How to Feel Rich in a System That’s Designed to Make You Feel Poor

July 14, 2025

Everywhere you turn, the message is the same:

You’re falling behind.

You should be grateful for what you’ve got.

You’re doing something wrong if you’re still struggling.

But what if the problem isn’t you?

What if the system was designed to grind you down, not lift you up?

Shrink the Packaging. Shrink the Expectations.

They didn’t just shrink the product.

They shrunk your portion of the future.

  • Cereal boxes? 20% less.

  • Insurance? 30% more.

  • Rent? Double in a decade.

And through it all, they whisper:

“Don’t worry. Inflation’s coming down.”

But that’s the trick:

They don’t need prices to keep rising.

They just need your standards to keep falling.

Psychological Inflation: The Tax You Don’t Notice

Real inflation doesn’t just hit your wallet.

It hits your confidence.

You don’t just spend less.

You dream smaller.

That’s not an accident.

It’s the most effective control mechanism ever created.

Keep people just comfortable enough to function, but too stressed to question the system.

The Rich Don’t Feel Poor Because They Don’t Live in Dollars

Want to know why the top 1% seems immune?

Because they don’t save in dollars.

They store value in assets that can’t be debased:

  • Hard money

  • Productive businesses

  • Real estate

  • Information

You, on the other hand, are expected to hold cash, earn wages, and chase “cost-of-living adjustments” that never quite adjust.

This Is the New Poverty: Earning More, Owning Less

The game is simple:

You earn more every year…

But own less than the generation before you.

Not because you’re lazy.

But because they changed the rules.

  • Wages stagnate

  • Prices drift upward

  • Asset prices explode beyond reach

And meanwhile, they tell you it's “just a business cycle.”

What You Can Do

🧠 Stop comparing your life to official numbers.
🛑 Stop chasing advice made for a different era.
🔒 Start building in a way that resists manipulation.

Because here’s the truth no one wants to say:

You don’t need to feel poor in a system that’s lying to you.

You just need to stop letting it define your value.

—Death