Funny to see how far I am downvoted for stating the obvious: if your family was doing well while everybody else was worse under an oppressive regime, they were

Funny to see how far I am downvoted for stating the obvious: if your family was doing well while everybody else was worse under an oppressive regime, they were certainly doing something for the oppressive regime... It would be more obvious if someone was talking about their family living a "happy life" during apartheid or in North Korea.