> Even if you had a meager income of $50-$55k a year this whole time, you would have produced nearly $1 million dollars worth of income before taxes by now.
And how much was rent, and food, and car insurance? It's easy to multiply a salary by 20 and conclude that they fucked up. It's a lot harder to actually live on $50k/year when the system, owned and run by extraordinarily rich people, is trying to extract money from you with every dark pattern at its disposal. Car broke down? Credit card debt, 18% APR. Delay in paycheck deposit? Overdraft fees. Kindly old landlord decides to sell? Rent +20%.
And how much was rent, and food, and car insurance? It's easy to multiply a salary by 20 and conclude that they fucked up. It's a lot harder to actually live on $50k/year when the system, owned and run by extraordinarily rich people, is trying to extract money from you with every dark pattern at its disposal. Car broke down? Credit card debt, 18% APR. Delay in paycheck deposit? Overdraft fees. Kindly old landlord decides to sell? Rent +20%.