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Re:Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection by steveBK123 on Friday April 03, 2026 @12:13PM (#47628502)
Americans are weird creatures in this regard. Give them 5% of their compensation / 0.0001% of a company in stock/options and suddenly they think they have become Big Capital.

If you need to work to collect a wage to pay your expenses, you are still labor, sorry if that hurts peoples feelings, but it shouldn't.

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Re:Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection by AndrewKemendo on Friday April 03, 2026 @12:19PM (#47628594)
John Steinbeck: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires”
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Re:Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection by slopinthebag on Friday April 03, 2026 @01:05PM (#47629238)
Roughly 18% of US households have a net worth over 1 million, so to some extent, they really are.
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Re:Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection by steveBK123 on Friday April 03, 2026 @01:13PM (#47629327)
It's a big number, but it's often tied up in housing in VHCOL/HCOL areas. It also doesn't mean much re: not needing to work in these areas.

Also given retirement in US is self-funded via saving/investment instead of pension, someone who wants a comfortable retirement in many areas of this country needs $1M NW by 65 to generate a $40k/year income (above the social security payments which don't go so far) at safe withdrawal rates.

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Re:Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection by bdangubic on Friday April 03, 2026 @12:22PM (#47628618)
truer words have yet to be spoken
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