Why You Shouldn’t Take Advice From People Who Suffer the Entitlement of Privilege

There’s a meme that regularly gets churned up from the depths which I saw again yesterday. It’s a graphic that claims to know the difference between rich people and poor people. The meme provides a list of items that are meant to demonstrate the mindset that leads to success.

The first item states that poor people spend $1,000 on a new cell phone while rich people spend $1,000 to start a new business. Usually, that’s where I quit reading.

In my travels, I’ve been to places where people survive on less than $30 a month. When I first went to a place like that, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It’s startling to recognize what some human beings have to endure even in the modern era. I felt almost a wrenching in my mind as my entitled assumptions were forced to come into alignment with the reality of the world.

I think if more people had that kind of experience, the general public would be less inclined to share inaccurate and offensive memes on social media. Tragically, a large percentage of people spend their whole lives sheltered by a bubble of protection. They never have the privilege of a…