I have to assume you aren't trying to shame someone for moral opinion about talking about facts on the table - as that does 0 for any kind of public discourse.

The vast majority of HN in the US is almost certainly within the top 1% of earners in the US (the cutoff is ~660k for households, ~450k for individuals), and the rest is probably within the top 10% (the cutoff is ~260k for households, ~150k for individuals). So overall it's a fairly privileged place, even if it likes to often pretend it's not.

In my life i've been both very poor and very rich. I'm now happy, and that matters a lot more than either.

I also happen to think it's fairly naive to believe that making lots of money makes it trivial to leave a place.

It's like believing having loved someone for 20 years makes it easier to get divorced.

> If you have an X that Y

> If you have an X, it won't Y

to which you added

> Your statement is privileged

The fact that it's privileged to have an X is irrelevant to the discussion. The discussion was about whether or not an X will Y. And it started with "If you have an X".

> I have my golden handcuffs too, probably most on HN do

I don't. And I expect I'm not in the minority here. If you're going to throw rocks, you might want to ponder your own privilege before you start tossing accusations.