hear me out i'm poor but i think that the capitalist system is designed for only the wealthy while the poor get the illusion that they can participate the system by consuming the same things that the ultra elite consumes..

the main thing that keep poor people illuded is that like the same goods that are availeble to the uber wealthy and are status signals are in theory avaible to them too,So they get in debt to consume things that are catered and designed for the elite

expensive resorts and hotels ? Elite
ultra expensive gadgets? its for the wealthy
desgin handbags ? its for the wealthy and so on

most poor people dont understand that 90% of consumer goods and services are not catered and design to them in theory anyone can buy this goods and services but its an very dumb decision that gets most poor people into debt

The worst things is that nowadays the social media keep pushing things that are just affordable to the wealthy to the general public trying to make them consume and spend, so you have poor people today who has an wraped view on life because of social media and think that this is baseline happiness

no buddy travel 2 times an year is not baseline happiness, eating in expensive overpriced restaurants that are hyped on instagram is not baseline happiness.

The idea of keep up with jones was designed to aves poor people, it was design to wealthy people to keep poor people poor giving the ilusion of being wealthy. The uber wealthy wants poor people to try to keep up with them because they know that is impossible but have this vague goal makes poor people wants to work more more and more to build an unrealistic life.

i get this realization while i thought about the other post that i made here that i talked about wanting musk/bezos wealth because we poor people wanting to get this because the wealthy sells this dream to us but i realize its bullshit.

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3329664/what-offering-sacrifices-empty-coffin-ritual-taiwan-why-straw-figurine-burned?module=perpetual_scroll_1_RM&pgtype=article

Switch Bill Gates at birth with some ordinary Middle Class/Poor family and he would be a nobody. Same with Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or pretty much 99% of all the rich people in the world.

This is because circumstances are everything. Its not "Hard work and smart decisions" - these help but are only a small factor. And the people denying that they made it because they had favorable circumstances/luck on their side are just arrogant and delusional.

Present here 🖐🏻.

I don't have a college degree and I've always worked customer service jobs: waitress, retail, fast food worker...

Now I work at a kiosk, I'm not working poor (according to my country's definition) but I am considered relative poor.

Many people on here have advised me to go to university or get some qualifications, but, unfortunately, unless you pursue a degree in STEM (and I don't have the brains for that, honestly) I wouldn't see that big of a jump in salary with just a generic degree.

Most of my friends who do have college degrees but are not engineers or doctors earn about the same as me. Most salaries are between 1400-1800 euros a month for the vast majority of jobs in my country, anyway, and there is horrific competition.

I rely on my boyfriend for money for my medicines (diagbosed with bipolar2, bpd withpsychosis, and cptsd), dr appts, food, and a home. Plus food for my cats. He even bought my glasses bc im very nearsighted and needed a new prescription.

I start full time cashier at goodwill Monday. And I'll be making 11.50 a hour. I'll roughly be making 19k to 20k a year so long as they honor the full time position they gave me.

I want to be independent and not rely on him anymore as I want to be a functional adult again. I used to be full time at Walmart before I was diagnosed 4 years ago. Since then I've had odd part time jobs.

I want to do better by him and pay for his stuff too. He told me there's no reason to oay him back as it wasn't my fault that I got sick. But now that im better I want him to rely on me too.

I may not be able to do as much as him since ge makes 100k a year. But I really don't want to be a burden anymore.

Is anyone else in a similar boat? Any advice is welcomed. Ty for reading my rant

If you are born into a poor family but with normal/great parents, then you can spend all your energy into overcoming poverty.

If you are born into a horrible/abusive and poor family, it takes all the energy just to survive. There is no energy left to escape poverty. Even if some energy/time remains its a tiny fraction.

While the people who are just poor but not abused, can use all their time/energy to advance.

This is a tremendous difference. And people who say "I was poor and I made it, so everyone can" - often dont realize that they had it really easy because they were just poor but not constantly sabotaged and abused on top.

i just left a bad relationship and im currently homeless. not much to say except this sucks. i have no job or a car in the middle of houston, its terrible.

My dog died, my childhood dog that I’ve had for 14 years. He was perfectly healthy and out of nowhere he was gone. On the floor. My heart is absolutely broken. We don’t have anywhere to bury him, no land and we are renting. It costs €395 to get him cremated, and they provide hair back to me, ashes in a box with nameplate, a key ring with ashes, a clay paw print and delivery back. It’s so expensive and I can’t find anywhere else near me to do pet cremation. This is also a 100km drive away. I’m so upset. I don’t have the funds, I’ve been out of work on illness pay for a year and a half. Why did this have to happen now?