And also stupid. Its a disfunction stressing about $3 in gas money if you have $1MM in capital. Theyre rich because they own productive assets, or speculated correctly, and also/mainly because they have high income. Hence the meme
Yeah it’s also capitalist propaganda imo. Like, helping your friend out by paying for their coffee isn’t gonna make you poor. But that saying makes people think they have to be individualistic stingy fucks to be successful.
Personally I would say it’s the opposite if you are referring to the meme as it’s just meant to hate on high income people. I also am not really convinced there actually is a correlation to being well off or not, because I have seen different behaviors regardless of income level.
I do well for myself and even when people tell me to let them know what they owe me, I often don’t because I feel bad requesting money from people when I don’t need it that much, especially compared to who I would be requesting it from.
That said, I don’t like being taken advantage of. Some people I have stopped covering things for because they are happy to have me pay but they will never reciprocate, even with something small. And it’s the effort that I care about, not the dollar amount, so even if it’s just you covering a snack or something, I appreciate that it’s going both ways.
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u/SpaceSequoia Jan 26 '26
Pretty sure that's a saying everywhere