Do rich people and their immense privilege bother you?

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Anonymous wrote:Rich snots entitled WASPs, yes they bother me.
Talented celebrities/artist, no. Thank and appreciate them for bringing beauty to the world. They can have all the goody bags and more.
Kim Kardasian, she is excepted. Bothers me. No talent.

Kim kardashian may not have a talent but that family did have smart business sense and did something extraordinary.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’m in the minority but I just don’t feel this way. I grew up poor, now make more money than I thought possible, and have always viewed the wealthy as people who have something I can learn. I’m not at all like the cynical pp who thinks that only the wealth can get/stay wealthy. Really rich people are an inspiration.

Me, too. It's interesting to me that most of the resentment being expressed here is from people who grew up UMC around generational wealth. I think it's because the UMC kids are entitled, themselves, and it makes them furious to find out that there are people who were given more. If you grow up poor, you realize that you're not entitled to anything. If you grew up UMC in New York, you're probably not going to know many people who moved up in life, because you're already so near the top. The "rich" people in my home town were poorer than the "middle class" people in DC. I know lots of people who are better off than their parents, because I know people who grew up poor or lower middle class. Yes, luck is part of it, but they all worked extremely hard, because they realized that they had no room for error, and no one was going to give them anything.

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I hope I know you IRL. You get it.

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Anonymous wrote:What bothers me is the gold digging women, whose main accomplishments in life are marrying a rich man and popping out 3 or 4 kids, acting like they are better than everyone else.

I know one of those...

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I know more than one of those. Opportunistic, yet judgy- funny how that works.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that with goody bags, most of that stuff will trickle down to the non-rich people in the celebrities' lives. Their managers and make-up artists and nannies and household help. The celebrities already have the money to buy all the stuff they want and will only keep the things they find particularly cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Many rich people have problems that money can't solve - with misguided kids, bad health, business problems, marriage problems. Money is the root of all evil- it multiplies the problems in your

Many poor and middle class people have the exact same problems + the lack of money problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Many rich people have problems that money can't solve - with misguided kids, bad health, business problems, marriage problems. Money is the root of all evil- it multiplies the problems in your

Many poor and middle class people have the exact same problems + the lack of money problems.

Exactly. Everyone has those problems. It’s much worse if you can’t afford health insurance, therapy, divorce lawyers, etc.
Money may not buy happiness but it definitely can make your life easier when facing a challenge.

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I went to a high school with wealthy kids and they were all kind and well-behaved. They lived in a bubble, of course! But that couldn't be helped.

Why are you spending energy overthinking this, OP? Everyone has their issues, you know.

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Anonymous wrote:Most very rich people have done immoral things to become wealthy. I don't envy people like that. I have things that they don't.

- my wife loves me not my money
- I have had one wife
- I know who my true friends are and aren't
- my kids have a good work ethic, responsible and respect a dollar
- no one has ever tried to sue me
- no one hates me for screwing them over
- my customers are happy to see me
- I sleep well at night

I am rich in life.

I started out with nothing and built a business that has made me wealthy. I can check the same boxes you posted.

Then go run your business and stop wasting time on here being a smug asshole.

How am I being a smug asshole? By mentioning I’m wealthy?

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This thread reeks of jealousy and insecurity. Maybe if you just worked hard enough, you could be more successful. Stop spending your money on Popeyes's and alcohol

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people and their privilege don't bother me until they start acting like everyone else doesn't deserve what they have, so they use their influence to enact laws and policies to undermine opportunity.

Which ones bother you, specifically.

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This thread has been brought to you by a HYP grad who worked in Biglaw for the last 10 years, and is now trying to “lean out” by securing an in-house, or government position

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What bothers me is the gold digging women, whose main accomplishments in life are marrying a rich man and popping out 3 or 4 kids, acting like they are better than everyone else.

I know one of those...

+1

I know more than one of those. Opportunistic, yet judgy- funny how that works.

I know several of f those, but they never bother me. Their lives are so not interesting, even with all the money their husband provide them.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich snots entitled WASPs, yes they bother me.
Talented celebrities/artist, no. Thank and appreciate them for bringing beauty to the world. They can have all the goody bags and more.
Kim Kardasian, she is excepted. Bothers me. No talent.

Kim kardashian may not have a talent but that family did have smart business sense and did something extraordinary.

What Jonas Salk and Bill Gates did was “extraordinary.” The Kardashians? Not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned that Oscan nominees will receive goody bags worth 100k tonight. I understand that they’re hard working and deserve their success and riches but I think 100k in gifts for already very wealthy individuals is so excessive.


I grew up middle class but my parents made a lot of sacrifices to send me to a private school with Uber rich kids. That was hard. Just seeing how easy life was for them and how privileged they were.

I don’t know why I feel almost...resentful? Even though of course it’s theirblife and they should enjoy it. It just bugged me how they were in a bubble and assumed their life was normal.

This is what is wrong with the world. This belief. Yeah sure they may work hard sometimes. However - there is about 99% of the population that is more hard working and deserves any success and riches than movie or tv Actors.

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Anonymous wrote:I learned that Oscan nominees will receive goody bags worth 100k tonight. I understand that they’re hard working and deserve their success and riches but I think 100k in gifts for already very wealthy individuals is so excessive.


I grew up middle class but my parents made a lot of sacrifices to send me to a private school with Uber rich kids. That was hard. Just seeing how easy life was for them and how privileged they were.

I don’t know why I feel almost...resentful? Even though of course it’s theirblife and they should enjoy it. It just bugged me how they were in a bubble and assumed their life was normal.

Hollywood is full of typical liberals. Everyone but themselves should share the fruits of their labor with the poor.
If they really wanted to do something about gun violence, they would stop making movies such as Die Hard and Rambo.