It's so weird to see people cheering on tech layoffs because they believe tech workers get paid too much and don't work hard enough, but then also cheering on billionaires laying them off because they apparently do deserver the money and do work hard enough. Like, there's literally a wealth threshold where you go from "overpaid" to "how dare you question this man, the amount of money he has means he is completely infallible". It's like a tabletop exercise in coming up with the wrongest possible take on wealth inequality.
@malwaretech Yes, exactly. Most people in West Virginia are of that mindset. If you drive a nice car and wear a suit, you are automatically assumed to be honest and trustworthy. If you are rich, you can do no wrong.
This comes from a fundamental belief that rich people are blessed by God. That's why they're rich. Conversely, the poor are cursed. That's why they're poor.
All kinds of bad stuff results from this, invariably resulting in West Virginians getting screwed over. And they did it again by overwhelmingly supporting Trump.
In a way it's understandable. People here have no experience of rich people. Most have never met one. So their image of a rich person is a poor person's imagination of a rich person.
I'm not originally from here, I'm from Los Angeles / Hollywood / Beverly Hills and grew up surrounded by the rich and famous. That the rich and famous have the same flaws as they, the same percentage of jerks, assholes, and criminals, is unimaginable to the folks around here.
