There's this silly horseshoe perspective of class relations where middle class people see themselves as protagonists and allow fascists to turn their legitimate grievances with the rich against the poor instead.
Individual wealth can shield you from many personal struggles, but it can never fully protect you from systemic failure. No amount of money can indefinitely compensate for a society that is fundamentally broken.
A reminder to us about what happened in France today is not organized by activist or bourgeois but organized by students and working class without any figure showing off heroism syndrome. It's a beautiful and pure anger from the opressed people.
if you live in your parents basement to chase your dreams youre a loser. if you work until your eyes are bloodshot youre going to burnout young man! if you spend your money on things you enjoy youre irresponsible. save it all? stingy! live on the computer? touch grass. run ironmans and marathons? thats terrible for your joints you know? wake up at 4:30? psycho. sleep in? bum! the game is unwinnable. you will never do it right in the eyes of others. the lane you pick is always wrong. so might as well pick your own. might as well do what makes you happy.
There’s an entire population of people who have no idea they have free will. Being an “adult” means knowing how to do both without needing anybody’s permission.