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As someone who left a lower middle class upbringing in formerly communist Europe and arrived at upper middle class coastal USA life ... eh it’s doable. People a
by Swizec 6y ago
As someone who left a lower middle class upbringing in formerly communist Europe and arrived at upper middle class coastal USA life ... eh it’s doable. People are just lazy and like to bitch and moan and avoid responsibility for their lives.
- willis936 6y agoSpoken like someone who has no idea what they’re talking about.
- Swizec 6y agoHow so? I’m living proof that you can still pull off the social mobility part of the american dream. Arrived in this country with some $3000 to my name, now here we are 5 years later I am little different than any other spoiled coastal US person.
- willis936 6y agoYes. I believe that someone rich enough to move from Russia (and the correct ethnicity) had only $3000. In those 5 years you also spent $100,000 on an education so that you could get a job that paid you well? Was an education not part of the “$3,000” or are you saying the American Dream is to be very white, gamble with your life, and be very lucky?
- throwlaplace 6y agoyou're a white guy that moved from slovenia with a degree already and $3000 in cash. slovenia isn't moldova or romania or ukraine - gdp per capita ppp is 36k. your $3000 is twice the median savings of black people and hispanics in this country https://www.valuepenguin.com/banking/average-savings-account-balance#median-savings-balance-by-race https://www.valuepenguin.com/banking/average-savings-account... what social mobility? you were middle class and you're still middle class my family actually immigrated as poor people (refugees) 30 years ago from a shit country (moldova) and we're all doing very well in tech now but that doesn't mean i'm blind to the inequalities faced by systematically marginalized people.
- throwlaplace 6y agoЯ так же сама приехал в Америку из восточной Европы и я согласен: ты вообще нечего не понимаешь про ситуацию для бедных здесь. Прекрати говорить такую фигню.