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“We”? There’s no “we” dipshit, not when you can afford to buy and sell rockets while most working class are living on a diet of beans and rice, suffering roommates to make rent, all while working 40-90hrs a week for $7.50-$15 an hour.
Question, I hear things like that on lemmy often. Is there some data source that I can point to if I want to repeat it. I work in tech and honestly don't go out much. I also have kids and live in an old neighborhood that is right next to new expensive ones. So I don't really know anyone personally that is living paycheck to paycheck. And no one would believe me if I talked about it without data and a source.
Do you actually need a source for a lot of people being poor in a nation where the bottom half of the country earns 9% of the income and has near zero wealth?
It’s probably Elon trying to figure out how to do research on how he screwed up during his little e-town hall.
A relative this afternoon actually came over to my house this afternoon, burst into the living room to sit down and start going off on how they thought Elon was actually trolling trump and trying to lose the election for him.
Until I explained about the guy being born with a silver spoon shoved so far up his ass he probably has no idea what things on grocery store shelves, utility bills, or Walmart socks bought in bulk even cost. The relative thought Elon was self made. Ha! Daddy funded. He has no idea how we live.
If I am trying to change people's minds... yeah. I can't say, some guy on reddit said it was true.