Has /pol/ ever known anyone who is financially in the top 5%? Did you feel inadequate being around them at all?
>>545339464>Has /pol/ ever known anyone who is financially in the top 5%?yes >Did you feel inadequate being around them at all? no, in fact I feel quite a lot of empathy for them. Having that much money does solve almost every problem one might run into, and so your only fear becomes losing the money. The wealth really starts to own you, not to mention his children despised him and were only in his life because of the money.
Yes several, and no because I am hot and people like me. 95th percentile wealth is only $5 million. You know more than you realize.
>>545339464niggers tongue my anus
>>545339464socialists obsess over money the same way virgins obsess over sexvirgins think sex will change something, then they smash and realize it changes nothingI thank God every day for not letting me degrade into the socialist mindset
>>545339464>Did you feel inadequate being around them at all?No, because I am not American and I don't believe in monetary superiority or prosperity gospel
>>545339464It just makes me feel bad because I realize the jews made it so I have no opportunity to ever get rich or even make a living, so I just have to hasten the collapse of the USA so we can all be on a level playing field and I can start building my wealth from there.
>>545339464I suppose my boss/father in law would probably be the top 5%. But most of it is in the business and business assets.I'm fucking his daughter so it doesn't really bother me.
>>545339464I guess I technically am, though I’ve never thought of myself that way and it’s mostly tied up in land and trusts and that sort of thing. My father never lived like it and I didn’t really know until I was old enough to be involved in the family business. Im glad he didn’t spoil us. Most of the rich people I grew up with were deeply unhappy and fucked up. They wound up pill heads and most of them are dead or in prison.
>>545340106>tax billionaires!>but you are 1/100th of a billionaire, are you not?>OWNED
>>545339464More money more problems
>>545339464Made it in tech before AI was on everyone mind, now I live in the woods working on machines and growing my own food.
>>545339464High school friend's dad was the CFO of arguably the most well known golf brand in the world. He made like $4.5 million a year plus stock options. Super down to earth and friendly guy. He daily drove an ancient Lexus that he had for like 25 years and would occasionally let me and his son take his Z8 out around town by ourselves. Their pool house, which was in their backyard, was legit a full fledged two bedroom house with a kitchen and everything. I was over there all the time playing guitar/drums/video games. And he basically turned the tennis court into a mini skatepark for us kids. His wife was, and still is, and absolute miserable cunt though. No fucking clue what he sees in her.
>>545339933>95th percentile wealth is only $5 million.Bullshit.I have $100k to my name and I feel top 1%.You've never met someone with more than $100k other than doctors.
yesno, they're fucking annoying freeloading boomers who have millions and never pay for anything
>>545339464My uncle is top 1%.https://youtu.be/VZ_c5pUXm4c
>>545339464My grand parents are millionaires, my auny and uncle are as well, apparently my wife grand mother is loaded like has over $10 million and apparently set a trust up the day my wife was born (that was 35 years ago) with like $250k in it, but she cant touch it and doesnt know much else because her dad is weird about shit, I dont know.
>>545339933Lol found the tik tok dubai toilet
>>545339464I'm well to do, but my "neighbor" has extreme go fuck yourself money. no shit has a militia for when he travels to africa and south america for some of his business ventures that said, coolest dude in the world, my kid works for him now. we grill, share food, and send left over home with each other (yes, rich people eat left overs) he has a couple of my bowls right now. Some fucknut in a thread said I was LARPing because wealthy people don't get togo bags/boxes at restaurants. how out of fucking touch. I did it today with a tomahawk steak. who the fuck could eat that whole thing? plus my dogs love the bone. I have a close friend group in which I am probably the most "poor" kek. Every single one of us came from borderline poverty White trash. Hell, one dude I had to repo his equipment when I was just as broke as him but it was my job at the time. we still laugh about it.I live in a small 100yo farm house. Aside from my bad ass trucks and boats, you'd think I was another poor farmer if you drove by or seen me in the store.
