Quote from: slapper on July 14, 2025, 03:44:03 AM

Quote from: peter0425 on July 14, 2025, 02:33:02 AM

Here's the article if anyone wants to read.

Archive link to avoid paywall: https://archive.ph/M1ic0

Are we entering a new era of article pirating?

Most of us are never invited into the billionaire bubble, but it is not just “them” vs “us”. The wild part is, everyone is confused. Even the “comfortable” normie scroll through feeds and start feeling broke, like they are always one rung below the “real” winners. Everyone thinks someone else has cracked the code, and nobody feels secure. The rich might miss the pain on the street, but the rest of us are haunted by the highlight reels of the 0.1%

You mention those out-of-touch remarks. Yeah, I hear those too. But if it is not just ignorance, but a genuine blind spot: if your friends are all popping Dom Perignon, you forget some people cannot pop a can of Coke without checking their bank app first. Social media makes this worse, since now even the not-rich are performing like they are at Monaco, but feeling anxious inside

What is the fix? Maybe we need more people (rich or not) who can zoom out and see the bigger economic picture and zoom in and remember what it felt like to skip meals. Until then, everyone is living in their own version of the bubble, with anxiety as the real common ground

The article was decent. I think many people have not lived long enough to see patterns repeat.

I am 68 and I have seen economy repeat itself In quite a few ways. As to rich nope I am not rich as to poor nope I am not poor. I am still stuck in the middle.