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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone getting focussed on the taxing the rich to death bit...which I disagree with, but no one addressing the out of touch piece.  DCUM folks are willfully out of touch about how the rest of society lives.  And they fail to recognize that hard work in and of itself does not translate into making loads of money.  Nor does it mean that you are smarter than people making less money than you do.  Lots of brilliant physicians, scientists, professors making a whole lot less than Big Law and overpaid government contractors.  Just acknowledge **that**.  You picked a profitable career but it does not make you more hard working/smarter than others.  I think some people just need to justify the obscene amount of money they make.  [/quote]

Agreed. DCUM is purposefully missing the point, which is on trend.

I also think that the OP is narrowly focused on the DCUM folks which appear to have inherited wealth. It's those folks that are grossly out of touch and privileged. Think the Ivanka Trumps of the world who've never had to work, struggle or really understand what it means to make a buck. If you haven't ever struggled financially, empathy is usually wanting. Self awareness, too. [/quote]
+1 ITA..

for those of us who came from nothing, like immigrants with no education and not able to speak English, we know we are lucky and privileged, but most of us also did earn it.  We worked hard, sacrified a lot, and lived really frugally.  That's not to say that everyone who does this will make it, but the majority of those who grew up poorer but made it did so by living this way.  Of course there is some luck involved like timing or not falling seriously ill, but there is also a lot of hard work and sacrifices that went into getting to where we are.

Don't be dissmissive of that, either.[/quote]

this has been the story of the US from its founding.  People escape the poverty and oppression of their origin, come here, and in 1 or 2 or 3 generations become successful beyond whatever they might achieve in their homelands.  That might mean being a cop or a firefighter, or starting a company and becoming incredibly wealthy.   Either way, to live in the US is have a level of freedom, wealth, and security unavailable to most of the rest of world.  This what makes America exceptional.  [/quote]
Not disagreeing, but you know this can happen in some other countries as well. [/quote]

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