It's true, if you're in the middle class (the top 20% of earners in today's hellworld) and you don't retire a millionaire, you did something wrong. What's all the suffering of the lower classes for if the top slice of society doesn't get to own three houses in their sixties?
Plenty of people in that income bracket do nothing wrong but get fucked by a health crisis, the price of college for their kids, etc. And if you make less, you can get fucked by progressively smaller things -- your car breaks down, you have a more moderate medical expense, you have to move a few times in a short period.
It's true, if you're in the middle class (the top 20% of earners in today's hellworld) and you don't retire a millionaire, you did something wrong. What's all the suffering of the lower classes for if the top slice of society doesn't get to own three houses in their sixties?
Plenty of people in that income bracket do nothing wrong but get fucked by a health crisis, the price of college for their kids, etc. And if you make less, you can get fucked by progressively smaller things -- your car breaks down, you have a more moderate medical expense, you have to move a few times in a short period.