"Even if"? If you're not doing relatively well, and you feel that you're not doing well, then you have a realistic view of how you're doing, and by definition do not have "money dysphoria". This fake thing that they just made up, to the extent that it exists, only applies to people who are doing well and feel inadequate. Poor young people who think they're poor are correct.
And what does it matter if someone is doing "relatively well" if they're still literally living paycheck to paycheck? Or if they're saving such a meager amount compared to inflation that they know for certain they'll never retire?
Exactly. I would argue that if "relatively well" means you're paycheck to paycheck with no end in sight, then it doesn't matter that you're doing as well as or better than your peers. Your financial health relative to the average is irrelevant if the average person is also doing poorly. If most people had cancer, you could argue that having a melanoma is better than having stage 4 pancreatic, but you wouldn't say that you're healthy just because your cancer is less detrimental than the average.
"Even if"? If you're not doing relatively well, and you feel that you're not doing well, then you have a realistic view of how you're doing, and by definition do not have "money dysphoria". This fake thing that they just made up, to the extent that it exists, only applies to people who are doing well and feel inadequate. Poor young people who think they're poor are correct.
And what does it matter if someone is doing "relatively well" if they're still literally living paycheck to paycheck? Or if they're saving such a meager amount compared to inflation that they know for certain they'll never retire?
Exactly. I would argue that if "relatively well" means you're paycheck to paycheck with no end in sight, then it doesn't matter that you're doing as well as or better than your peers. Your financial health relative to the average is irrelevant if the average person is also doing poorly. If most people had cancer, you could argue that having a melanoma is better than having stage 4 pancreatic, but you wouldn't say that you're healthy just because your cancer is less detrimental than the average.
It's an extremely "let them eat cake" statement.