The Average Rich Person Gets More Hate Than They Deserve, amirite?

This opinion is crazy work

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I reject the premise. Nobody is hating on rich people and their day-to-day lives, it's the opposite.

by ShallotElegant 3 days ago

I think the hate stems from the mindset that certain classes of wealth tend to adopt once they're rich.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

A millionaire isn't as rich as you think. People who work hard and save and have a couple millions in net worth are likely to live like they always have. When I think of rich I'm thinking of someone who has enough money to never work again. Rich enough where they make more money in investments than you will make in a year.

by WearyWedding7077 3 days ago

I mean, couldn't you do that with about a few million though if you're invested in something like bonds, and have everything paid off?

by Anonymous 3 days ago

In a lot of places yes, in the higher col areas maybe not.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Yeah billionaires usually deserve the crap they get. Millions can be made by working a career and making smart investments, its not insane wealth.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

The average millionaire is not the source of your suffering. It's the Jeff Bezos who don't let wages keep up with inflation to afford their third yacht

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I think you are missing the point- the problem is not about rich people per se, the problem is how the system is organised in such a way that the 1% rich is absolutely above everything and everyone, and takes it all . Check the guy who was CEO of Lehman brothers, he puts millions of people in extremely difficult situations during 2008 crisis- the worst he got was a tap on the fingers …he wasn't even blacklisted, and he just had to cross the road to start doing the same thing again. I mean , I don't care about rich people and some deserve to be there. What I cannot digest is how unbalanced, unfair and totally f…up the system is, and how it favours in such an obscene way the 1% . There is not a shadow of justice and that is hard to swallow.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

There's definitely a difference between "I started a chain of car washes in my city and it's doing really well" compared to "I own every car wash in the country and I have systematically lobbied to let the cheaper but more destructive chemicals I use be allowed to still be in use". The former is a solid work ethic and hopefully can enrich the community through providing good pay for honest work. The latter is the most commonly destructive, influential, and insidious kind, and that camp will happily trade the lives of entire towns for a marginal quarterly profit. That's the difference.

by OkAide 3 days ago

Exactly. A small business owner making a million a year isnt affecting you in any way and why dont they deserve it? You can do it too, no?

by ldaugherty 3 days ago

"The Average Rich Person"

by Anonymous 3 days ago

That is to vague to have any meaning. You might as well just put a number on what you mean. "average rich person" = means nothing

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Not gonna mention the obvious traits like pedophilia on a global scale, genocides, literally being the reason for inequality on this planet, corruption, incest, taking away freedom from people, taking away belongings... Wow I can go on for days!

by Sigmundwilliams 3 days ago

LMAO! They got another one.

by Domingo72 3 days ago

A 70 year old with 2 million dollars isn't what I'd call rich in the first place

by Sarah13 3 days ago

Hey, that's like 80k a year in bonds! Bro does not have to work anymore!

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Unpopular, I might add. 😏

by Anonymous 3 days ago

If I get hate from living below my means and slowly investing in the stock market like the majority, I don't think I'll care about their opinion too much lol.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I don't know where you got your information. Wealth is generational, and rich people are usually not self made.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Even three-five million can be generational if you invest it carefully in safe places and teach your kids properly. And, yes, most people with over a million are self made through investing, high earnings, or growing small businesses.

by Anonymous 3 days ago