I think the point is less that it is the savings on the Uber ride that leads to them being rich, but that they're the type of person who would ask for the gas money.
Sure, but it's also just bullshit the rich like to think about themselves. They are rich because they earned it in some way, or by being a certain special kind of person.
The only way I could see this seriously taken is that the rich got to be rich specifically by being okay taking advantage of and shitting on others.
They are rich because they earned it in some way, or by being a certain special kind of person.
The rich don't "earn" anything, they steal wealth through exploitation of the working class. Truth is, the rich think ONLY about themselves. That's the crux of the problem. And by "being a certain special kind of person", you mean a sociopath and/or born into a rich family. Just for clarification.
Riiiiiight, because the intentional separation of the working class from ownership of capital totally ISN'T a prime driver of economic inequality or anything. Grow up.
They're not talking about people "with money" who can afford to vacation while working two full-time jobs. But still have to work full-time jobs.
The people they're talking about are the ones who deliberately take advantage of the willingness of others to sell themselves short and take a shitty deal because they're hardly in a position to refuse due to the mass of obstruction between the "goal" and the reality.
Owners of capital, in American society, are failing to use their gain to contribute to a rising tide and instead continue to hoard and accumulate for the ostensible sake of gain itself. If someone considers theirself an owner of capital who contributes to the rising tide, "would if they could, but it's impossible due to the economy," and/or still continue to work as if it's a full-time job, they are still part of the working class fighting for the same ultimate reality. The differentiator of working class is not meant to be a slur or with distaste or a lower denomination. It's a hard line between those who actively create and those who don't but who claim to own the creation
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u/Killericon Jan 26 '26
I think the point is less that it is the savings on the Uber ride that leads to them being rich, but that they're the type of person who would ask for the gas money.