I tell you the difference between a backward person with a backward mentality who has come from a backward family AND a progressive person who has a progressive mentality and has come out of a progressive family.
A person whose family is mentally backward and from which not many people are highly educated and are mostly non-working in government jobs or corporate ones, when he gets only one job in his entire life, starts thinking that he is the king of the world, starts feeling entitled about many things, questioning the capability of others including strangers, whereas is highly incapable of comprehending anything properly, is extremely jealous of anyone who is doing better than him in many aspects of life.
whereas
A person who has come out of a progressive family whose more than half of the family members, specially females, have had at least 2-3 degrees in education and have worked in government as well as corporate jobs, thinks that he/she is not doing good enough in his/her life, does not question or taunt others much, stays humble (not in a fake manner but are too humble for what they bring to the table), despite having more qualification, more influence, more knowledge, much more intellect and capability than that backward former.
Progressive people don’t really keep an eye on other people’s progress and are not envious of their progress because they are well-aware of their capability and calibre, whereas backward people always keep an eye on other people and their every step and keep burning with envy from them because they are ignorant about their own incapability and ignorant about others’ capability, so they keep on taunting and questioning them to break their confidence whereas they themselves are below-average in IQ and intellect and a few more capabilities.
The difference is very clear and it all starts from the family’s progression or backwardness that gets imbibed in the mind of those persons.
Next time you ever read, hear, or see someone of that mentality and behaviour and think WHY SO GAWAAR?? Consider this as one of the biggest reasons.
PS- Trying to blow off someone else’s candle will not make yours shine brighter. You will stay in your misery forever, always burning with self-pity and envy from those who are better than you and who are doing better than you!!