by noobtube » Tue 03 Oct 2023, 15:35:12
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'I') have nominally done what you say and now I am successful.
I would never call myself "rich" or "wealthy" because rich person is one who can run war paying out of his pocket and a "wealthy" is someone like Paris Hilton.
Here in Poland I am in upper middle class as per local perception. Business owner, landlord, no debt, no need to bother about having job, non working wife and kids are very well set as well.
Started from zero and got somewhere.
But to a large degree it was a fluke.
There is a saying in the United States that the number 1 way to guarantee a comfortable life in the United States is to...
choose your parents wisely.
It's a joke but it reveals how rigid the class structures are here. There is almost NO social mobility, despite all the rhetoric about it being the land of opportunity. That is nothing more than false advertising. People mostly stay in the same spot as their parents. Wealth is inherited. Poverty is passed on. Nothing changes from generation to generation in the United States.
In America, a lot of these rural folks think they have complete control over their destinies. It is the myth of rugged individualism. They have to believe this stuff to hold on to their hate of others and to cultivate their feelings of superiority. It's all they've got to make their lives seem meaningful.
It reminds me of that infamous picture of Abu Ghraib prisoners. The woman was from RURAL United States. The whole world had a chance to see the kind of monsters this area produces. Pro-government, brutal, vicious, hate-filled, murderous, cop-loving sadists.
Speaking of which...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '
')I'm not talking about getting wealthy. I'm talking about taking care of your own issues and refuse to be a victim.
I understand in America (and probably europe by now, too) being victim is cool. With the super holier than though victim, the negro closely followed by women. Just look at our own noobtube. The guy oozes of victimhood. It's never his fault, always somebody else to blame. Rich, jew, business, gov, repubs, health care system. You name it. Noob is there to blame.
I knew you were one of those Zionists.
It explains your defense of the rich, the bankers, the corporations, the government, and the cops. You LOVE state violence against the weak, the defenseless, and the unsuspecting. I believe that makes you a SYCOPHANT. Look it up.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'N')ot entirely. Working hard is 1 of the necessary ingredients to be successful. Working hard digging holes in your backyard won't make you wealthy, that's for sure. But starting a plumbing business and doing quality work while showing up on time to customer appointments, that's a recipe not for wealth, but decent enough middle-class success.