Obviously not but it doesn't' make me lazy. It' makes me someone who has earned something.
The mere mention that
poor people almost always have harder work is immediately interpreted by you as an accusation of "laziness" on your part.
It would be one thing if your position was that every job in our society needs to be done by
somebody and we shouldn't pit people against one another as some sort of "who works the hardest" competition, because all work deserves respect. But that's not it at all! There is not the slightest doubt in your mind when y'all proudly declare how you
work much harder than all these day laborers making minimum wage.
See, I have no problem happily acknowledging that my much-higher-paying job of today is FAR easier than the low-paying jobs of my youth, working retail or in a call center. I've put in decades of work and - with a bit of good fortune, as well - have earned my way up the ladder. I see no shame in conceding that I
don't have to work as hard today as I did when I was younger and making less money.
That's the GOAL: work less, make more!But you seem unable to settle for that arrangement, and are stuck clinging to the idea that you also somehow work harder now; that it's offensive to say that someone making less money than you
actually works harder than you do today. It's ridiculous.
I honestly don't give a shit how you feel
Yeah, that's the point: y'all don't give a shit about anyone else's feelings, yet expect your own feelings to be treated at all times like the most delicate silk.
Again, this is what made Pope Francis unusual: unlike the extremely loud American Catholic authorities who seem to focus on all sorts of imagined slights without a word to say about the poorest and neediest in our society, Pope Francis seemed to be sticking up for the downtrodden. It's not enough to make me a fan of the Catholic Church, but I was a fan of his.