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“THE TRUTH, WHICH IS THAT HE IS AN ENTITLED LOSER WHO DID NOTHING BUT WASTE HIS FATHER’S FORTUNE.”
Fred made a lot of money, especially compared to his son or his father, but he nonetheless inherited a business and sizeable amount of money from Friedrich Trump. I wouldn’t call it Middle Class for the time period.
Yeah, it’s Worthington’s Law in action. I cannot reference this enough, because this is actually how many people think. I cannot believe how many conversations about Elon/Donnie/Bezos/Gates, etc all ended with the equivalent of “yeah, but he makes more money than YOU!” (which I nearly always sound not very distant from “My dad can beat up YOUR dad!”. It’s pathetic.
Is it talking about him like he’s a saint to acknowledge that he actually did build a real estate empire from middle-class origins?
Maybe that is something of a sainthood to some Americans.
Fred made a lot of money, especially compared to his son or his father, but he nonetheless inherited a business and sizeable amount of money from Friedrich Trump. I wouldn’t call it Middle Class for the time period.
Wealth is certainly a religion to many Americans.
Yeah, it’s Worthington’s Law in action. I cannot reference this enough, because this is actually how many people think. I cannot believe how many conversations about Elon/Donnie/Bezos/Gates, etc all ended with the equivalent of “yeah, but he makes more money than YOU!” (which I nearly always sound not very distant from “My dad can beat up YOUR dad!”. It’s pathetic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbU4VRs2rro
Also, millions of people make more money than me. The real question is are they happier or more content than me?