>>545340494>My father never lived like it and I didn’t really know until I was old enough to be involved in the family businessgot to be careful not to dox myself, but you are telling the story of a few close friends (brothers) of mine. billionaires with a capitol B and they didn't know it as kids. had to buy their own cars. park them on hills so the could roll start them and pop the clutch to get started, they weren't allowed to work for dad until they spent 5 years in a completely unrelated field. it wasn't even allowed to be remotely adjacent to dad's line of work. The entire family is the nicest people you would ever meet. if you knew or thought you knew they were wealthy, they would feel bad for giving that impression I've done a bunch of volunteer work with them, they put their money where their mouth is
>>545339464I met one once. Of course, he's not around anymore
>>545340106Forever slave to the boot.
>>545339804children wont despise you bc of money.. if your own children despise you i wouldnt question what you did to them
I am in the top 5%
>>545343562>You've never met someone with more than $100k other than doctors.That's because real wealth is in influencing others. It's in entertainment and advertising. These people by nature are not visible. Entertainers behind the curtain. Influencers pulling strings. These are not positions meant to be visible in a traditional way.
>>545344626ok so how exactly did you white trash make it? cocain dealers? i dont beleive one work kek
>>545339464Top 5% is 1 in 20 people. You went to high school with them. Top 5% is good money, but it tends to be golden handcuffs money where they're grinding for it and can easily end up thrown in the chum pool with the rest of the masses if they fuck up or get unlucky. Don't envy them.
>>545339464My best friend's dad owns an airport here and loads of stores, inherited from his dad. Ultra set for life. Yeah, I kind of do, but that kind of money takes a generation to build.
>>545339464Yes, me. And I do think other people are inferior to me.Poor people are only poor because they're stupid.
>>545345224>children wont despise you bc of money.oh the fuck they won'tI get it, I was never home a lot on account of work. I think that is where my oldest started to despise me. As recently as a few months ago she told my wife that [my] money doesn't fix problems and I can't buy my way into blah blah blah.guess who came hat in fucking hand needing cash to get her into a new place because her "man" is a useless piece of shit and couldn't come up with a down payment if you gave him 30 years. that's right, old daddy warbucks. the memo on the cashiers check said "daddy's money" because, yes, I was being petty.>>545345502>ok so how exactly did you white trash make itthey one thing /pol/ hates to hear.>muh boot strapsbusted my dick for years until I wound up where I am. to cover it with a large blanket I would say I'm in construction equipment as are a few friends. others are in construction so it makes for a mutual friend group. one guy, amongst other things, is in oil. with the exception of oil guy, and only because he moved here later, I've known all the others from the day they started their first companies. watched them fail and rebuild until they got it right. I did the same thing.
>>545339464I know my family yes I also know a bunch of my friends growing up and ex girlfriend
>>545339464Top 5% is only like $350K/yr household income. You certainly know people that make that.
>>545339464Yeah, in college knew many.No, just annoyed that they can drop tens of thousands on bullshit without worrying. Only think the kikes among those deserve death.
>>545345224This.
>>545345390>>545345926>>545346312If you are what you say you are, it is strange that you browse /pol/. You can afford much better entertainment than this.
>>545339464>McJw ID>talking about the top 5% wealth hehehehe
>>545339464I knew one in college. He was my dorm neighbour. Yeah his daddy paid for everything and his entire existence was barely passing his business degree while smoking pot, drinking and partying all the time. Dude had a new chick every month too while I was basically an incel cause all I did was work, study and go to the gym. I was kind of pissed off because I worked full time in addition to going to school and this faggot had all this free time.One time the dude banged on my door loudly at 7am in the morning after I worked all night to get up for "Residence Sports" and I lost it on him. He got so butthurt about my mean words that he reported me to the residence for misconduct but nothing came of it. Was worth it to give him a piece of my mind.
>>545339464I have been in the top 1% the last two years. Should be again this year, already top 5% as it is. I’m a regular guy with three kids and a wife. Well, as regular a guy as browses /pol/.
>>545346574Top 5% is like 300k a year that’s anyone with a decent family it’s not even that much money
>>545346809Crypto?And what qualifies as top 5%?
>>545347052Software sales. Made near 7 figures last two years, at $500k for the year right now.
>>545346855300k a year is really good money if you aren’t a try-hard who bought a beach front property.
