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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Perhaps Americans don't understand how a class system works in the same way as you do in the UK - but don't fool yourself to think that there is no class system here. And somehow I'm pretty sure that class doesn't necessarily denote a universal outlook on life no matter where you live. I just don't buy that.
And I come from a family that has both very rich and very poor people in it. And the very rich members seem every bit as miserable (if not more) as the rest of us, lol.
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There is very much a class system at work in the United States. I had the great fortune of being born into the middle class, but I have worked jobs that put me into contact with those of other classes, and it was quite a shock to 20-year-old me to find out just how poor some people are. It was also a shock to me to discover that poverty and happiness do not necessarily correlate, for some of these people were quite happy with their lives and content.
Me, I've got thousands of dollars in student loan debt, but I'm happy as a clam. I'm unemployed at the moment (sort of), and the only thing I own worth anything is my car. Materially, I have squat. What I have might not be much to some people, but that's okay to me. You gotta make do with what you have, sometimes, until you can do something else. Some people aren't ever going to be happy with their lives, and that's their problem. Like JJ said--What are you going to do about it? People get bogged down in their negativity because they're afraid to change.
I tend to tune out other people's negativity. It's not worth getting my panties in a twist over something so pointless. Negativity, in my mind, is just a waste of time.
However, I do like to bitch once in a while. But in that case, I call my mom, bitch a bit, and get it out of my system. Then it's done. Like pulling off a Band-Aid.