I struggle for money at this point in my life and am often tempted to resent the massive imbalances of wealth in this country.
Also, it seems silly to me how some folks can be so massively wealthy whereas I for instance can’t afford the schools my kids can easily get in to, or we can’t eat “steaks”for a special occassion that aren’t on the 50% off rack and need to be soaked in lemon juice, or stress about the price of gas I’m told by my élite masters I’m a fat capitalist to use.
I regret having no retirement. I regret, now, never having been part of a union... But I didn’t believe in it at the time.
I think sports stars are insanely paid.
But, when I was younger and doing better I didn’t resent them. I counted myself as believing in the dream.
Some people realize the big dream, some people don’t.
I can’t change m principles just because I didn’t succeed in the ways I would have preferred.
My point was about the environmental hypocrisy of rich liberals, not wealth.
I know the experience of replacing normal pipes with larger water pipes to supply a new massive $4,000 dollar showerhead and then getting the customer to talk about how environmental they are in their political voting.
I thought the photo of Jordan’s house might help people who don’t know that kind of house, understand how much electricity, water, gas, and constant staff and service people they take to operate, some of them use elevators, real elevators, to go to the second floor, the meters for utilities are commercial meters, multiple commercial water heaters, and that constant flow of contractors and service people during the work day hours, there are always things that need doing at those places.
I have no “retirement” beyond minimal social security which I have been drawing for 13 years but I also never retired. I still work. My SS is enough to allow me to live on the couch in front of a TV and I have not had one of those for 35 years.