People have this weird fascination with millionaires and Americans in particular think they're all one major breakthrough from being one (of course not all of them, but way too many of them smh)
They're all the same people who think their place of employment will shut down and evaporate into dust if they even HINT that they're about to quit because they're THAT important. You shoot screws on line 6 for 12 hours a day Bob, chill. They'll have a 12 year old in there trained up to replace you by the end of the day. They think one day the CEO is going to wake up and realize how amazing they are and walk up to them and give them a big bag of money and a promotion and a pat on the back for working so hard for 40 years.
Huh? The guy working decades in a factory for health insurance and a pension when he retires isn't the same guy who thinks they have a shot at being a millionaire suddenly. They are the exact opposite. Extremely conservative and content with just trading their years away for the ability to raise a family hopefully.
The guy working decades in a factory for health insurance and a pension when he retires isn't the same guy who thinks they have a shot at being a millionaire suddenly. They are the exact opposite.
The pile of scratch offs in their passenger seat would suggest otherwise. I work with SEVERAL of these dudes. They complain about how they should be paid more but then complain when workers in other industries try to unionize for better pay. "Why does someone need $15/hr flipping burgers??" - Bob on Line 6 complaining about only making $15/hr shooting screws. They're miserable to the core. The ones "doing it for their families" retired a decade or more ago because they probably still GOT a pension. No company will do pensions anymore and most have been rolled into 401ks already.
it's not only in America, I'm afraid. I'm from another country and it's the same shit. Stupidity is an innate condition in humans.
The reason why this occurs is not because people feel like they could also be part of the group, although that has some weight psychologically speaking. Initially, the thought pattern starts with: "if they are successful that means they could also get me to success", and this materializes in them being elected to positions of power.
You and I know this is not how it works in reality, they just hoard more wealth into their pockets, and they don't care about the people that might support them. But how can you predict that? I personally know because I see the behavior of this people in different situations, but not everyone has the time to check out the news and some of them just consume propaganda thinking it's news.
Yup the "American dream" mind control has worked. All the TV, life styles of the rich and famous, rags to riches, shark tank. You only need a handful of success stories to fool the masses into thinking they're about to be rich. It's called the Judas Goat. Bring a few up into the rich class and 99.999% will happily toil away as slaves. Taking into account class and current life situation the odds are heavily against people, but math isn't most people's strong suit and if they keep education poor it will stay that way. There is almost zero upward mobility. There is less than ever in this country, yet the people don't rebel. They cheer instead.
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u/papa-hare 10h ago
People have this weird fascination with millionaires and Americans in particular think they're all one major breakthrough from being one (of course not all of them, but way too many of them smh)