And what do those "riches" buy them? Decent healthcare? A reasonable social safety net? Not having to work three slavery-like jobs without paid vacations or maternity leave or…? The ability to stay out of prison given the incredible incarceration rates in the US?
Yes but so many Americans are on Instagram and Tiktok that they feel poor since they are inundated with stories about people doing better than them.
It's just an extension of the American culture, everyone is a temporarily embarrassed millionaire, whereas in Europe it seems like people sit around waiting for entitlements to be handed to them and then riot in the street when they're not
Comparing your life to tiktok celebrities is toxic but comparing it to the impoverished halfway around the world is healthy?
Right
They are both distorted perspectives, one I guess makes you appreciate your lot in life, the other makes you realize working for the man until you die/retire in old age kind of sucks.