>>545339464If you've tasted the top 2%, it's a great position to be in financially, great for you mentally, but man do you have terrible, terrible company a lot of the time.Also you're still invisible to women if you live modestly and want to avoid gold diggers.
>>545347232You would be shocked how easy that money gets spent by a wife and family. My kid’s each cost me ~$15k cash per year for their activities. The wife wants one extravagant vacation per year, that’s another $20k. I spend $15k per month on average just floating my family, doing zero for myself.
>>545339464No because they are all nepo babies. People with drive and real skill is what I cate about.
>>545345970i mean making money doesnt necessarily mean you were a good dad either way, kids dont hate you randomly, and def not for being rich lol
>>545346574>it is strange that you browse /pol/kek. I would need to jump into the archives to get proof, but there have been some posters, albeit maybe not famous in in the sense of the word, but famous in the sense that almost everyone would have one of their products in the fridge./pol/ is not all poorfags no matter how many poorbragging threads you see. those of us with money, nost of us anyway, want to see others do well, I know it is hard to believe but it is true.I've donated so much time and money into building the next generation you'd just think I was lying if I were to list it all out. here is my favorite. I fully back SkillsUSA. With my business in multiple states, I can participate on several local and state levels as well as at the national conference as a judge. These kids are (can) walking out of the nationals with a 6 figure job if they want.Sounds gay as fuck, but the welding decrative artfags are insane talented. not who I'm looking to hire for the most part, but a skill and a brain to be so creative they are worth talking to because there is a goldmine hiding in one of them. see to believe type creations. I've seen them sell for high dollars and there is not even open bidding on them. just a dude saying "I'll give you $50k for that" before the judge even gets to it.
>>545339464Many. All of the time. I don’t feel inadequate, but I do feel a sense of injustice sometimes like I feel I am smarter and more capable than them even at what they do but they had better luck, connections, nepotism and a more supporting environment to thrive. This isn’t always the case, but often I do feel that way like one lucky bounce and our roles are reversed.
>>545339464>For the top 5%, a net worth of $1.17 million to $2.7 million secures your spot, while the top 10% requires between $970,900 and $1.9 million.LOL $1.2 million is fucking nothing. My house equity alone is worth that. If you are a 40 year old American and don't have a million in assets, you are a fuckin loser. Simple as. You can get a million by 40 being a wagie drone and putting money in your 401k. Its so easy. Are you guys all on crack or something?
>>545347232My family owns a beach house right on pismo beach it’s very comfy because you can ride quads and motorcycles on it
>>545346574I’ve been visiting this site on and off since I’m a teenager. What exactly is it you think I should be doing instead?
>>545341947He sees nothing in her. He made a mistake early and then just owned it because he didn’t want to break his family. I don’t how he stayed happy after that though, as I do the same but I want to kill myself. Ah maybe the 4.5 a mill helps mitigate that
>>545343803Her dad stole the money that’s why lol
>>545347527I believe anon.Im not as well off as him but I have multiple rental properties, got lucky with crypto, and was able to retire early cause im frugal. I spend my days posting on 4chan cause I never had any strong social connections and its weird talking with wealthy people when you made your money via crypto.
>>545343562My step dad owned a company that dealt with grain Silos for large bread companies he pulled like seven hundred thousand a year and we still weren't that wealthy you don't know what real wealth is
>>545347506I think she got into the wrong crowd and probably drugs. She said some really off the wall shit that got the law called to the house on me because she said something that was completely impossible to be true. Why, because I wasn't even in the country. They had to wait until I got back to do a visit. the case worker called her a liar to her face. I will never not hold a grudge about that.she never wanted for anything. doesn't know what hungry is. never seen her mom go to a 9-5 job. she had it made. she is not in the will and it BEYOND pisses my wife and my mom off. don't care. my son, however, 100% (basically) gets everything.
>>545339464Nope, i get along with bums and kings alike; all the same in my eyes. every man gets a choice, become my enemy and its the end of you.
>>545347862> tfw wagie drone in stem with $1.2 million at age 40Never did sales, never got a PhD, never married. I have a lot of regrets.
