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A Boring Dystopia
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pretty much. they cosplay at being working-class/poor because it makes them feel like they aren't rich douchebags, and once it gets old/difficult/mom and dad get mad, they 'grow up' and stop doing it.
I am in my 40s and I meet a lot of trustafians. they get so ANGRY when they realize I am not like them and I'm some 'loser' who made my own way up in life with hard work and didn't spend my 20s partying and traveling and working low-income jobs because it was 'authentic'. i had a low income job because it was the only one I could get until I had enough experience to get a better paying job.
I hear you on this. I was homeless as a kid, and in college I had a friend who I just didn't understand was wealthy, as I hadn't learned the subtle social cues outside of a small town context. I was sort of still processing the fact that yes, living for years in the back of a store and not a house was not the experience that other people had, and it is defined as being homeless. Though certainly not as bad as living out of a car or on the streets. "Homeless lite" maybe? Anyway, I told her this one day and she immediately came back with "Oh! Me too! We lived in a hotel for 3 months while looking for a house to buy!" Even trying to get a bit deeper....nope. Steamrolled into her Eloise story.
A year or so later, another friend got it out of her that she, indeed, did have a "small" trust fund for college. To her credit, she wasn't a shitbag at least. Meant well, but just zero wherewithal about the discrepancy between paying daily to live somewhere and making up a bed every night of camper seat cushions and a sleeping bag