/biz/ - Business & Finance

Your income, in almost every case, is a direct reflection of your value as a human being. Sure, there are exceptions. But I would estimate that for 99.9% of humans, your level of responsibility, dedication, motivation, drive, and intelligence is directly correlated to how much money you make.

If someone is poor, you can almost always assume they are stupid and lazy. If someone is rich, you can almost always assume they are intelligent and driven. Like I said, there are exceptions. But they are far and few between. It's why medical doctors are paid the big bucks and blue collar workers make low 5 figs and have an extremely high turn-around rate (from just not showing up -> laziness)

Your car is the quickest way for someone to determine your worth. When you see someone exit a Ferrari, you automatically know they're above you. Actually, most of you probably cope and convince yourself they're up to their eyeballs in debt but nonetheless you saw them and immediately got defensive because your little ego got hurt simply by them existing and driving a nice car.

That's what a car does - it immediately displays your status. It says either "yep, that's right. I make enough money to afford this car" or "I'm so poor I have to drive a beater to make ends meet". Your car immediately determines your value as a human. Expensive car = high income = high paying job = high value employee. It immediately tells people you're intelligent.