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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
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I've actually seen a whole lot of boomers born poor as fuck that lucked into the most prosperous time to be alive; finding that almost any property they bought, company they started, stock they invested in (etc) managed to not just make money but succeed significantly and make them wealthy by retirement age, have adopted this same mindset.
TLDR: idiots who were born poor blow this tuba just as much as idiots born rich.
the line between poor and rich was a lot closer in 1950 than it was in 1980 than it was in 2010.
it's interesting if you watch old movies in the 1980s vs today and compare the 'average' lifestyle portrayed. it blows my mind how 'poor' families in 1980s films are.
My parents are in this boat and don't understand how the ladder has been pulled up behind them. They see the modest success my siblings and I have and don't realize that we' started from privilege that they earned for us, but is no longer available to the people starting today where they started 40 years ago.