I saw a headline about some aspect of how the other half lives.
You know, it’s really how the top 2% live. Wealth isn’t split 50-50 in this country. I think the belief that it was is what caused our current problem.
It’s hard to disbelieve the aphorisms you were raised with, but I think people are finally starting to see the truth.
Yes, I know that it’s also true that people want to think that they are better off than they really are and also want to have hope that they will be very successful some day. Trust me, I know the feeling, I live with it every day.
But the misperception of wealth is enforced by societal sophistries that cause much more harm than simple faith does. We should hold to faith but speak the truth even though it hurts. Without knowing where we are we can’t know what to aspire to.
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Tonight, I discovered that my current net-worth is $1.63. That's it. That's all I have in the bank. I went to college, I have a good job as a pharmacy technician, I have nice things, and yet all I'm truly worth is $1.63 plus thousands of dollars in debt. And am I worried? Not so much. Not any more. What's the worst that could happen . . . I become yet another addition to an alarming statistic in America?
I witnessed how the other half lived for 15 years. Finally I got divorced and bought a Harley.
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