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This is a hard pill for society to swallow. On the poor end people legitimately feel like they are not well off because they have so much less than many others.
by gitfan86 5y ago
This is a hard pill for society to swallow. On the poor end people legitimately feel like they are not well off because they have so much less than many others. On the high end, rich people don't like the idea that 200 years from now they will be seen as relatively poor.
- beepbooptheory 5y agoCould unpack that second part some more? I never heard of that line of thought.
- salemh 5y ago
- RealityVoid 5y agoI think on the contrary, contemporary culture doesn't care as much about legacy or image as other cultures in the past. I think it glorifies "hustle" and "profit" much more than legacy.
- avgcorrection 5y agoI bet that being poor is in fact a harder pill to swallow than all of that.