>>545339464My dad was a bigtime dotcom investor back in the day. He was worth north of 400 million before he lost it all. My sister is a senior VP at a firm you know (and hate). I grew up in a mansion in the hills and went to private school with the kids of the 1% of the 1%. I don't want to doxx myself too hard but I went a different path and work a blue collar job. I fucking detest rich people. Their kids are no smarter than any other demographic of people I've ever met. Some of them are smart but most are just really, really dumb. Wealth has basically no real connection with intelligence.
>>545339464I call them "Dan" and "Mike" and piss right next to them in the same bathroom they do. It isn't that big of a deal.
>>545347960I’m not rich, so I don’t know how to properly spend money. If I had access to unlimited wealth I would open my own private comedy club.
>>545339464i know a 10%er and its insane how much money he has buit his entire life is work and his wife is always alone^^
i wouldnt switch with the guy i like my loser life. his life is 24/7 stress and he cant really enjoy the fruits. its maniacal.
>>545348869>It isn't that big of a deal.Sure it is, you brainwashed fuck. Dan and Mike are set for life. Even though you guys play grab-ass in the bathroom, Dan and Mike will gladly fuck you over totally impersonally and they'll MAYBE feel bad about it for a few minutes before moving on and never thinking about it again. The reason why Dan and Mike are set for life is the exact reason why the rest of us can barely afford healthcare, if we can afford it at all. But sure dude, make sure you take some nice peeks at their cocks in the bathroom. Make some memories. Maybe it'll warm your heart when you get laid off and can't keep the fucking heat on.
>>545346757I had a dorm neighbour like that in university too. Dad owned thousands of acres and family was totally set up. This guy was a semi-pro athlete and serious about his studies, not a drunk idiot, readying for a masters in something niche where you need to be serious and curious. He was a well natured gentleman, but I was a socially awkward room hobbit so we really only ever exchanged pleasantries and shared a pitcher at the sports bar one time.
>>545349084It's a two way street broham, I'll just work somewhere else if I get let go. I'll also jump ship the second I get a better offer somewhere else. They know this; everyone knows this. I think your mentality is stuck in the past. I'm just saying I treat them like any other person and nothing bad has come of it over the last 4 years.
I have an uncle who's at least in the .01%. He co-founded a company that was very successful and became the largest in its industry after a series of mergers where his company remained on top. I don't know his exact wealth but it's at least a few hundred mil and possibly over a billion. He's a good guy. I'm 40 and have known him since he was a pretty normal upper middle class guy with a good job but still just a regular job at a company, and he's still a pretty normal middle class guy at heart. He was basically the guy with actual skills and his partners were the sleazy business jews who made all the deals. He's pretty low key about his money and doesn't have a lot of flashy stuff other than a few pretty expensive residences (like $5-8 million for the most expensive) that are very nicely decorated but he doesn't have supercars or a yacht or a jet or anything like that. It's kind of hard to explain how I feel around that side of the family. He remarried a few years ago (20 years after my dad's sister, his first wife, died) and his new wife's family are old money but everybody from my side and my uncle's blood relatives are pretty normal. Mostly it's just kind of weird and uncanny, this guy I've known my whole life who was financially similar to my parents is now unfathomably rich while my family haven't done so well. Weirdly I think he's kind ashamed to be so rich, and actually feels weirder about it than I do about him. Sometimes I feel really stupid for not just letting him nepo me into a cushy high-paying job, he's made it clear to me over the years that he'd be willing, but I find his line of work distasteful and I don't really have any aptitude for it, it's all corpo dealmaking shit and handling difficult people and I'm not any good at that. Instead I'm barely scraping by as a skilled tradesman, ironically like all of my ancestors before my parents' generation.
>>545349332>think your mentality is stuck in the past.Yeah, man. It is. It's stuck in a past where America at least fucking tried to be more than a common economic zone and rubber stamp for world-devouring greed. I think we should all try harder to maybe make that happen again. It's not a two-way street. That's pure cope. The owner class has resources in vast excess of the people who work to create their money. I understand the impulse to downplay the difference, but it's bordering on total farce. If it is a two-way street, they're driving superwide steamrollers and you're driving a Geo Prism.
