I worked with an asshole who said things along a similar vein when that flooding killed some folks in Texas years ago: "well, they were rich white people, so I don't feel badly for them; a lot of people around the world, blah, blah, blah...". The rest of us were like "dude, people died"; he was adamant -- Texan = white conservatives = rich people = they aren't suffering.
The same guy was 30 years old, making a good salary, single, no real debts because a trust fund paid for his education and some world travel after his bachelor's degree, and (rather wealthy, white as paper) Mom and Dad paid some of his bills for him. To top it off Dad came down one weekend to help him put his new Ikea furniture together and check out his car...wtf? Yes, some of his college friends went to the inaugeral protests, but of course.
That's the mindset we're dealing with here.
I am often reminded why it is so great we live in a capitalist country.
These kids were clearly raised incorrectly. The parents are wealthy, though. Their error in rasing their kid won't be thrust upon society like in socialist countries where the parents line up government jobs for their kids.
Instead, these parents will send their inheritance to their idiot children who will squander the money. And they will fail job after job. The squandered money will end up in the hands of talented individuals who will then get their shot at raising good kids who can handle an inheritance.
It's insane to see someone's 68 yo mother help their 30 yo kid do their bills and take their pets to the vet for them. Thankfully those talentless individuals will be generally employed on their own merits and will eventually learn that they have to work to support themselves.
That's why we need to keep our system a capitalist one. ;) This particular turd of my story got his job initially due to the degree and travel experience he had. These were directly the result of his better financial position. However, even though he wasn't bad at his job in the skill performance sense, his incredibly bad attitude/personality caused him to eventually get fired (and the way he got fired means that he will have a hard time getting hired from now on -- certainly not going to get a letter of recommendation from that job).
I worked with an asshole who said things along a similar vein when that flooding killed some folks in Texas years ago: "well, they were rich white people, so I don't feel badly for them; a lot of people around the world, blah, blah, blah...". The rest of us were like "dude, people died"; he was adamant -- Texan = white conservatives = rich people = they aren't suffering. The same guy was 30 years old, making a good salary, single, no real debts because a trust fund paid for his education and some world travel after his bachelor's degree, and (rather wealthy, white as paper) Mom and Dad paid some of his bills for him. To top it off Dad came down one weekend to help him put his new Ikea furniture together and check out his car...wtf? Yes, some of his college friends went to the inaugeral protests, but of course. That's the mindset we're dealing with here.
I am often reminded why it is so great we live in a capitalist country.
These kids were clearly raised incorrectly. The parents are wealthy, though. Their error in rasing their kid won't be thrust upon society like in socialist countries where the parents line up government jobs for their kids.
Instead, these parents will send their inheritance to their idiot children who will squander the money. And they will fail job after job. The squandered money will end up in the hands of talented individuals who will then get their shot at raising good kids who can handle an inheritance.
It's insane to see someone's 68 yo mother help their 30 yo kid do their bills and take their pets to the vet for them. Thankfully those talentless individuals will be generally employed on their own merits and will eventually learn that they have to work to support themselves.
That's why we need to keep our system a capitalist one. ;) This particular turd of my story got his job initially due to the degree and travel experience he had. These were directly the result of his better financial position. However, even though he wasn't bad at his job in the skill performance sense, his incredibly bad attitude/personality caused him to eventually get fired (and the way he got fired means that he will have a hard time getting hired from now on -- certainly not going to get a letter of recommendation from that job).