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I think it happens in equal parts, although on the media side you will rarely, if ever, see critiques of the wealthy. But fish through reddit, youtube, twitter,
by gavanwoolery 10y ago
I think it happens in equal parts, although on the media side you will rarely, if ever, see critiques of the wealthy. But fish through reddit, youtube, twitter, and facebook, and you won't have a hard time finding people that hate successful people for no good reason (Markus Persson is a good example; I remember the day he bought his house, someone commented "respect lost"), and almost daily you see pointless negativity towards his success on Twitter.
- hackuser 10y agoYou made the claims before, but can you back them up? The fact that somewhere on Reddit, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook you can find it happening isn't data or evidence, or even a meaningful anecdote. You can find anything and everything expressed in those massive forums.
- gavanwoolery 10y agoIsn't a common occurrence meaningful evidence (regardless if someone says it on reddit or in a conversation at a bar)? I am kind of surprised that there are people who have seemingly not encountered this attitude. I don't have an academic study on it or anything, but maybe someone has done that. A quick google reveals stuff like: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-hate-rich-people https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-hate-rich-people
- hackuser 10y ago> Isn't a common occurrence meaningful evidence We have no idea on how common it is. Common, in your experience is just an anecdote (and humans, including me, are bad at subjectively judging things like that).
- gavanwoolery 10y agoAh, I see :) Yes, I have no measurements or anything like that, just a gut feeling based on how frequently I have seen it, which could easily be biased.