This is funny because it references billionaire property mogul and current presidential candidate Donald Trump, who in a recent interview mentioned a period in his young adulthood when, struggling to get his business off the ground, he was given a $1 million loan by his billionaire father Fred Trump. Many of Trump’s critics have pointed out his inherent disconnection from the financial struggles of the American middle and lower classes, whose poverty he has never experience but whose votes he nonetheless needs in order to win the presidency. Trump’s loan story was an ill-advised attempt to illustrate his own personal financial struggles as a parallel to those less fortunate than him, but the anecdote ultimately backfired when people pointed out the obvious fact that the non-wealthy do not have access to such easy credit in their own lives. Trump’s attempt to equate such a lavish and easily-obtained loan to the often-fruitless pursuit of modest loans for basic necessities by the underclass was seen by many as patronizing and offensive.
Many commenters have cited this story as evidence that wealthy Americans lack self-awareness and live in a bubble of privilege that makes them blind to the struggles of ordinary people. In most circles this mentality is considered a character flaw, but in stereotypical fraternity circles this obliviousness to class privilege is actually considered a point of pride to brag about. The poster is citing Trump’s $1 million loan story as a conspicuous example of this that has parallels to his own privileged existence.
Sounds like a TFM article…wait
9 years ago at 9:14 pmThat’s the point
9 years ago at 7:53 amFuck off
9 years ago at 6:02 pmIt went riiiiggghhhtttt over your head…
9 years ago at 6:17 pmTFM Articles. TFM.
9 years ago at 9:26 pmOld money. TFM.
9 years ago at 9:51 pmTFM
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9 years ago at 8:29 amThis is funny because it references billionaire property mogul and current presidential candidate Donald Trump, who in a recent interview mentioned a period in his young adulthood when, struggling to get his business off the ground, he was given a $1 million loan by his billionaire father Fred Trump. Many of Trump’s critics have pointed out his inherent disconnection from the financial struggles of the American middle and lower classes, whose poverty he has never experience but whose votes he nonetheless needs in order to win the presidency. Trump’s loan story was an ill-advised attempt to illustrate his own personal financial struggles as a parallel to those less fortunate than him, but the anecdote ultimately backfired when people pointed out the obvious fact that the non-wealthy do not have access to such easy credit in their own lives. Trump’s attempt to equate such a lavish and easily-obtained loan to the often-fruitless pursuit of modest loans for basic necessities by the underclass was seen by many as patronizing and offensive.
Many commenters have cited this story as evidence that wealthy Americans lack self-awareness and live in a bubble of privilege that makes them blind to the struggles of ordinary people. In most circles this mentality is considered a character flaw, but in stereotypical fraternity circles this obliviousness to class privilege is actually considered a point of pride to brag about. The poster is citing Trump’s $1 million loan story as a conspicuous example of this that has parallels to his own privileged existence.
9 years ago at 1:34 pmJew
9 years ago at 8:35 pmYeah his Dad wasn’t a billionaire so get your facts straight. Plus with that million dollars he has been able to do way more than his father ever has.
9 years ago at 11:34 am