I didn't realize how prevalent Dollar generals were until I took a road trip through West Virginia. It's like the only successful franchise in that entire state.

who are too stupid to understand

Stupidity, or wilful ignorance based on an ideology which they prefer to reality?
Some people just hate the idea of their money supporting people who have less than them, because they are right wing. And the definition of right wing is "Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable..." They, quite honestly, want the outgroups to live in filth. And they would trade some of their own potential prosperity for that.

Humans, as a whole, will knowingly trade a future world for their children for the convenience of driving down the road, after all.

Yeah, I really don't get it. People always say "children are the future", so why the fuck don't we act like it? Get them kids some nice ass schools, some nice ass books, and some nice ass teachers with top-tier salaries. I will probably never have kids, but I still want the next generations to be better than skibidi fucking rizz.

When I was in my early 20s there were a few personal finance things like this I didn't understand. Here are a couple examples:

1. I refused a credit card limit increase because I thought that it was a trap to get me to spend more. I didn't understand FICO scores are partly determined by "amount of credit" and "credit utilized". I likely cause myself to later spend more money on higher interest rates when I got a loan because my credit score could have been better.
2. I was mildly upset I got $1000 as a bonus instead of a pay income because I thought that bonuses were "taxed at a higher rate" when instead they are simply "withheld at a higher rate" and it all washes out in the end when you pay your taxes at the end of the year.

But I grew up and learned these things in my 20s and didn't carry those mistakes into later adulthood.

My mom got fired from her job after 30 years of service (because the factory closed). She received a severance pay, paid out over 6 months, and told me she wouldn't be looking for a new job during that time because she'd have to pay double the taxes. I was like yeah but... you'd also be earning double the money?? I would understand that she wanted to take a break for a couple of months but if taxes were the reason, that just doesn't make sense.

I kinda like that guy more than the college kid that just read up on Marxism

You hate people learning about other perspectives? That's pretty unpleasant. So is your recent post history.

Why do you have to like either of them? They both sound like idiots.

They never said it wasn't, just that we should start with the 1% and only once they are back down to a realistic wealth level do we start taxing people who are working class. At a decent pay rate (100k/yr) a million is achievable over a career, a billion is not and can only be had through consolidation of wealth.