Escaping the permanent underclass

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html

What strategies are you embarking on to make sure you and your family are going to escape the permanent underclass?

[Anonymous]

None. I've made peace with my place in life.

[Anonymous]

I doubt many people on here are underclass.

[Anonymous]

The same strategies as ever, live frugally, save my money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. I've made peace with my place in life.

+1

Foolish scrambling and obsessing is for strivers. Who end up behind anyway.

[Anonymous]

As Baz Luhrmann wisely stated:

"The race is long and hard. And in the end, it's only with yourself."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt many people on here are underclass.

The line between 500k (solidly middle class) and permanent poverty is thin indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I doubt many people on here are underclass.

The line between 500k (solidly middle class) and permanent poverty is thin indeed.

Paycheck to paycheck!

[Anonymous]

I wish that I had a viable as well as resourceful way to work my way higher up the food chain of life.

Because I currently hate my lot in life - - I HATE feeling like an underdog consistently & always feeling less than everyone around me. 👎🏽

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html

What strategies are you embarking on to make sure you and your family are going to escape the permanent underclass?

Selling kilos of coke

[Anonymous]

We never thought building wealth depended on our salaries, DH and I, so we invested in high tech stocks. We've made millions, which we plan to entrust to our kids, so they can continue to invest in emerging technologies. As for jobs, we're not entirely sure what's ahead. Our kids' interest are mainly research or analysis-oriented, one in military security and the other in biomedical research... are these jobs going to go away? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We never thought building wealth depended on our salaries, DH and I, so we invested in high tech stocks. We've made millions, which we plan to entrust to our kids, so they can continue to invest in emerging technologies. As for jobs, we're not entirely sure what's ahead. Our kids' interest are mainly research or analysis-oriented, one in military security and the other in biomedical research... are these jobs going to go away? I don't think so.

That's gambling and a sin according to the posters here that don't believe in God.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know how the moderator does it but this is the only forum I know of where there is no underclass presence. Check Facebook or Twitter for some actual underclass opinions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We never thought building wealth depended on our salaries, DH and I, so we invested in high tech stocks. We've made millions, which we plan to entrust to our kids, so they can continue to invest in emerging technologies. As for jobs, we're not entirely sure what's ahead. Our kids' interest are mainly research or analysis-oriented, one in military security and the other in biomedical research... are these jobs going to go away? I don't think so.

Ok? You speculated and it paid off.

How exactly did you make millions off a presumably modest salary? Leverage? What if it went sideways, would you be homeless — or did you have family who could bail you out? For some of us speculative investments aren’t viable because of a company goes Enron, we could end up in dire straights. And don’t pretend you had any real acumen here.

[Anonymous]

Try to be smart and beautiful and marry up!!