when we say “eat the rich,” we don’t mean your friend who makes 70k/year, we mean my friend’s ex who had a $300 million trust fund who once asked me why I was taking the subway home from a dinner with them, then said you should always take a private car home when it’s raining

like he said “private car” not “uber” or “lyft.” Private Car

there’s massive privilege in making a comfortable living. the minority of people do & they need to recognize the advantages it gives them— but they aren’t responsible for mass wealth ineqity. billionaires *want* us to redirect our anger towards the middle/upper middle class.

it feels worth adding that I didn’t know what True Wealth looked like until I moved to NYC. I’m from a well off suburb in PA, but in comparison to the wealth I have seen in NY, people there were just play acting at Wealth— the wealth of the big city elites is jaw dropping