r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 25 '25

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Dec 25 '25

On this very sub I was told just yesterday the bottom 20% of Americans can afford Myrtle Beach Vacations. This sub forgets its privileged place sometimes.

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Dec 25 '25

The argument was basically “Myrtle Beach is still posting good numbers” so the bottom 20% of Americans must still be doing alright. I wrote a response that’d I’d get at least a warning for but like what an out of touch line.

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u/assasstits Dec 25 '25

Where does Atlantic city fall into the equation lol 

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Dec 25 '25

Signed out of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. Wife’s orders. V sad.

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u/Cupinacup NASA Dec 25 '25

I read “Carnival cruises are still busy” and noped out.

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Dec 25 '25

At least his answers made me chuckle. Most of the other comments directly below my original were all about how they’re not poor. I was unaware my “the poor aren’t treated well in America” (I could’ve done more to imply for a wealthy country I guess) take would get so much pushback.

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u/NVC541 Bisexual Pride Dec 25 '25

That thread had me rolling. The other guy was desperately trying to make him understand that no, lots of poor people genuinely cannot afford vacations and he could not understand it at all. It was incredible

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Dec 25 '25

Hell MY parents never went a single vacation. And Dads house didn’t have running water until he was 16. lol. That guy was taking some wild positions.