>>235611>instead of just acknowledging that person's accomplishment, feels so outclassed that they have to imagine shooting him to feel better about themselvesI'm not one of these anons. I don't do martial arts, but I really want to in the future. My little brother does boxing. I train really hard in the gym to build my body and get super strong, and I started lifting in 2013. I feel pretty good about myself for working towards improving myself every day. However, there is one thing that really pisses me off and makes me super jealous: rich people.
You can tell people that if they did X, Y, and Z, and worked really hard consistently over so many years, that they could realistically stand a chance at being an elite athlete, as in being in the top 1% in an athletic discipline. You absolutely cannot tell somebody that if they did X, Y, and Z, that they would realistically stand a chance at entering the top 1% wealth-wise. If you're in the top 1% in the US in 2025, you have a net worth of at least $11,000,000. (18% of Americans have a net worth of $1,000,000.) How the fuck are you supposed to gain anywhere near that amount of wealth, in 2025 dollars, within your lifetime? Don't forget about taxes. Also, being rich doesn't really matter when you're old, anyway. Funnily enough, income inequality is about the same in the US and Europe, but wealth inequality is way greater in the US. It largely has to do with inheritance. Don't forget there are tons of people out there who get underpaid, even if they're making something like $80,000 per year, and there are tons of people getting overpaid with several millions of dollars per year.