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> As a white person from a white family in the middle of the US, no one that I care about values me based on my salary.

As someone of the same background and also from the middle of nowhere mid-US, I can say this is certainly true. It seems a bit different on the coasts.

That said, even my family doesn't think too highly of the unemployed, which seems a bit inconsistent.



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