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Why Do People Hate "The Rich" So Much?

Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:11 am
Posted by Scientific73
Metro Atlanta
Member since Jan 2014
733 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:11 am
When did this sentiment start and why does the media push this narrative? Isn't the ultimate goal in life to achieve and excel to a higher standard and with that you are rewarded? I don't know how things got so backward. Pocket watching is a sickness. Get yo paper mayne!
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55936 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:13 am to
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
30417 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:13 am to
It’s bad. I had to hire a private security team because my driver could no longer handle it by himself.
Posted by roguetiger15
Member since Jan 2013
16203 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:13 am to
because they're not rich
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
27453 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:14 am to
Class warfare and every movement needs a "boogeyman"
Posted by TheChosenOne
Member since Dec 2005
18542 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:15 am to
Jealousy. Next question
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
114094 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:15 am to
I think people don't like the mega rich. I would assume it is because of what they perceive they pay in taxes (some actually don't pay much, but they know how to work the system). Also, I think there is a thought that most billionaires have had to do something unethical at some point to get that much money, which they would do if they had the opportunity..

And many people think that money will solve all of their problems. They don't have it and the rich does.
Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
6931 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:18 am to
Nothing new, the merchant class didn't like the nobility and overthrew them using their money/power.

now the wealthy class is the nobility and uses their money to pass laws to game the system in their favor.
Posted by Suntiger
BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
33007 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:23 am to
It’s nothing new and is more about power than money. Why did the peasants uprise against the Louis XVI? Why did Martin Luther and Jon Calvin rise up against the Church? Why does everyone on PT hate politicians?
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
6607 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:23 am to
I love achievers, I love free enterprise, I love the idea of building something out of nothing.

On the other hand, I generally dislike people with inherited wealth. They earned nothing.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21539 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:23 am to
IDK, I mean when I'm forced to walk with people on the street that are beneath me I usually cover my mouth with a handkerchief and flip them a shiny quarter. I never bother them.
Posted by thejuiceisloose
UNO Fan
Member since Nov 2018
4275 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:24 am to
I would go out on a limb and say you are probably not a member of "the rich"
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
12349 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:25 am to
Money doesn’t solve problems, it just magnifies them. Only you can help you.

“If you were a crackhead before getting rich, you’re just going to be a dead crackhead after getting rich!” - Rod B
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
12831 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:25 am to
Rich people don’t have to ask questions like this.

They simply do not even notice what the poors do.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
262217 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:25 am to
Karl Marx.

The lightweight intellectuals best friend.

Posted by Tiger HouTX
H-Town
Member since Nov 2007
3519 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:27 am to
People want what others have but they don’t want to work for it.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
35583 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:28 am to
quote:

When did this sentiment start


A few hours after the concept of money was created
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
50959 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:29 am to
quote:

Why Do People Hate "The Rich" So Much?


Jealousy. Also, "the rich" are constantly being made out to be evil by the leftist press.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
53390 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:30 am to
I don't hate the rich but I hate the ppl who haven't worked for their wealth.
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
4770 posts
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:32 am to
I think a thriving middle class is a very good thing for a country and a society. Unfortunately Biden and the rest of the politicians only seem to care about the top 1% of the country. They are in power to make themselves rich and their club richer.
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