The Struggle Is Real?

I just saw a video of a person saying, "The struggle is real." about their income and the price of food and gas. Here's the deal, the guy has 6 Tomahawk Steak on the BBQ. I priced them in Canada as he was Canadian. They range from $97.00 to $279.95 each steak.

Say he's got the least expensive version. This is $582 of meat for one meal for his family. I am alone, but I spend only a bit less than $200 a month of groceries, and have a couple of treats near the start of the month - so lets say $250.00

His one round of meat for one meal is 2.328 X more than my entire month of eating. The stores in my city don't sell these steaks as no one here has the ability to get them on average, so they don't sell.

You can however get frozen lobster if you like. It's a lot, but not $97.00. I miss seeing the lives lobsters in the tank at superstore - they don't have that now. It's been a long time in fact. Again, no one was buying them after the 1990's started.

It doesn't matter how much money people have it seems, they always want more. This mentality is why food and gas is so bloody much money - greed. Stores are making record profits every quarter. They are racking it in.

This is not enough though, they are using AI to replace people and do tasks like cleaning. There is literally not enough money in the world to satisfy the rich. They always want more. 8 people have more money than 80% of the worlds population combined.

And this guy on the real is part of the problem. He will continue to want more and use up tones of resources on pleasure. There are people in his community going without meals for days near the end of the month. He could have helped a lot of poor kids have a mean with $582.

Don't be giving me "The struggle is real." If you are spending half of my monthly pay on just the meat for one meal. Suck it up sunshine and get on with enjoying a life close to 90% of people in your country don't have the ability to have. The best thing is, the only thing hell be leaving his kids is a crippling debt load after his toys and fancy meals.

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