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Who is the "you" here? Given that this is a tech focused website, I bet a lot of people on here have done very well in recent years. Hard to consider the 20- an
by esoterica 6y ago
Who is the "you" here? Given that this is a tech focused website, I bet a lot of people on here have done very well in recent years. Hard to consider the 20- and 30- something year olds making $500k/year at a FAANG or a few million dollars when the unicorn they work for IPOs an oppressed class.
- cratermoon 6y agoAnd yet they are. Petite bourgeoisie and all that.
- l3v3ll 6y ago20- and 30- somethings at FAANG is hardly a picture of America as a whole. Also if 20- and 30- somethings ignore the rest of our neighbors in other fields because “F you got mine”, we’re hardly better than the elitists.
- catawbasam 6y agoBetter than the elitists? They are the elite.
- l3v3ll 6y agoHa! I was going to edit my post with exactly that, that is correct. 500K/year is probably top 2%?
- ryandrake 6y agoThe elite are not the ones making a tech salary and spending 1/4 of it on their rent. The elite are the few who are writing those tech salary paychecks.
- l3v3ll 6y agoAgreed. The difference between the top .01% and top 2% is many magnitudes larger than the difference between those 2% and the other 98%. (Sorry no source.). But both seem to contribute to the increasing inequality.
- esoterica 6y agoI bet the people making $7.25 an hour would consider the $500k/year FAANG crowd pretty elite. Also if you own enough tech stock then you are also kind of writing the paychecks.
- detaro 6y agoThat's a small part even of the people here.