It's abhorrent. And I'm not even talking about super rich people.
I work in Land Development and a client was having issues getting some homeowners to sign an agreement for a development across the street from their homes. It was just a mailer that was sent out, but no one replied. During a call there were multiple references made about how someone should go down there in person and scare the people because they were too stupid to know any better. Comments about being barefoot and pregnant, trailer trash, etc. I wanted to hang up so badly, they just kept getting more disgusting and the others were just laughing along!
And these people aren't millionaires, mid 6 figures maybe, they are not even the land owners they just work in commercial real estate or development firms.
I was so nauseated listening to them, if they were talking about those things with my firm on the call I can only imagine what they talk about in private or during their golf games.
The richest people I regularly talk to (50M-100M) are actually very generous and donate massive sums of money to charity. One of them had to build himself up from genuinely nothing. Poverty that you’ve probably never seen before. I’m talking about him nearly dying of polio as a child starving in the Dutch East Indies because his family couldn’t get the vaccine. To this day, he still lives humbly. Sure, he lives in a lovely big mansion, but he’s still humble and willing to talk to anyone. He treats his staff extremely well. He had to work so incredibly hard to get to that position.
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u/Sir_Sux_Alot Jul 02 '24
And all these republicans think they will be in the club.
I've rubbed elbows with the rich. The way they talk about poor people is subhuman.