"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
- John Steinbeck
Part of being a good leader is understanding what you can and cannot do. Unless you are in the top 10% of earners in the US, tryna “pay for everything” is dumb as fuck, idc.
I’ve seen too many stories of those “provider men” who work themselves to death and “pay for everything” and then when they die, the wife find out he had to take multiple mortgages out on the house/in hella debt and all he left her and the family with is a financial mess.
The Midwest is quietly home to some of the most mean spirited humans you’ll ever meet, but they hide it. In the south they don’t thus nicer ppl overall. It’s a weird thing