Life's Little Ironies (Just Another Brick in the Wall)

 

Since tonight ended up being a late night for me, I decided to spend my last few minutes putting my thoughts down in this article while listening music from iheart online radio and the playlist that I recently created that has 420 songs or about a little less than 30 hours of music that will never be listened to straight through unless I am on my death bed and I can see hear.

What actually prompted my thoughts was the song FORTUNATE ONE by Credence Clearwater Revival now known as CCR.  The title of the song says it all, and the lyrics address how the singer is not a fortunate one...  however, that is not necessarily true because the musicians and the musical groups of the 1960's and 1970's as well as other decades that followed and now in 2000 to 2020 (rounding for simplicity) are MULTIMILLIONAIRES, especially CCR and the lyrics no longer applies to their current lifestyle.

But, that is only PART OF THE IRONY...  the other part is all the people who remain in the lower income levels of our American Society are the ones that made them MULTIMILLIONAIRES which to me is incredibly interesting to say the least.

Middle Class Americans and I am talking about those who earn an annual salary of somewhere between $35,000 to $60,000 and we could push that up to $75,000 or even $100,000 if you just focus on households and not necessarily individuals.

IRONY:  the purchases of the Middle Class create the Millionaires and Billionaires in this great, full of opportunities America or USA which would be more accurate, since we have Central America and South America as well.

IRONY COROLLARY # 1:  80% of the population with create the wealth for 20% of the population.

It is not just the record that the middle class purchases, but it is:

• Concert Tickets
• Records/CD's/Downloads
• Musical Groups/Individuals Memorabelia 
• Silver Screen Movie Tickets
• Professional Athletic Events
• Professional Athlete Memorabelia
• Painters, Sculpters, Print Makers, Photographers, etc.
• Fiction/Nonfiction Authors

IRONY COROLLARY #2:  the middle class will continue to buy these songs about what if feels like to be poor from the Millionaires because their lyrics make them temporarily feel better even though their purchases simply make them wealthier.