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I thought I was giving my kids the best childhood ever until my 4-year-old asked why we didn't own a 'bigger golf cart'
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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2024
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This is a fluff piece written by someone in a rich bubble.
The 2 year old and 4 year old have no concept of money, the 4 year old did not "do most of the work" in a lemonade stand, and they do not have "their own money" to spend. Picking up after yourself and putting dishes in the sink are not chores, and kids this age aren't taking out the trash - of course they enjoy it when mummy does it and makes a big deal of how grown up the kids are for helping, and probably rewards then for it.
None of the ideas are innovative or relevant to most parents, and particularly not with a kids that age. This is just one rich bored parent with young kids sharing their "experiences". Pretty out of touch with reality.
$150 a month for her dog's health insurance...
And she's calling herself "middle class" like she lives in the burbs....
The wealthy always think of themselves as "middle class" because they know people wealthier.
Just because billionaires exist doesn't mean millionaires who take annual child free vacations are suddenly "middle class".
They just don't want to actually admit they're wealthy and wasting a shit ton of money that should be going to taxes.
I worry that she actually is "middle class" and the wealth disparity has moved to the point that those of us who cannot spend $150 on pet insurance or drop $750,000+ on a house or $100,000 on a truck are effectively "poor", at least as far as the market is concerned.
There's people with "Fuck you" money and people without "Fuck you" money.
I mean, it should be median income/wealth, then a standard deviation either way.
But capitalism doesn't care about people, it cares about money. That's the only way the "middle class" can be defined differently.
Don't let capitalism define words.
And neither communism nor socialism care about people either, they are just ideas with the inability to care about anything.