Your complaining about not being "rich" just sounds like trying to make excuses so you don't have to feel bad when I work full time and have trouble paying for both food and shelter. Do you think you really do that much more than me?
I'm going to guess like most wealthy people, you simply have adjusted to the standards you can afford on that kind of income, and see it as "normal", and assume that most people have similar access to wealth.
I experience that quite often with people who are in the top 1%: "despite these vacations we take, the expensive things we eat and buy, and these other things you couldn't afford if you saved all year for it, which are regular course for us, we're not /that/ wealthy, because the 0.1% has so much more!"
So go ahead, knowing that I can barely afford to stay alive while working full time, and tell me that you're not that much more wealthy than I am.
The reality is that you'll make more this year than I'm likely to make in a decade.
(As a less aggressive side note: a better measure is worth than income, because as you point out, income is transitory.)
I'm going to guess like most wealthy people, you simply have adjusted to the standards you can afford on that kind of income, and see it as "normal", and assume that most people have similar access to wealth.
I experience that quite often with people who are in the top 1%: "despite these vacations we take, the expensive things we eat and buy, and these other things you couldn't afford if you saved all year for it, which are regular course for us, we're not /that/ wealthy, because the 0.1% has so much more!"
So go ahead, knowing that I can barely afford to stay alive while working full time, and tell me that you're not that much more wealthy than I am.
The reality is that you'll make more this year than I'm likely to make in a decade.
(As a less aggressive side note: a better measure is worth than income, because as you point out, income is transitory.)