Comment by energy123

2 days ago

> What is all of this for if the result is that human beings are "made irrelevant"?

I think your views on this will radically differ if you earn 200k a year versus 2k a year.

Which is maddening. Too many people lack class consciousness.

An engineer making 200k a year has more in common with someone making 2k a year, than they do with the Elon Musk's of the world.

This delusion is rampant in professional spheres like medicine and tech.

  • > An engineer making 200k a year has more in common with someone making 2k a year, than they do with the Elon Musk's of the world.

    No they don't. Only someone making 200k could say that.

    • If you make 200k a year, you're not even in the top tax bracket of the US. On 200k alone you can hardly even afford a SFH in SV, NOVA, and NYC.

      Meanwhile Elon Musk's net worth can swing 200+ million in a single day. He could buy up an entire neighborhood in those same zip codes you'd hardly be able to break into.

      So how are you "closer" to Elon Musk exactly?