That’s what any rich and entitled person would say.
A former boss of mine who owned his (very large and expensive) house plus three other houses that he rented out, plus 51% stakes in two companies which were both worth at least €10mio each also claimed that he’s “upper middle class” and that the things he feels entitled to are just what regular middle class people are entitled to.
There’s literally research on this topic that clearly says that most people count themselves as middle-class, no matter if they are part of the top 0.1% or of the bottom 10%.
Even among millionaires, only 8% would characterize themselves as wealthy these days.
Roughly 60% of investors with $1 million or more of investable assets said they are more likely upper middle class, according to a recent Ameriprise Financial survey of more than 3,000 adults.
Of those making more than $175,000 a year, or roughly the top 10% of tax filers, one-quarter said they were either “very poor,” “poor” or “getting by but things are tight.”
Even a share of those making more than $500,000 and $1,000,000 said the same.
We live in a very car-centric culture, everything is a reminder.
Brand is a useless detail.
For nerds a detailed model wound be needed.
And for those saying ‘that means rich’ - again more model info of the car the info if there person is rich is needed.
A detail from the article like:
According to the media, notably “Ukrainska Pravda”, the attacker – a 44-year-old Oleksandr Khilyk – may also figure in a case of embezzlement of 25 million hryvnias for the procurement of winter uniforms for the Kyiv Territorial Defense.
Sorry, there seems to be some confusion & I prob wasn’t clear - I never said he wasn’t rich, the whole first part is a comment on the stupid article headline, the subject I was replying to (if anything, that it wasn’t clear from the headline that he was rich).
They had his ID, they could have just said ‘rich guy’ instead of driver.
This makes more sense, now I understand what you mean. I think they use “mercedes driver”, because it paints a picture. “Mercedes driver” implies not only “rich”, but also “entitled”, “anger management issues” and “difficulty with following road laws”.
And at the same time it allows the reader (who might share some of these characteristics) to still claim moral superiority over that guy (“At least I don’t drive a Mercedes”).
It is, in fact, a very clever headline that does quite a lot with very little.
It does so using stereotypes and prejudices, and that might totally be seen as despicable. But I wouldn’t call it stupid.
(In fact, labelling him as a “rich driver” does quite a similar thing. His wealth itself doesn’t really matter for the story, unless you want to evoke the connotations of “entitled”, “thinks he is above the law” and “gets away with doing things poor people could not get away with”, while allowing people who share some of these characteristics to still claim moral superiority (“I’m not a rich asshole like that guy”).)
The video you linked had a clip of the assailant with what looks like a mansion and several luxuries from a previous video. It definitely seems like this is a rich person.
Sorry, there seems to be some confusion & I prob wasn’t clear - I never said he wasn’t rich, the whole first part is a comment on the stupid article headline, the subject I was replying to (if anything, that it wasn’t clear from the headline that he was rich).
They had his ID, they could have just said ‘rich guy’ instead of driver.
What was the brand name of the bike? /s
They’re implying someone who’s rich and feels entitled.
As someone who drives a Mercedes I’m neither rich nor entitled.
Edit: Who downvotes this lol.
That’s what any rich and entitled person would say.
A former boss of mine who owned his (very large and expensive) house plus three other houses that he rented out, plus 51% stakes in two companies which were both worth at least €10mio each also claimed that he’s “upper middle class” and that the things he feels entitled to are just what regular middle class people are entitled to.
I like to life by the following rule:
Anybody that says all X are Y, then that persons probably biased or an idiot.
… you do understand that your rule includes anyone who lives by that rule?
You just called yourself a biased idiot.
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There’s literally research on this topic that clearly says that most people count themselves as middle-class, no matter if they are part of the top 0.1% or of the bottom 10%.
This is not made up.
For example: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/10/survey-31percent-of-millionaires-say-they-are-part-of-the-middle-class.html
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Yeah, what a strange detail for a headline
We live in a very car-centric culture, everything is a reminder.
Brand is a useless detail.
For nerds a detailed model wound be needed.
And for those saying ‘that means rich’ -
again more model info of the carthe info if there person is rich is needed.A detail from the article like:
There is a full vid too (some news vid):
What about the video makes you think he is not rich?
Sorry, there seems to be some confusion & I prob wasn’t clear - I never said he wasn’t rich, the whole first part is a comment on the stupid article headline, the subject I was replying to (if anything, that it wasn’t clear from the headline that he was rich).
They had his ID, they could have just said ‘rich guy’ instead of driver.
This makes more sense, now I understand what you mean. I think they use “mercedes driver”, because it paints a picture. “Mercedes driver” implies not only “rich”, but also “entitled”, “anger management issues” and “difficulty with following road laws”.
And at the same time it allows the reader (who might share some of these characteristics) to still claim moral superiority over that guy (“At least I don’t drive a Mercedes”).
It is, in fact, a very clever headline that does quite a lot with very little.
It does so using stereotypes and prejudices, and that might totally be seen as despicable. But I wouldn’t call it stupid.
(In fact, labelling him as a “rich driver” does quite a similar thing. His wealth itself doesn’t really matter for the story, unless you want to evoke the connotations of “entitled”, “thinks he is above the law” and “gets away with doing things poor people could not get away with”, while allowing people who share some of these characteristics to still claim moral superiority (“I’m not a rich asshole like that guy”).)
The video you linked had a clip of the assailant with what looks like a mansion and several luxuries from a previous video. It definitely seems like this is a rich person.
Sorry, there seems to be some confusion & I prob wasn’t clear - I never said he wasn’t rich, the whole first part is a comment on the stupid article headline, the subject I was replying to (if anything, that it wasn’t clear from the headline that he was rich).
They had his ID, they could have just said ‘rich guy’ instead of driver.
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