What people struggle with is that large parts of America live in what I guess you could call "hood post-scarcity"

We try to live like we& #39;re post-scarcity, even though most of us are a single misfortune away from bankruptcy and are aware and frequently reminded of this fact https://twitter.com/dbaten3/status/1317937725807484929">https://twitter.com/dbaten3/s...

So, people try to spoil themselves where they can, because a single one of those misfortunes is far more devastating than the price of some "luxury" item like an AR-15 or Prada bag. That money isn& #39;t gonna cover even a fraction of your unexpected medical bill or whatever

Conversely, the basics of survival are relatively cheap. So you& #39;re left in a situation where you could save up money, but nowhere near enough to cover the cost of misfortunes. Hence, people prefer to spoil themselves, because a misfortune happening is an economic KO either way

Hence you have "welfare queens" who are otherwise broke but flex their AR-15 or Prada bag. The rate at which people can realistically save money is grossly insufficient compared to the cost of things that cause bankruptcy, and if you& #39;re fucked either way why not treat yourself

Because that& #39;s what was mentioned in the original post I quoted, but yes

People take hefty but ultimately affordable for most ticket items like guns, designer fashion, consoles etc (disingenuously) as a signifier of wealth so they can dismiss squalor https://twitter.com/PerfectGonads/status/1320109483926917123?s=19">https://twitter.com/PerfectGo...