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One person in my personal life. Many people in this thread. Of course they never direct it at me. They direct it generally about people like me.
They generalize that all people with low incomes are scum bags. If those scum bags get job offers for more money, they always take them. This makes little sense to me. This is the ideology that I am trying to challenge.
When I was in school, I was pretty poor. When I got out of school, I was still pretty poor. Got married. Still pretty poor. Changed jobs a few times and got some promotions and made some ridiculously stupid mistakes on the job.
I think you could argue pretty persuasively that I was not a very good person after I had doubled my income compared to the person who was living in the condemned duplex in the ghetto.
This is not to say I did not do stupid and incredibly selfish crap at every turn regardless of my income. It's just that my pettiness and insecurity as an immature manager came through in the way I managed people. As I matured and got a better grip on what a business was and how to work with and for people, I got far less stupid.
Now I'm older and with age comes wisdom which is French for experience. Having made almost every mistake and stupid move previously, I can feel when it's about to happen again.
The perspective of age lends understanding in viewing the actions of others as well as my own actions. There is something to be said for the mercurial flights and crashes of passion. The highs and lows are like working without a net.
Right now, I generally like boredom. Does this make me a better person? Does having enough money make me a better person?
"Most men live their lives in quiet desperation"- Thoreau
"The wild regrets and the bloody sweats, None knew so well as I"- Wilde