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I mean, people don't like thinking they are part of the problem, that's not horribly surprising. I don't think it's really surprising that most of tech thinks

I mean, people don't like thinking they are part of the problem, that's not horribly surprising. I don't think it's really surprising that most of tech thinks wealth inequality is not about them while being in the 1%. Or moving and driving up prices in places with much lower median incomes so they can have a better quality of living. It's the amorphous, abstract, system you see, not them. They are not part of the problem.

skrebbel 3y ago
Tbf I disagree that being rich automatically makes you part of the problem. I merely think it disqualifies you from playing the victim card.
- DannyBee 3y ago
  Sure. I think that's right - you can be rich and helpful, and rich and unhelpful. What is happening now seems to be a claim of not being rich at all, which is honestly just weird.
  - skrebbel 3y ago
    Yep! :-)
somsak2 3y ago
300k/year is only 1/3 of the way towards being in the to top 1% for the Bay Area -- https://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/26/13062348/top-one-percent-bay-area-cities https://sf.curbed.com/2016/9/26/13062348/top-one-percent-bay... >the average one percent household in the larger San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City region makes a whopping $3.5 million plus.
- DannyBee 3y ago
  Sure, you can always find a subgroup you are not part of the 1% in, i'm not sure what your point is? You can also use the average instead of the median, and get a much higher required income for the top 1% :) The median household (ie entire family) income in the US is 70k. Even in california it's ~100k. The point was clear - Tech is very wealthy, and believes they are just the random common person.