People Share 30 Things That Rich People Absolutely Ruined

Agreed. The rich didn’t compel folk to buy c**p they don’t need and then discard it. They didn’t compel people to buy three cars. They didn’t compel folk to buy groceries like they’re feeding an army only to have a lot of it spoil. They didn’t force people across the globe to breed like rabbits. They may have had a hand in convincing us we needed all of these things(?), but ultimately every human has contributed in part; deliberately or not. The rich and their private jets burn a lot of fuel, sure, but that cannot compare to the foot print of the 99%. Humans are a disease. But take heart! Earth may become uninhabitable for humans, and her resources become more and more scarce, but Earth will be fine and recover just fine once we’re gone. So don’t lament for Earth; lament what we leave for our progeny.

Or "lay" it on them at ALL! We wouldn't have ANYTHING without "rich people". There are unethical, dishonest, greedy, immoral people in EVERY income bracket. Without "rich people" everyone would still be living where our ancestors started out. And dying at young. There wouldn't be any transportation to speak of like planes, trains, trucks to be able to share information and resources with other parts of the world or even other parts of the country you were born in. Think how slowly we would have evolved without schools, hospitals, manufacturing, laboratories, MINES and ways to use what is mined. FYI we would have NOTHING if it weren't for mining. "If it isn't GROWN, it's mined"! Without rich people you'd have millions of people all trying on their own in their own little area to develop medicine, farming practices, still trying to improve whatever they were using for a wheel. Don't have the writing skills or space to explain. But there is nothing inherently BAD about being "rich"!

Workers of the world Unite!

I'm eating pretty well, actually. Get a trade and work abroad if you are from a poor country yo

We have new developments being built in Florida, entire neighborhoods, and every single house is being purchased from management companies, some backed by Goldman Sachs, before they even break ground to be used as rentals to capitalize on the housing crisis.

I am not denying the truth of everything you said, but the “it’s all the corporations” is also not the full truth. The thing is that the sheer number of households means that what we change at home can have a huge impact if we all do it. Talking about “energy saving at home is worthless because we aren’t the problem” is akin to “my vote doesn’t matter because it is just one vote”. Every source of greenhouse gas needs to be scrutinized, and while I absolutely agree that corporations need to be held accountable the reality is that a household, a transportation method, a factory, even an essential service provider - they ALL need to reduce their usage whenever possible and support green energy. No, turning off one light isn’t going to fix anything but it isn’t one light. It is hundreds of millions, and we should keep that in mind while still fighting to defossilize our energy sources.

Marketing is crazy. The amount of BS we all believe because of the right editing. Watched a Ted talk years ago about the manipulation of marketing and PR. Can only imagine isn't gotten more f****d up.

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This is half the story. For one you are the one consuming the product so you arw actively enabling the person doing the damage. For a second, collective impact of individual decisions rivals that of companies. The average American generated 280 pounds of plastic waste per year. Multiply that by 1 thousand or 1 million and suddenly the amounts are staggering. Now if they produced 20 pounds less, and you also multiply that by 1 million and suddenly you start to see the collective impact of individual decisions

Let's be realistic here, the people getting rich off all that c**p couldn't do so if you weren't consuming said c**p.

not yours all by itself, Kitty Divine but yours and mine and millions of us together.. did you see what Dim T wrote?

Middle class been getting demolished since the 80s. All thanks to outsourcing among other factors.

The so-called 'Middle Class' is, (or WAS), the only merit based goal achievable by the working class. Now, I call it merit based loosely, since a good amount of luck was needed socially too. The upper class requires both luck and skill to enter, beyond what can be reasonably set as a realistic goal. Might as well hope to be a pro athlete or lottery winner.

My Dad was a milkman, then construction. My mother was a SAHM until my parents separated when I was in Grade 6. They owned their own home. I’m Gen-X. Reaganomics destroyed the ability for the blue collar to own their home on a single income.

Same. Both of my grandmas had to work. It's a complete myth that there was some utopian time when we were able to live off of one person's wages. My mom got to take some time off, but also had to go back to work. And my dad had a good job.

Hmm, I'm kind of torn on this. Maybe it depends on the ages of the commenters on here? Maybe the quality of life each family desired? Location? Idk. All I know is what I've personally seen growing up, and I'm almost 40. When I was a kid I was raised by a couple in their 50s. She never worked (never even learned to drive,) and he was a simple house painter. We lived in a rent controlled 2bd, teeny tiny duplex in Los Angeles. He earned enough to pay the bills and buy food, but not enough to have a savings, or buy new vehicles, etc.. 1 single emergency would've ruined them. My husband's grandparents were the same age as this couple. Man was retired from a very good military career, so he had income from that, plus he worked as a handyman. The wife was a sahm while their kids were growing up, but then she got a job working for the local newspaper. They owned their own home in a very cheap city, they always had brand new cars and the latest gadgets, and had a great savings.

Both my grandmothers also had jobs, literally till the day they got diagnosed with cancer and later, died. Their mothers didn't work. It was because their husbands wouldn't allow it and beat them every day. Interestingly, the men died first in that generation.

Yup. Cases like weren’t the norm for my family, but did happen: My maternal grandmother’s father passed during WWII of a sudden heart attack in his 40s. Her newly widowed mother soon took over his job on local railroads because his employers had always been good bosses, etc.! I imagine their kindness impacted my grandmother immensely, as she was a giving person to her dying day and spoke of her Depression-era and wartime childhood fondly in spite of experiences like those.

People have ruined concerts just in general. People who can't stay off their phones even while at a concert or who won't shut up while the music is playing. Getting drunk or sick because they' can't hold their liquor/drugs. People who litter everywhere. Some people will literally pee wherever because they don't want to walk to the toilet areas. Even indoor concerts have gotten annoying. And talk about rich people ruining it... ticket prices are ridiculous. Unless you can actually sit in the first 10 rows or so, it's honestly not worth even going. I don't understand paying good money to not even be able to see the performer. You end up having to watch the screens anyway, so just do it from home on youtube and save yourself money. I mean, going is a nice experience once or twice but I can't see justifying the expense to watch a- sometimes bad- performance and not even really be able to see it. Nevermind the traffic trying to get out.

I’ve worked a few music festivals and Fringe festivals and it was always more fun backstage, I agree!

I know you're right! Just when I could finally spring for front row seats in a very small venue to see my favorite 90's band, and I forgot all the VIP section. With this tall elitist bîtch standing the entire concert, recording them on her phone from right in front of me 😔, with me being 5'1" and disabled, was just stuck. Grateful they moved around a lot on stage though and came out through the entire venue. They always have been very active with their fans so that's always super nice.

Seems like every bit of coastline has some right of access drama.

Ahh, so you've been to Siesta Key!

Oregon for the win. Years ago, the beaches were designated as "roadways" and public access was assurred.

Because PUBLIC waterfronts are so pristine and safe for decent people to go to.

*waves at fellow oregonian*