Some humans. I promise there are better people out there, I promise. Consider that very very few every get enough money to truly escape the rat race, anything that doesn’t fully lift you out of it permanently is only a stopgap, and the system is designed to pit your livelihood against others constantly our whole lives while also erasing education on alternative exits from the game than becoming rich, and that is already rigged.
That hasn’t been my experience with working class people, especially if they grew up poor. Most of us have a hole in our pocket and can’t help but spend and share when the good times come our way.
Because poorer folks rely more on cooperation (because they have to), I think that kind of inoculates them against the isolating affects of wealth (like “oh I don’t need a support network, I can just pay for help”). Poor people know that when their chips are down again, all that goodwill they sowed is better than money in the bank.
That’s the problem with humans, when given more they do not redistribute, instead they grow greedier.
I consider myself a proud misanthrope, not because I admit to cruelty on my part, but because I recognize it in too many humans.
Some humans. I promise there are better people out there, I promise. Consider that very very few every get enough money to truly escape the rat race, anything that doesn’t fully lift you out of it permanently is only a stopgap, and the system is designed to pit your livelihood against others constantly our whole lives while also erasing education on alternative exits from the game than becoming rich, and that is already rigged.
That hasn’t been my experience with working class people, especially if they grew up poor. Most of us have a hole in our pocket and can’t help but spend and share when the good times come our way.
Because poorer folks rely more on cooperation (because they have to), I think that kind of inoculates them against the isolating affects of wealth (like “oh I don’t need a support network, I can just pay for help”). Poor people know that when their chips are down again, all that goodwill they sowed is better than money in the bank.