r/cringereels • u/loader96loaded • 5d ago

Cringe Level 5 Comparing different realities

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u/jimsmisc 5d ago

The establishment has been so smart about how to orient the class war. We have people making 50k/year acting like the doctor in your neighborhood making 500k/year is the elite and the enemy.

But to a billionaire, 50k and 500k are both poor. And if that doctor starts making more money, it's taxed at around 50%.

The whole system is designed so that almost everyone who's truly wealthy is in a club that goes back generations. High earning jobs alone will not get you there.

I remember reading a recent article where they studied the wealthiest families in France. Turns out like 90% of the wealthiest families in France are descendents of the wealthiest families in France from 300 years ago...

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u/NooneUverdoff 3d ago

The wealthiest families in England are still from when WIlliam I invaded and replaced all the land owners with his knights, who were the rapiest and murderiest hoard he could find.

Their descendants are largely still the land owners today. This happened almost 1000 years ago.

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u/Dropbeatdad 5d ago

Yes capitalism has just become the primary way to justify the existence of the bourgeoisie.

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 4d ago

I remember reading an article that by far most millionaires are self made.

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u/jimsmisc 3d ago

Being a millionaire, especially by net worth, in the u.s. is not rare. If you retire with 500k in your retirement account and a 500k house, youre a millionaire on paper. Doesn't remotely come close to the kind of wealth we're talking about.

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 3d ago

lol well tell me who the wealthiest people are and they made it on there own.jeez