I don’t know man. My millionaire uncle was bitching today about labor costs after the minimum wage went up in his state. “I don’t know how I’m going to make it.” He says, literally hours after I spent 60k (his money) on stuff for one of his classic cars he’s restoring.
It literally isn’t even something he realizes. He doesn’t buy his own groceries. Everything he wants he gets with ease. He doesn’t have to think about the cost. In his mind, groceries cost roughly what they did in the 80s when he was getting them for himself.
He’s a narcissist, so if I were to say to him, “Bro, they’d be starving right now without it.” I could end up on a shit list.
It has been one of my big privileges having him in my life and I love him and appreciate him, but he truly is out of touch. Completely. I would have been homeless 15 times at least without his help. I have to pay him back, but it truly is a privilege being a fuckup like me and having someone look out for me like he has.
I feel guilty even using him as an example, but I’m not wrong.
Don’t feel guilty for self-survival. This is the situation capitalism has put many of us in, harming ourselves to help other people. It’s not an easy choice.
Good news. When the world economy collapses it becomes much easier to see the class divisions.
Being out of touch implies they don’t understand the situation. They fully understand, they don’t care.
I don’t know man. My millionaire uncle was bitching today about labor costs after the minimum wage went up in his state. “I don’t know how I’m going to make it.” He says, literally hours after I spent 60k (his money) on stuff for one of his classic cars he’s restoring.
It literally isn’t even something he realizes. He doesn’t buy his own groceries. Everything he wants he gets with ease. He doesn’t have to think about the cost. In his mind, groceries cost roughly what they did in the 80s when he was getting them for himself.
He’s a narcissist, so if I were to say to him, “Bro, they’d be starving right now without it.” I could end up on a shit list.
It has been one of my big privileges having him in my life and I love him and appreciate him, but he truly is out of touch. Completely. I would have been homeless 15 times at least without his help. I have to pay him back, but it truly is a privilege being a fuckup like me and having someone look out for me like he has.
I feel guilty even using him as an example, but I’m not wrong.
Don’t feel guilty for self-survival. This is the situation capitalism has put many of us in, harming ourselves to help other people. It’s not an easy choice.
Good news. When the world economy collapses it becomes much easier to see the class divisions.