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There is something to be said for the upper middle boy who fails.
You know the one 
Going through his twenties 
Supported by his parents 
but can’t commit to a job if it killed him. 
If his father had more connections he would get him one
but he is not as rich as he seems to many. 
He turns to rebellion and escape 
rather than work and reality. 
He feels empathy toward every living being. 
Even if they hurt him.

The poor man who fails 
was expected to fail.
Going through his twenties 
his family life was hard, 
he was battered and ill fed.
His anger toward the way he was brought up causes him harm.
He commits violent crimes using his past as an excuse. 
He has to work two jobs
both of which he struggles at
yet his bosses let it slide due to his situation.

The upper middle boy is spit at by everyone he once loved.
He is judged by every class as bad individual. 
Including the poor man who fails. 
“Why isn’t he successful? His life was fine.”
These are the kind of people the poor man who fails hates.
The poor man who succeeds,
dawned in his fur coat,
spits his golden tooth at the upper middle boy’s face. 
He would beat him up 
but he has people to do that for him now. 
The rich man 
from his large isolated tower
may even give money to the poor man who fails 
(though probably not)
but the upper middle boy has to pay the rich man.
The boy’s father 
sanity dwindling
reluctantly provides the money yet again. 
The upper middle class man who succeeds
stays in his cubicle 
aware of the situation the boy is in
but does not do a thing.
The upper middle class man somehow envies the upper middle boy
as the cubicle has not sucked his empathy away. 
The boy weeps on his potential to change. 

“Why isn’t he successful? His life was fine.”
What was his life like?
I bet you don’t even know?
All he knows is that he is a failure and he always will be.
He does not see room for change 
he has already failed himself. 
There is no improvement only downfall. 
Be nicer to him
or he’ll vote Trump.

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