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2022-12-08 22:25:16

And that proves it even better. If you are still diligent like you are (own work in the house, etc.), you can build a house here. That’s what I mean. Not everyone has to be given a house. But if you work hard for it like you do, it’s just as great as someone who maybe has a better degree. In the end, it depends on how determined you are and what priorities you set. And you apparently set the right ones. That’s why I’m very happy for you that you live in your house :D.

Ok, THAT already sounds much better!! Got the point again. Because the "he also doesn’t necessarily have the right to live in a house." sounded very harsh to me!

Of course, I would have also liked to be given/inherited a house. But already living in a nice little house that you have mostly built yourself is even better. You have practically seen it "grow up"!! ❤️

Thank you very much for your sympathy!

2022-12-08 22:28:19

Sure, others are still worse off, but that is really no benchmark.

Of course, the social frame of reference is a benchmark.
Example: If all students in a class get a grade 1, they are less happy. If your own performance is better compared to the rest, it looks different.

Those who don’t want that or aren’t diligent enough also don’t have the right to necessarily live in a house.

Those who can’t afford a flight or a mulled wine with sausage at the Christmas market shouldn’t complain and just do some overtime or work a bit harder. Unlike you, I have no sympathy for those people.

2022-12-08 22:32:38

Pity is also the wrong word. I can understand anyone who feels a bit sorry for themselves in this economically difficult situation because now a vacation has to be sacrificed due to the doubling of the gas price, even though this could not have been foreseen a few years ago and they have no share in the catastrophic gas dependency under Merkel, which politics failed to prevent. And in the end, unfortunately, profits are privatized and losses are socialized, so some people who can now afford less, although they have nothing to do with the war, naturally ask why they themselves now have to pay dearly for this bad policy.

2022-12-08 22:33:36

Dirt! We occasionally have discussions about this topic (social justice, opportunities for advancement, educational opportunities, etc.) over breakfast. And by the way, by definition, we (my parents/family) were definitely poor in the past. Three children, each of whom turned out somehow (more or less ;-), my brother, for example, rose from the lowest class through diligence and discipline. First Dipl. (Civil) Engineer, then Dr., and for many years now a professor. I chose a different path, but I'm doing quite well, as is my sister... Everyone who complains about money later usually (there are only a few exceptions) had it in their own hands at many points to set the course correctly. Everyone sets priorities differently, but complaining later is really a specialty in DE. And really, "We in DE live on an island of bliss," more broadly even in Europe, is one of my most loved and often said sentences. I don't want to deny that there could be more social justice, which from my point of view would even be highly desirable. But we here are so sated and dumbed down! 90% vote for parties that take money away from them (the voters). Going out on the streets and demonstrating for real change? Probably not. P.S. Except for the last election, I was many times a voter of the Left!

Sorry, but that is dirt (to keep with your words). Yes, opportunities exist. But by far not everyone has the intellectual abilities to study or learn a profession that will allow them to afford a house. No matter how diligent someone is, no matter how much they learn, they will not get a good degree and learn a profession that brings them a lot of money. And if your parents say, you don’t have to go to a grammar school, a saleswoman apprenticeship is enough, then maybe you can continue learning later at evening school, but maybe you also have to earn money (due to various life circumstances) and cannot do so. It is indeed luck if you receive the conditions to learn a well-paid profession. And surely it is easier than in many other countries. But to say everyone can do that misrepresents reality.

2022-12-08 22:38:39

Yes, everyone has different starting conditions, BUT if I don't understand something as quickly in school as little Fritz next to me, I just have to sit down at home and study in order to still get good grades. If I have problems understanding long texts, then I read long texts in my free time as practice. If I'm bad at math, then I practice math at home until I know the formulas. Whoever doesn't do any of this and then sits in school and complains that everything isn't spoon-fed to them there but that you have to learn on your own initiative is to blame themselves. And if little Fritz understands long texts better but I am better at math, then we both have to do something to improve our education in those areas. Of course there are also high achievers, but most have to learn and be diligent to get a good degree.

2022-12-08 22:41:30

I can understand anyone who, in this economically difficult situation, feels a bit sorry for themselves because now a vacation has to be sacrificed due to the gas price doubling, even though one couldn't have foreseen this a few years ago

So you can "understand" people with a possibly undesired travel desire who have their own home and family, but you have "no sympathy" for people who want to improve their housing situation but can't. Nice! I hate being bi-polar, it‘s awesome.

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