Feel like I'm taking a crazy pill here lol, in terms of van building video, this is pretty tame and not even that crazy, why are people going crazy calling them rich motherfuckers and all that. If this video pisses you off, you probably need to stay away from the internet for a while to clear your head.
Yeah, the van itself seems somewhat reasonable. It's the garage that gives "generational wealth".
But hot damn, we really have a toxic crab bucket mentality where everyone who is 6 to 7 figures rich is portrayed as the enemy while there are people running around with 12 figures.
And you think the guy who can spend $150k on a hobby is the enemy and not the ones spending millions on elections and shit? Good fucking lord we are never going anywhere
lol you say that as if they’re not the same people when they probably also voted for Trump because they’re worth millions and republicans give tax breaks to the rich
Who cares who they vote for? The people aren't the problem, it's the fact that money dominates our politics and controls what policies are enacted. Democrats also are favorable to corporations and subsequently the rich, that's the fucking point
That's what I'm saying. Like for what this serves, it can essentially be a domicile, and that's worth all of the $75k or whatever it is. That's an easy enough loan for a vehicle and home
You can buy houses for less than that right now, my friend. Sure, not in NYC or San Francisco, and they're not very big houses. But there are very large parts of the country where that is a reality. Do some browsing on Redfin if you don't believe me.
And no, I'm not posting this to imply that everything is just peachy in the housing market, btw.
Not to imply that everything's fine in the housing market, but there are still a lot of places in the country where $150K will get you a perfectly livable house.
Also, you are not getting approved for a $150K loan for a vehicle to live in. At least, not at any interest rate that any sane person would take on.
That's what happens when inequality gets so bad. You probably don't live next to Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. You might live near a dentist with a 3 million dollar house on 6 acres. And it's easy to be mad at that guy when he buys a new Porsche GT3RS. Because fuck man you could've paid off your house with that much money.
I have to constantly stop myself and my friends from calling those people "rich". They're a lot better off than us but on the wealth scale they're right next door and Elon is 1000 miles away.
And yet he still sits far, far closer to the lower 99% than to the top 0.1%. If the poorest person on earth is the base of Mount Everest and Elon Musk is the top, that Dentist is like 50 paces from the bottom. And yeah, that gap can still feel massive when you're struggling to survive. They are still worlds apart. But that dentist is not the one furthering wealth inequality and siphoning off the worlds wealth.
You can own a 3 million dollar house, 6 acres and a gt3rs without being in the 1%.
Top 1% is $800k yearly income. The house, land and car in many areas can be afforded at less than half that (a quarter of that in some areas of the US!). Yes it's a lot of money, but it's around top 5%-10% depending on your local land costs.
You have to make income on order to pay income tax. It's progressive, so if you are making enough that income tax is an issue that's a good problem to have.
"Wait why are you confiscating my things? I'm not rich! I joined to fight the real enemy not--" blam
A brief glance at the historical record of 'far left' politics should pretty clearly illustrate how people behave when it comes to accurately identifying and treating their perceived political enemies.
PMC urban redditor libs making 100-200k combined income are often very uncomfortable when they're reminded what class they actually belong to when people start braying for blood in the streets and revolution and all that jazz.
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u/Genetic_Heretic 17h ago
It’s good to have generational wealth so that you can do this quirky fun stuff!