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Maybe this isn't a political issue per se but it's triggered by a Politico article so c'est la vie:
A college kid wearing a Che shirt is probably a douchebag. An adult who works for daddy's company lecturing that kid about "getting something for free" is an even bigger douchebag.
This reminded me of a Business Insider article from last year about a woman's amazing feat in paying down substantial student loans in only three years:
If she can be gifted a second income, so can you!
I've seen so many articles with characters like this, all of them extremely lacking in self-awareness. What is it with these people not understanding what they've been given and how instrumental that gift has been to their success? And why do they find themselves so inspirational?
A Che shirt on a college campus might not stick out for most people, but for Willis, 36, it touched a nerve. It was just the latest confirmation of his worry that more young people today are embracing socialism, even Marxism, instead of American capitalism. “Some of these kids have no real desire to build something on their own,” says Willis, who works for a firm founded by his father. “As long as these kids get something for free and they get taken care of, they’re happy. What they don’t know is that the world that works that way—the socialist world—leads to extreme poverty and eventually death.”
A college kid wearing a Che shirt is probably a douchebag. An adult who works for daddy's company lecturing that kid about "getting something for free" is an even bigger douchebag.
This reminded me of a Business Insider article from last year about a woman's amazing feat in paying down substantial student loans in only three years:
Horton and her boyfriend tied the knot soon after the move. Horton's mother gave the couple a condo that she had purchased at an auction for $13,000 as a wedding gift. It became crucial in wiping away the hefty student-loan tab.
Horton and her husband lived in the condo for three months, but then they decided to move in with her grandparents down the street and started renting out the condo to bring in extra income.
To anyone who feels overwhelmed by the prospect of taking on student loans — or paying back any debt they've incurred — Horton has a simple message: "I just want them to feel empowered that they can pay if off. If I can do it, anybody can."
If she can be gifted a second income, so can you!
I've seen so many articles with characters like this, all of them extremely lacking in self-awareness. What is it with these people not understanding what they've been given and how instrumental that gift has been to their success? And why do they find themselves so inspirational?