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This person is writing from a lifetime of being poor, not being cash poor in-the-moment because of a salary. This article resonates strongly with me. I grew up
by sidlls 5y ago
This person is writing from a lifetime of being poor, not being cash poor in-the-moment because of a salary.
This article resonates strongly with me. I grew up poor, too, and even though I have a 7 figure net worth now one of the first things I consider for anything is the cost. I don't have to, but I still do. I eat the low rent snacks and I use the company's daily cafeteria allowance to eat a sensible lunch and then take the rest home to share with the family. Being poor in America isn't just about money--it's about the psychological barriers and oppression that are erected.
- colinmhayes 5y agoI grew up upper middle class and do the same thing. I know generationally wealthy people that do too.
- sidlls 5y agoBut you didn't and don't have to just to survive, and neither do those with generational wealth. The context certainly matters.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI thought your point was the psychology: you don't have to anymore but you still do.
- sidlls 5y agoYes, but the person I responded to never had to, except perhaps to consider how often rather than whether. Those with generational wealth never had to for any reason. Those are important differences in context.