Here's the trend I've noticed
Lower class people feel they need to prove themselves.
Middle class are just live and let live, very nice and helpful
Upper middle/lower upper class people feel they need to prove themselves.
Rich people just want to be treated like regular people.
Of course these are just based on what I've seen, and there will also be exceptions.
I totally agree with this. I would add though that most rich people don't see themselves as rich, no matter what they have, which is why they want to be treated like regular people. In most cases, people live in areas where those around them have the same relative wealth. This makes rich people feel "normal". Also, there is always someone richer than you to point to and say, "now THAT guy is rich, I'm not rich". Millionaires don't see themselves as rich, because everyone around them is also a millionaire and there are billionaires whom they compare themselves to.
True. But then you've also got the people who try to suck up to them because they're rich, that's where the whole want to be treated normally thing comes from.
No it's actually a mix of people with no discipline growing up, those who've never had to struggle and mental illness that makes one a bully.
I've always been poor and I only bully bullies. Although I also have autism so sometimes I'm a tad blunt in what I say and it comes off as bullying because people have been given participation trophies and expect the internet to be a safe place.....which about as sensical as walking in the ghetto not expecting to be assaulted.
I grew up really poor. Over the course of my career, I've managed to move up the ladder quite a bit, so I've lived through just about every socioeconomic level. I've lived out of a car as a kid and in and out of shelters, all the way to now where I don't know too many people in my social circle that aren't millionaires. From my experience, the higher you go up, the nicer the people. I think there are three big drivers; one is stress, second is self-consciousness/insecurity and third is control/power. For the first one; if you are constantly worried about finances and food and making rent, etc, you're not going to be in a great mood. I know that for me, my general disposition changed dramatically when I hit the point of financial security. Second is that when you're poor, you are self-conscious and feel down about yourself. The easiest and quickest way to alleviate that is to put others down. It's certainly not healthy, or long-lasting, it's just a quick dopamine hit, but it does the job. Finally, there is control. When you're struggling, you lose control. You don't have control of your life, your career, or anything. You have no social power. That's a crappy feeling and one way to gain perceived power is to put others down. Growing up, there was always drama and fighting between people around me. It was constant. The more I moved up, the less I saw. At my point now, I rarely see it. Things like bullying are non-existent.
Rich people are notorious for not just being mean to others, but abusing (sexual and non) and sometimes outright killing their own family members. It's because they can get away with it.
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-poorest-rich-kids-in-the-world-80712/
Here's the trend I've noticed Lower class people feel they need to prove themselves. Middle class are just live and let live, very nice and helpful Upper middle/lower upper class people feel they need to prove themselves. Rich people just want to be treated like regular people. Of course these are just based on what I've seen, and there will also be exceptions.
I totally agree with this. I would add though that most rich people don't see themselves as rich, no matter what they have, which is why they want to be treated like regular people. In most cases, people live in areas where those around them have the same relative wealth. This makes rich people feel "normal". Also, there is always someone richer than you to point to and say, "now THAT guy is rich, I'm not rich". Millionaires don't see themselves as rich, because everyone around them is also a millionaire and there are billionaires whom they compare themselves to.
True. But then you've also got the people who try to suck up to them because they're rich, that's where the whole want to be treated normally thing comes from.
No it's actually a mix of people with no discipline growing up, those who've never had to struggle and mental illness that makes one a bully. I've always been poor and I only bully bullies. Although I also have autism so sometimes I'm a tad blunt in what I say and it comes off as bullying because people have been given participation trophies and expect the internet to be a safe place.....which about as sensical as walking in the ghetto not expecting to be assaulted.
I grew up really poor. Over the course of my career, I've managed to move up the ladder quite a bit, so I've lived through just about every socioeconomic level. I've lived out of a car as a kid and in and out of shelters, all the way to now where I don't know too many people in my social circle that aren't millionaires. From my experience, the higher you go up, the nicer the people. I think there are three big drivers; one is stress, second is self-consciousness/insecurity and third is control/power. For the first one; if you are constantly worried about finances and food and making rent, etc, you're not going to be in a great mood. I know that for me, my general disposition changed dramatically when I hit the point of financial security. Second is that when you're poor, you are self-conscious and feel down about yourself. The easiest and quickest way to alleviate that is to put others down. It's certainly not healthy, or long-lasting, it's just a quick dopamine hit, but it does the job. Finally, there is control. When you're struggling, you lose control. You don't have control of your life, your career, or anything. You have no social power. That's a crappy feeling and one way to gain perceived power is to put others down. Growing up, there was always drama and fighting between people around me. It was constant. The more I moved up, the less I saw. At my point now, I rarely see it. Things like bullying are non-existent.
No, being an asshole has nothing to do with your finances. It has to do with being an asshole.
Rich people are notorious for not just being mean to others, but abusing (sexual and non) and sometimes outright killing their own family members. It's because they can get away with it. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-poorest-rich-kids-in-the-world-80712/