>>545339464Quite a few. Before the lockdowns, I was up there myself. That’s why you see rich people hanging out with other rich people. It’s hard to know if someone’s interested in you for real or if they’re just interested in you for what you can do for them.
>>545348651>I fucking detest rich people.I don't look at anyone's wealth as a way to measure them unless it is someone choosing to be poor. I said it earlier, you would think I am poor as could be if you met me aside from boats and trucks. guess I'm blessed in that everyone with wealth I know is just cut from a different cloth maybe. preacher seen my truck for the first time today at church even though I've had it near a year to the day, I think he almost cussed (no he didn't). it really isn't that fancy, its what I wanted. everyone goggled it like it was a $million ride. nice? yes. did I get a deal on it? also yes. I don't piss money away.
>>545339464Yes, some family/friends. >family: he started a business as a tradie, grew it into a massive brand, sold it. super nice guy, was willing to invest tens of thousands into my crypto mining business (I declined because I knew it was volatile and couldn't get enough cards at MSRP anyway...)>wife was ridiculed for marrying a broke 'tradie' at the time (70s) and is now content and happy and rich. All her sisters still seethe and are divorced and miserable. >friend of a relative: became a pro-athlete chad, now makes bank training young pro-athletes. Started off as a normal dude, was just a freak athletically. Married a stacey, almost divorced her when she hit like 37 and was still putting off kids. Now they have a perfect family. She has probably cheated on him (lots of travel for work) but his business is doing well and he seems happy and is still friendly and down to earth with his old friends.
>>545349592You seem to be coming from a place of hate, while I'm coming from a place of indifference. Maybe it's my "privilege" showing, idk. They're just stupid faggots the same as anyone else. It don't matter, none of this matters. I don't care if they make $300k a year more than I do. They're nice enough and I don't talk to them any different than I would anyone else. I call him by them by their first names, they call me by mine, we exchange small talk pleasantries and go about our days. It's whatever.
>>545349397I strongly believe in the concept of noblesse oblige. Maybe mention that to him sometime. It might give him a sense of purpose. I'm nowhere near rich, but Christian teaching has made me sort of loathe making money, so whenever I start doing really well and build it up I instinctively want to spend it/get rid of it (eg. spend $500 on some starving artist's work that I don't really want as a form of charity, buy really expensive stuff for my family for Christmas etc.) I'm retarded so I just waste it on stupid shit, but he's smarter so he might be able to turn it to a good purpose like >>545347527 and use it to really benefit people. What's weird about modern society is that the rich aren't necessarily the ones who are best fit to lead society, so they have all this power and capability but no idea how to use it to better society. So maybe figure that out first and then put it to good use, instead of giving it to jewish hedge funds to use to destroy the country.
>>545350659>I'm nowhere near rich, but Christian teaching has made me sort of loathe making money,funny you say thatI was throwing money at the church I go to. name it, I bought it. small country church that would be considered primitive baptist by most standards. aside from my tithes, they near quit taking my money. /pol/ is all zog zionist israel blah blah, but there are good churches out there. you have to shop for them.maybe I'm looked at as an in case of emergency break glass kind of guy...not sure. do they think they are abusing me? it really is a want to do on my part and be one that does good. the vast majority of everything I've done was 100% anonymous aside from the preacher knowing. preacher had my credit card for nearly a year, never asked for a receipt. not bragging, but its like I have to look elsewhere to donate to. btw, I write none of this off, convictions won't allow it. end of the day, yes I hobnob with dickhead rich people. they are not my friends and I do not like them. luckily I have mostly cool friends. next to me is a bro with 6 White kids on 80 acres living next to me in a trailer, he's cool. in farness, the day his grandpa dies that owns the land, I'm buying it. has a landing strip and i just want one.
