> Unfortunately, he’s right, but not in the spirit of being right
The devil will tell you two truths before speaking the lie.
Yes, we shouldn't envy others. "Comparison is the thief of joy." But when billionaires tell you not to be "envious" and settle with less, they say it because they want you to "stay at your station," as the British say. People today aren't "envious," they're just realizing how bad they're getting screwed. The participation rate for young men in the workforce is the lowest it's ever been. That's a big problem for Big Business that needs bodies to do the work, so they need to kill this "hustle culture" of young men trying to break out of the Matrix and earn a living away from the table scraps of a 9-to-5 job.
The devil will tell you two truths before speaking the lie.
Yes, we shouldn't envy others. "Comparison is the thief of joy." But when billionaires tell you not to be "envious" and settle with less, they say it because they want you to "stay at your station," as the British say. People today aren't "envious," they're just realizing how bad they're getting screwed. The participation rate for young men in the workforce is the lowest it's ever been. That's a big problem for Big Business that needs bodies to do the work, so they need to kill this "hustle culture" of young men trying to break out of the Matrix and earn a living away from the table scraps of a 9-to-5 job.
Leave more wealth and resources for rich guys like me. We can't all be millionaires. I need you goys to do all the work, and you'll only do these bullshit jobs if your poor and desperate, so that's the way things need to stay. "You'll own nothing and be happy."