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31. Keep in mind the old adage "Keeping up with the Joneses"?

Tue Jun 27, 2023, 10:07 AM

Jun 2023

Remember that folks like that are not comparing their lot in life with the lower rungs but with the rungs of society that they believe they belong to (and higher).

So if they are not able to maintain their "status" within that envisioned rung nor are able to "move up" a notch, they "blame" everyone underneath them for dragging them down and rail against them instead of against the people they aim to join. It's the core of "classicism" and "class warfare".

And as an interesting learning of the day by me, that term apparently came into the "modern lexicon" and was popularized by an old comic strip that used the term as its strip name (which makes sense) -

The metaphor had been used even well before that.

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Well, this was no way to start the day... [View all] PCIntern Jun 2023 OP

Demographics are changing in our country dlk Jun 2023 #1

I do not get the sense of victimhood a lot RW and priviliged people feel. Nothing ever in their ... marble falls Jun 2023 #2

I think that is an excellent point PCIntern Jun 2023 #5

You write beautiful essays and accounts, I ramble and grunt. marble falls Jun 2023 #6

All I do is write what I feel PCIntern Jun 2023 #7

From you, I consider this high compliment, thank you from my heart. marble falls Jun 2023 #8

For the slower among us... ret5hd Jun 2023 #9

Just to jump in here Geechie Jun 2023 #24

"What exactly has happened to you that threatened your lifestyle?" or ... marble falls Jun 2023 #25

TY ret5hd Jun 2023 #34

"Can you show us on the doll where the immigrants/minorities/LGBTQ/liberals/atheists hurt you?" hatrack Jun 2023 #55

Great thread musclecar6 Jun 2023 #13

Airline pilots do have their share of wingnuts. mn9driver Jun 2023 #23

I'm sure musclecar6 Jun 2023 #30

Union members but they vote against their own. True Blue American Jun 2023 #51

My experience with "privileged" people is that they are, at their core, gullible. jaxexpat Jun 2023 #20

Keep in mind the old adage "Keeping up with the Joneses"? BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #31

Not a problem out here. There's a lot of hole in the britches millionaires out here. My uncle Bill.. marble falls Jun 2023 #32

It's all how they perceive themselves... BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #33

Very much agree, but don't focus on "nothing ever in their lives has gone wrong" Justice Jun 2023 #56

I am not adressing the Tim Scotts. They are the minority of the upper middle class and upper ... marble falls Jun 2023 #57

I get it. no_hypocrisy Jun 2023 #3

I hear you Joinfortmill Jun 2023 #16

When I was 14 my father came home all fired up about the black revolution and made me ... marble falls Jun 2023 #28

Perhaps he had one foot in the dark side even then EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #4

I know a lot of these types SouthernDem4ever Jun 2023 #10

I'm always disappointed when people I know turn out to be haters hauckeye Jun 2023 #11

There should be a support group for them/us. jaxexpat Jun 2023 #22

He is getting it from somewhere - the professional propaganda these days is effective Blues Heron Jun 2023 #12

I suspect this dude is an elitist, a snob, a dictator type. Joinfortmill Jun 2023 #14

I go thru that shock every time i try to reconnect with an old shipmate that i had thought well of. 70sEraVet Jun 2023 #15

I was thinking yesterday, their side doesn't outnumber us ecstatic Jun 2023 #17

And every year four million Gen Zers become eligible to vote. Sky Jewels Jun 2023 #39

My brother is now blaming "woke" for his problems 617Blue Jun 2023 #18

Yep. This will probably be a common theme for the next election. progressoid Jun 2023 #37

Blame everyone but me. True Blue American Jun 2023 #52

People say that the hate is orthoclad Jun 2023 #19

You would be amazed how many people cannot see what you have Stargazer99 Jun 2023 #38

The majority of human behavior is emotional orthoclad Jun 2023 #49

Anger and hatred are bad habits, like smoking or gambling vlyons Jun 2023 #21

Beautiful and very well said! nt CarlYasutomo Jun 2023 #50

I had a similar thing happen with a high school crush Siwsan Jun 2023 #26

Trump convinced the deplorables that they could be themselves in public. hunter Jun 2023 #27

+1. Really a good post. yonder Jun 2023 #42

I grew up in a community that was 99% straight white Christian by the advertising. hunter Jun 2023 #48

For me, I was born and raised in a working class Denver neighborhood... yonder Jun 2023 #58

Someone I refer to as a former friend is a woman I have known... 3catwoman3 Jun 2023 #29

I can match you even to the degree of profession! Grins Jun 2023 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author NNadir Jun 2023 #36

Same thing happened to my classmates LittleGirl Jun 2023 #40

For these people there is but one motivation Joe Nation Jun 2023 #41

I had a friend who got in the cult and we are no longer friends kimbutgar Jun 2023 #43

yes Skittles Jun 2023 #44

Facebook allowed the haters to really show their HATE ! RANDYWILDMAN Jun 2023 #45

I'm so sorry. This has happened to some of my old friends, too. yardwork Jun 2023 #46

Oh, that's a Nasty Turn of events so to speak... electric_blue68 Jun 2023 #47

Sounds like some of my classmates. shrike3 Jun 2023 #53

Some people, even intelligent people, have a blown fuse somewhere Mysterian Jun 2023 #54