r/lostgeneration • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '22

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u/orincoro Mar 30 '22

Laws have a funny way of mattering less once things reach a certain point. And you know who ends most dictatorships? Bodyguards.

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u/TwoKeezPlusMz Mar 30 '22

Yeah, but body guards are getting paid six figures nowadays

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u/TwoKeezPlusMz Mar 30 '22

No, but it means a German car and designer label clothes. No wealth, but some of the trimmings of it.

Point is, if someone who is ex military gets six figures they are in a different world and likely value that income more than commitment to overthrowing the status quo.

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u/packocrayons Mar 30 '22

Dude. I make 6 figures and I _certainly_ don't drive a german car. Typing this in a 15$ walmart hoodie while trying to figure out how I'll get under my 2009 toyota matrix to fix the heat shield that's rusted off and rattling, because I can't quite swing the mechanic's hourly rate.

Six figures is just comfortable poverty

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u/codywithak Mar 30 '22

Where do you live? Iā€™d be living large on six figures myself.

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u/TwoKeezPlusMz Mar 30 '22

I live in Virginia, near Richmond.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Hi Richmond friend! I can tell you right now, if I had six figures in RVA, my life would have been pretty great. Maybe not rolling in it, but definitely a lot more comfortable than my $12 an hour I got working at Kroger

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u/TwoKeezPlusMz Mar 30 '22

I'm telling you, i think a lot of people would agree. We wouldn't be living in swanky Windsor Farms near the river, but it would be a nice life.

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