I’d grown up reading stories throughout history and was intimately familiar with how new and different my current lifestyle was. I was happy I wasn’t working in coal mines, or under threat of war, and that there was no famine. I viewed it as a normal feature of human existence-
Conversation
That you had to set aside your feelings and use willpower. This is the way everyone had to live in history, this was a default of existence - and anything more than this was luxury. I felt hyper aware of how unusual our state of civilization was, how luxurious my life was already
1
5
304
And this is why I feel a little confused when people get really angry at stuff like the minimum wage, or having to work two jobs and live in a shitty apartment. People are complaining at working conditions that I went through with actual gratitude.
11
7
283
This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more
This Tweet was deleted by the Tweet author. Learn more
This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more
Replying to
Right now the wealthiest 1% pay like... ~40% of total income tax revenue, despite making only like ~20% of income. They are absolutely paying muuuch more than people poorer than them.
And ‘fair wages’ is weird - you don’t deserve more money than someone is willing to give you
1
1
1
This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more
Replying to
But even with that ability to hide their taxes, they *still* pay more in taxes than the less wealthy! The public services you use are disproportionately paid for by the rich.
And yes I worked for minimum wage cause it’s illegal to work for less, even if I’d been ok with that
1
2
1
This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more
Replying to
Lol my worldview does not require a centralized authority to bring people out of the dirt, we can do it ourselves. In my ideal world, nobody would pay income tax, and the increased freedom would result in enough prosperity to reduce total poverty.