>>545344876You're a pretty insecure and low-intellect dude
>>545351609>insecurenot in the slightest>low-intellectwe could all learn a little more
>>545351423>I hobnob with dickhead rich people. they are not my friends and I do not like themI should have worded this better. >I know rich people and a lot of them>some of the are pricks>my friend group is cool
>>545339464Before they retired my in-laws were both physicians and they owned a practice together. At their peak before they started to work part time as they approached retirement their income was around the 97th percentile. They lived wasteful, albeit regular lives, as you would expect. Like they had a bigger house than us, but it wasn't like a mansion or anything. More expensive car, but nothing excessive. Really their lifestyle was just "always pick the upper middle class" option. If they went out to eat, it was never a cheap restaurant. If they went to a hotel, it was always the nice hotel. At the end of the day they still lived regular lives of get up, go to work, earn money, spend it; they just had more money to spend. Unless you're in the .1%, you pretty much are living that life. Even a high end surgeon or anesthesiologist or a high end investment banker, the people in the 1%, are living like an average person.
>>545339464Friend’s family was the right hand to the founder of an old chain of Midwest department stores founded in the mid 1800s.Old money family, worth around 300 mil from investments passed down, All they had to do was go to yearly family meetings to give input on investments, and live the life of luxury.Except my friend, he was the black sheep who didn’t apply himself, so they gave him something like $40k/year back in the 90s to just have an apartment to play video games in all day.I met his family when he hot married, they were actually pretty cool, but they all gave off that aire of “You are not in the same league as us”, and it was palpable.Friend got some family stonks in Apple passed to him eventually, sold a bunch to get a house he paid for in full, had 2 broken marriages, 3 kids, now just lives alone in his 50s fucking around playing games and not giving a fuck. At least he gets $10k/month now and will eventually be set for life in due time.
>>545339464>financially in the top 5%This is not that big of a deal..
>>545339464I am, ask me anything
>>545352003>If they went to a hotel, it was always the nice hotelI could stay at a JW or some resort every night. no kidding, I like a home2 suite. I like the full size fridge and the meal prep I can do in them. I fly a lot, but if I drive I have coolers worth of food to grill or make fresh salads at hotels.>muh home2 suitethey also have an amazing work area when it comes to desk space. aside from the fridge, a good work space is worth every dime I save. spending more on a hotel only gets you a better bar, I need a work space when on the road.
>>545339464I make $400K a year, which places me in the top 2% income percentile in LA county. I'm poor as shit and can't even afford to buy a house on the west side.
>>545352440Funny part is, his richest uncle worth something like $150 million by himself married into an old money steel family, she was worth over a billion, so he had to sit a pre-nup since she was worth almost 10x what he was.Even the rich don’t trust each other on shit like that.
>>545352440I went to Harvard with a May heiress. She was down to earth and Midwest nice. Cool girl.
>>545352750>pre-nupsame as a non-competeuselesswell, it was in her favor so maybe
>>545339464No, he is an old unmarried autist who dyes his hair and looks like toothless Temu Billy Idol.
>>545339464Not known personally, but I used to work for wealthy clients. Some really rich people, higher than top 5%. Some of them were really chill and down to earth, others were entitled pieces of shit, others were eccentric weirdos. It's a mixed bag, like any demographic I guess. I don't know if "inadequate" is the right word, but I do have to admit that sometimes it could be frustrating watching how much money they spent while working for barely above minimum wage. And most of my contact to them was over the phone, so I didn't even get any advantages of being around that lifestyle, really. But it is what it is, just gotta make peace with it. I have to say though, it was the low tier millionaires who bothered me the most, they tended to be the most entitled and felt least deserving of their status. Again, inadequacy isn't quite right to describe how I felt, they mostly just pissed me off. The really wealthy, 1% people were more fun to talk to, they were the ones most likely to be chill or eccentric, and actually had an understanding of what their wealth entitled them to and wouldn't push it or take out their grievances on you. Unlike the lower tier guys who were always arrogant and had an unearned sense of entitlement and superiority, and felt like they could just demand shit and push people around.
>>545348154if she got into the wrong crowd and did drugs, you are also to blame as her father, clearly you werent there protecting her from the bad crowd. but who knows maybe it was extremely hard, but it probably wasnt and you couldve actually stopped it, but also probably you were just clueless i feel many boomer fathers let their daughters do whatever, they didnt grew up with phones after all etc, and were told all the woke shit, you are on pol now and reliase the horror probably i cant tell how biased your take is either so yea idkpeople often like to tell themselves they never did anything wrong and they are so great, when usually thats not the case, and often times both parties did bad things ...
