Go Ross Gittins!
Nothing annoys me more than hearing the comfortably-off trying to convince themselves — and anyone who'll listen — that they're really battlers. - Old whine, new bottles, in The Age.
And Gittins is just talking about Australia. Once you look at the
majority world, such cries are even more ridiculous.
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But to be fair, you have to be earning a pile to have a decent life in modern mainstream Australia. But there's the rub - no one's making you live a mainstream life, following the dreams handed to you by advertising agencies and your neighbors.
Think outside the box.