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I attended a top-20 US University and many of my classmates and friends had multimillionaire parents & fell into the "oblivious" camp, (like telling me $50k inc
by skrtskrt 7y ago
I attended a top-20 US University and many of my classmates and friends had multimillionaire parents & fell into the "oblivious" camp, (like telling me $50k income for an entire family was upper middle class)...
BUT their upbringing, the media they consume, and the reinforcement of beliefs through their social echo chamber makes it insanely hard to change their "obliviousness", to the point where it's not so innocent anymore - more like willful ignorance.
- refurb 7y agoI knew a guy in graduate school who had never held a "crap" job like working the register at a retail store or working as a janitor. His parents made sure he never had to take summer jobs to pay for schooling. His first job out of school was at an investment bank. The world of blue collar work was entirely foreign to him.
- ngngngng 7y agoI had a rich roommate that once remarked that "most people make more than $400k a year." He had made it to college and believed that most people lived in a literal 1% salary.