Thread: Russian Oligarchs

Kind of puts it in perspective, $34,000 in the area I live (New Jersey) is NOT a lot of money.


We are the 1%: You need $34k income to be in the global elite... and half the world's richest live in the U.S. | Mail Online

Scott

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Now that's xenophobia. Some Brits in the area could think the same of Swedes as well, how's that?

Thank God I was raised with the concept that counting other people's money is a mauvais ton, but apparently there are people who don't think so. But tell you what, some poor people in central Africa or countries like N.Korea who live for less than $1 a day would think you guys are oligarchs. Seriously, for many people out there $100K a year is the oligarchic level. So, just because someone's richer than you doesn't mean you should hate them.

In fact, I admire all those making much more money than I do, and I try my best to get up to their level, and I never dream of them getting down to mine, and I would advise you guys to do the same.

By the way, in Russian they have a nice saying about those having a black eye on someone more successful than they are --> "пусть лучше у соседа корова сдохнет, чем самому свою иметь", which literally says "I'd better have the neighbor's cow dead, than mine live and good". Don't be like that!

Originally Posted by fortheether

Kind of puts it in perspective, $34,000 in the area I live (New Jersey) is NOT a lot of money.


We are the 1%: You need $34k income to be in the global elite... and half the world's richest live in the U.S. | Mail Online

Scott

Yeah, my point exactly. Tbh, I would rather think $34K is below average. But I realize it very well that there are people for whom it's a fortune in itself, so saying "that one's evil coz he has a coupla millions and I don't" just makes you look more narrow-minded than you really are.