "My wife just lost her job, and I'm not sure how/if I can pay the rent this month. So yeah, I'm right in that category. Only I'm not ashamed, I'm angry." That's not middle class, that's called living paycheque to paycheque, or hand to mouth.