• thingAmaBob@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Yeah, we do a lot of inner fighting and it is difficult to get through it. I even find myself getting frustrated at people, who earn twice as much as me, complaining about how they live paycheck to paycheck. The cost of living is not high here (and I save a lot myself), and I think about the wealth I could build if I had their income; basically I think, “why are you complaining??” But we have to remember we are on the same team. We are all ultimately getting screwed over by the owner class.

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      a lot of people are just idiots who don’t understand that money in has to be less than money out.

      i’m not on their team. like I’m sorry you chose to be a bicycle mechanic because you think it’s ‘cool’ and you only make 30K a year, but if you choose to spend 20% of your yearly wage on traveling each year… and whine about how poor you are, you’re just an asshole. nobody is forcing you to spend 6000 traveling, you choose to do that and you choose to keep yourself poor by not saving and investing in yourself and/or seeking a career that offers better wages. even more so when you shit on other people who have better jobs than you for being ‘rich boring losers’. i won’t even go on about the ‘artist’ crowd I’m all too familiar with.

      a lot of idiots love to be miserable and glorify their self-imposed poverty. no matter their income level. i’ve dated doctors who made 500K a year who did nothing but complain about how poor they were.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      That guy earning twice as much as you is still far closer to you than to the guy above him. He may make twice the amount as you, but the guy above both of you makes literally 400 times as much (per day sometimes). It’s like you said, we’re all on the same team.