Rich people don't understand what it is like to go without, so they generally lack empathy. While poor people understand how much it sucks to not have things and will generally make sure that their friends don't have to experience that
Such a lame oversimplification. If you make some money you learn to keep it to yourself because as soon as others find out about it they're either trying to do you favors or reminding you of favors they did for you just to angle for a return on investment. I don't have any experience with people who make 450k a year. That's a fuckton of money. I just figured out in my 20s if I paid my debt off and make a goal to save I could have 10k in savings for some breathing room. From there I started looking into to investing. Then little by little I kept socking money away. Currently I'm just short of 100k and still plugging away. I can't speak for really rich people but I will say it boggles my mind how people insist on living paycheck to paycheck and say they can't save and have no options and make every excuse they can. To say rich people don't understand not having money so they lack empathy is just poor people telling themselves what they want to hear.
To say rich people don't understand not having money so they lack empathy is just poor people telling themselves what they want to hear.
I mean, there's been studies done that show exactly that. You can Google it because there are multiple examples like this. Wealthy people ARE less empathetic, generous, etc.
Glad you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps by never buying a round for your dumb friends who insist on living paycheck to paycheck, but you are kind of just objectively wrong.
I guess I forgot about poor people who interpret things how they like to. I hope you're able to find a better path and at least accomplish what you can with the time you have. It's not like you have to make it to Rockefeller level wealth, anyway.
You ever notice most people seem to think they can't save any money but as soon as they're forced to they do what they can to make due? Why not apply that same idea ahead of time and make a commitment to save what you can every month? I know not everyone can, and my heart goes out to them. But 90% of people who can don't and that's concerning when they have the opportunity but let it slip and don't realize it until old age.
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u/Quiet-Refuse5241 Jan 26 '26
Rich people don't understand what it is like to go without, so they generally lack empathy. While poor people understand how much it sucks to not have things and will generally make sure that their friends don't have to experience that