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I'm rich, the police still didn't do anything when someone broke into my car.

uoaei 4y ago
"Rich" is not merely "high income" nor "upper class". You're not in the club if you have enough free time to spend commenting on HN.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  There are commenters here who are definitely rich.
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  HN works fine on yachts and Gulfstreams from what I'm told.
- MomoXenosaga 4y ago
  I don't know man being the kind of sheltered person complaining that the police doesn't drop everything for your meme e-bike sounds rich enough for me.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  > You're not in the club if you have enough free time to spend commenting on HN. Musk has enough time to spend on Twitter. Don't see how "being rich" precludes commenting on teh interwebz.
  - wishinghand 4y ago
    Sure he shitposts, but he also manipulates billions of dollars of stocks too.
- t-3 4y ago
  If you have obligations that prevent you from doing whatever the fuck you want with your time, you're not rich. Rich equals does not have to work.
  - vba616 4y ago
    "you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit."
  - uoaei 4y ago
    I take it you've never spent time with rich people. They are always on two kicks: self-improvement or making more money. If they have "free time" they are travelling and reading books, not spending time with not-rich people, except perhaps as a safari to understand them better.
    - t-3 4y ago
      I take it you don't know what "obligations" are. Hint: they're not something you do as a choice.
dahinds 4y ago
Not rich enough, evidently.
carbadtraingood 4y ago
You aren't rich, if a stolen car was a concern. Police forces were literally created to protect capital, and then back ported to supporting local communities. The parent poster is correct, police exist primarily to protect the interests of capital - that's literally their history.
- astrange 4y ago
  Police in the US exist to protect themselves. They don't care if you're rich or the embodiment of capital or not. They won't do things that would put themselves at risk, and they won't get fired for not doing their jobs. Saying "thing A was originally B therefore A is secretly B now" doesn't seem to usually be true.
- deleted 4y ago
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akomtu 4y ago
The minimum bar of richness is probably when the police chief is a buddy of your buddy. A couple millions in assets isn't enough.
- vba616 4y ago
  Are you talking about SF exclusively? All the anecdotal evidence I have (US, non-SF) suggests being connected or related to the local police is a blue collar signifier. I'm not arguing that it isn't some sort of privilege, but suggesting that you also have to have "a couple millions" first sounds peculiar to me.

"Rich" is not merely "high income" nor "upper class". You're not in the club if you have enough free time to spend commenting on HN.

ceejayoz 4y ago
There are commenters here who are definitely rich.
vorpalhex 4y ago
HN works fine on yachts and Gulfstreams from what I'm told.
MomoXenosaga 4y ago
I don't know man being the kind of sheltered person complaining that the police doesn't drop everything for your meme e-bike sounds rich enough for me.
Beltalowda 4y ago
> You're not in the club if you have enough free time to spend commenting on HN. Musk has enough time to spend on Twitter. Don't see how "being rich" precludes commenting on teh interwebz.
- wishinghand 4y ago
  Sure he shitposts, but he also manipulates billions of dollars of stocks too.
t-3 4y ago
If you have obligations that prevent you from doing whatever the fuck you want with your time, you're not rich. Rich equals does not have to work.
- vba616 4y ago
  "you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit."
- uoaei 4y ago
  I take it you've never spent time with rich people. They are always on two kicks: self-improvement or making more money. If they have "free time" they are travelling and reading books, not spending time with not-rich people, except perhaps as a safari to understand them better.
  - t-3 4y ago
    I take it you don't know what "obligations" are. Hint: they're not something you do as a choice.

dahinds 4y ago

Not rich enough, evidently.

carbadtraingood 4y ago

You aren't rich, if a stolen car was a concern. Police forces were literally created to protect capital, and then back ported to supporting local communities. The parent poster is correct, police exist primarily to protect the interests of capital - that's literally their history.

astrange 4y ago
Police in the US exist to protect themselves. They don't care if you're rich or the embodiment of capital or not. They won't do things that would put themselves at risk, and they won't get fired for not doing their jobs. Saying "thing A was originally B therefore A is secretly B now" doesn't seem to usually be true.
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akomtu 4y ago

The minimum bar of richness is probably when the police chief is a buddy of your buddy. A couple millions in assets isn't enough.

vba616 4y ago
Are you talking about SF exclusively? All the anecdotal evidence I have (US, non-SF) suggests being connected or related to the local police is a blue collar signifier. I'm not arguing that it isn't some sort of privilege, but suggesting that you also have to have "a couple millions" first sounds peculiar to me.