Few are as consumed by envy as this little boy…
In a 1998 experiment, 257 participants were asked what they would prefer in a theoretical world when comparing yourself with others, and were asked to choose between two options you would rather have.
One example is around how much salary you would prefer to earn, knowing what others in your organisation would earn. I’m going to adjust these number for inflation….
- A: Your current yearly income is $100,000; others earn $50,000
- B: Your current yearly income is $200,000; others earn $400,000
In both cases, the value of the money is the same. There are no inflation effects.
If you think of the two options in a logical way, the obviously correct answer is to choose option B. In B, you earn twice as much as in A ($200,000 compared to only $100,000).
What other people earn has nothing to do with what you can spend your money on. So even if someone else is earning $400,000, in that case you are still earning $200,000, twice as much as $100,000.
Yet that is not what people did.
The results: approximately 50% of the participants chose option A.
This means they would rather live in a world where they earned half of what they could, as long as they were earning more than other people
Clayton Tucker is most DEFINITELY in the half that would shoot themselves in the foot and earn FAR LESS if it meant he was better off relative to others.
This is so foreign to me, I couldn’t believe it was true. But it is.
When billionaires get to keep more of THEIR earnings (earned by taking risk and working hard, presumably – not the twats like Al Gore, Joe Biden, and Obama who are government grifters) other people aren’t “paying for” that. It’s the billionaire’s money to begin with…not yours.
When I was in my early 20s, I had a certain goal in my head I wanted to reach for my net worth. I knew as soon as I reached it, I was quitting work and getting the fuck out of the Chicago winters and spending the rest of my life doing whatever I wanted. I wanted to do all my bucket list stuff before I was old and decrepit. I wanted to hang glide and bungee jump in New Zealand. I wanted to dive the Great Barrier Reed. I wanted to go on safari to Tanzania and kayak with penguins in Antarctica.
I didn’t want to risk waiting until I was 65 and possibly dead or disabled. It’s one of the reasons I worked three jobs, had three roommates, drove the same Honda Accord for 13 years, didn’t buy fancy clothes or designer sunglasses, didn’t have 5 kids I couldn’t afford, rarely took a vacation and saved about 90% of what I made while investing the rest. I drank Miller Lite and ate spaghetti and ramen for many, many years. I was working towards a goal, single-mindedly.
Almost everyone else I worked with stayed working another 15 or 20 years and they are probably worth five times what I am. Guess what? I don’t give a single shit. It doesn’t affect my life one bit if my former co-worker is worth $3 million or $30 million or $300 million. Good for them. I know I have it pretty good and I’m happy where I am.
My younger brother is wildly successful. He gets flown around in helicopters and owns a bunch of businesses he started all by himself. I’m sure he’s worth a hell of a lot more than me. Again, I don’t give two shits. I’d love it if the government taxed him even less so he can keep more of what HE earned.
The less money going to the federal government to waste, the better. Probably 85% of what they spend is wasted. Fuck them.
Comrade Clayton probably doesn’t know this, but conservatives are FAR more generous giving to private charity than shitlibs are. A study by Google found that average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.
They’d probably be even MORE generous if the government didn’t rape them financially every chance they got.
So my suggestion to Comrade Clayton is to let go of your never-ending envy and jealousy. Stop worrying about everyone else and concentrate on your OWN life, which is currently an embarrassing shambles. Maybe set a goal of moving our of your mother’s house and getting a real job. Set another goal of moving up the ladder at work. This way, you won’t have all this free time to sit in your room and stew about what others have.
Being generous with other people’s money (socialism) isn’t generosity at all. It’s being a cunt. Getting online and demanding non-stop that OTHER people cough up dough at government gunpoint (IRS) for your pet projects is pure selfishness.
Time to take a hard look in the mirror, bitch.
P.S. – notice how it’s BILLIONAIRES they vilify now? Not too long ago, it was millionaires. But now that Al Gore is worth $300 million from climate hoax grifting, the Clintons are worth over $120 million from all of their foundation grifting and theft, and Pelosi is worth around $200 million from all her insider trading, they have to say BILLIONARIES to exclude all the shitlib grifters.