"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
Supposdly John Steinbeck said that but that's disputed, but yeah. No one wants to think of themselves as an exploited worker, but as a rich capitalist in waiting.
Similarly people always think in terms of money "one day I'll have enough money for x", when for some things maybe we should think: "one day I won't need money for x, there will be no need for money for anything"