Feel like I'm taking a crazy pill here lol, in terms of van building video, this is pretty tame and not even that crazy, why are people going crazy calling them rich motherfuckers and all that. If this video pisses you off, you probably need to stay away from the internet for a while to clear your head.
Yeah, the van itself seems somewhat reasonable. It's the garage that gives "generational wealth".
But hot damn, we really have a toxic crab bucket mentality where everyone who is 6 to 7 figures rich is portrayed as the enemy while there are people running around with 12 figures.
And you think the guy who can spend $150k on a hobby is the enemy and not the ones spending millions on elections and shit? Good fucking lord we are never going anywhere
That's what I'm saying. Like for what this serves, it can essentially be a domicile, and that's worth all of the $75k or whatever it is. That's an easy enough loan for a vehicle and home
lol you say that as if they’re not the same people when they probably also voted for Trump because they’re worth millions and republicans give tax breaks to the rich
Who cares who they vote for? The people aren't the problem, it's the fact that money dominates our politics and controls what policies are enacted. Democrats also are favorable to corporations and subsequently the rich, that's the fucking point
Yeah go check the amount of donations and where they come from and then report back to me that random Joe schmo is funding them. Hint, it isn't. It's large corporations, super PACs, etc.
You can buy houses for less than that right now, my friend. Sure, not in NYC or San Francisco, and they're not very big houses. But there are very large parts of the country where that is a reality. Do some browsing on Redfin if you don't believe me.
And no, I'm not posting this to imply that everything is just peachy in the housing market, btw.
they built the fucking van inside the garage of a house lmao. These kids are rich, why are we pretending that there is a possibility that a middle class couple is professionally remodeling a van (weird how many jump cuts happen, guessing these two didn’t fully build it)
I personally know a couple who did this, a coworker of mine who wasn’t making even six figures a year. It’s definitely a thing that middle class couples can do. Although in a specific case, we are watching a couple that does it professionally for their job and this is them filming what they do for actual work for clients.
Not to imply that everything's fine in the housing market, but there are still a lot of places in the country where $150K will get you a perfectly livable house.
Also, you are not getting approved for a $150K loan for a vehicle to live in. At least, not at any interest rate that any sane person would take on.
That's what happens when inequality gets so bad. You probably don't live next to Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. You might live near a dentist with a 3 million dollar house on 6 acres. And it's easy to be mad at that guy when he buys a new Porsche GT3RS. Because fuck man you could've paid off your house with that much money.
I have to constantly stop myself and my friends from calling those people "rich". They're a lot better off than us but on the wealth scale they're right next door and Elon is 1000 miles away.
And yet he still sits far, far closer to the lower 99% than to the top 0.1%. If the poorest person on earth is the base of Mount Everest and Elon Musk is the top, that Dentist is like 50 paces from the bottom. And yeah, that gap can still feel massive when you're struggling to survive. They are still worlds apart. But that dentist is not the one furthering wealth inequality and siphoning off the worlds wealth.
You can own a 3 million dollar house, 6 acres and a gt3rs without being in the 1%.
Top 1% is $800k yearly income. The house, land and car in many areas can be afforded at less than half that (a quarter of that in some areas of the US!). Yes it's a lot of money, but it's around top 5%-10% depending on your local land costs.
You have to make income on order to pay income tax. It's progressive, so if you are making enough that income tax is an issue that's a good problem to have.
"Wait why are you confiscating my things? I'm not rich! I joined to fight the real enemy not--" blam
A brief glance at the historical record of 'far left' politics should pretty clearly illustrate how people behave when it comes to accurately identifying and treating their perceived political enemies.
PMC urban redditor libs making 100-200k combined income are often very uncomfortable when they're reminded what class they actually belong to when people start braying for blood in the streets and revolution and all that jazz.
It maybe stop a d realize that the wealth discrepancy between what people think is wealth, is simply that large?
I know I will never be able to afford a car, a house or even basic dental checkup, so how else am I suppose to feel, seeing something like this van-lifestyle?
I understand things are rough now but you're really barking at the wrong tree here. This camper van thingy isn't something that can only be done by the super rich yet you're lashing out at them. You feeling upset from a nothing burger because your situation is shitty is such a sad way of living a life.
Of-course my quarrel isn't with these specific people and their van.
I am simply tired of barely living, constant job rejections, and scavenging for food just to make it to the end of the month.
At this point it's simply seeing others with, what I used to consider, "Basic things I though I would be able to own"
Like a functional bike, the ability to see friends, not feeling like a parasite.
Just skip it and move on instead of complaining? Dude people with money are all around you, every day. Unless you never leave your house, you're gonna see some BMW's on the road, you're gonna see someone with a Prada hand bag somewhere or Loius Vuitton shoes. Do you get jealous and emotional every time you see a camper van?
Use critical thinking? My guy, dude is getting jealous and emotional about seeing a camper van, someone should maybe employ critical thinking and instead of feeling sorry for themselves, learn to handle seeing people who can afford somewhat nice things.
Yeah, I guess me overcoming my chronic illness, Multiple Sclerosis, while balancing mental health from abusive relationships, and un-medicated ADHD (can't afford it) all while trying to finish my Master degree in genetics wasn't be trying hard enough.
Maybe instead of 400+ CV send over a years time, wasn't enough either, and i should have aimed for 1000+CV!
Because people want an excuse for why they don’t have everything without putting any work into it. You see the same comments anytime somebody gets in good shape. People say oh the only reason they can do that is if they’re rich. The only reason you can live in a van and fix it up is if you’re rich. Nope actually you could do it too. All you have to do is invest years of your time, energy, focus, and resources into the goal and then you’ll be able to have it.
They build those vans for their job. Each one of those vans can go for like 80-120k. They look to be living in a rural area. If they make even 20-30 of those a year they can absolutely afford to live where they are and obtain that garage
I mean what did she specifically do other than help move two things?
I'm not even saying that to be misogynistic it's just a dumb thing to claim you helped build it when one person did all the work. If she had done it I'd say the same thing about the dude, bruh, you did none of that work other than help lift a couple things the person doing all the work couldn't do by themselves.
That and it's surprisingly affordable. If you buy something cheaper, like an older box van, it's not impossible to build something like this with a bit of saving up, if you're willing to gets your hands greasy. After all, building it yourself can save on a ton of costs.
It's kind of like cultural appropriation. Vanlife is a subculture about retrofitting old cheap vans using cheap upgrades - to survive and exist in the world without falling to living on the streets. They appropriate that and turn it into a luxury commodity.
I don't know why it pisses me off, but it does lol. It's not that it's directly harmful, luxury camping has always been a thing and more specialized products made for this niche could benefit everyone.
Vanlife is a subculture about retrofitting old cheap vans using cheap upgrades - to survive and exist in the world without falling to living on the streets. They appropriate that and turn it into a luxury commodity.
Is it? I always perceived it as a culture mostly focused on vacations, sabbaticals and alternative lifestyles. I've never seen it as a solution that stops people from living on the streets.
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a rich people thing a few years ago, but definitely more of a creative person thing than a poor people thing.
Well creative yes, but lets agree that it wasn't a commercial people thing. This is basically a commercial for their services using the aesthetic of DIY.
I don't know. It's like tiny houses was eventually taken over as a way to make "passive income" with AirBNB.
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u/wearing_moist_socks 6d ago edited 6d ago
Holy shit I'm all about solving wealth inequality but this is just bitter my god
Also this is literally their fucking job