You are not entitled to verbally abuse other people, and this is not changed by waving your hands at the "real world" or how you are supposedly doing me a favor by explaining that you are not the only asshole (I am likely older than you).
Anybody of any age with a sense of self-worth and morality will not work in the kind of toxic environment you are defending as necessary. Utopia doesn't exist, but avoiding people like you is all too possible.
You are directly calling me an asshole (twice now) and you are mad because I "verbally abused" someone (who, exactly?) by saying they are nothing?
Seriously? Dude, if you can't handle your emotions well enough to handle a person saying something that you find personally uncomfortable, you probably aren't ready for life yet.
Perhaps you need a discussion more to your personal liking; reddit is that way ->
I'm definitely calling you an asshole too and a very big one at that.
You're tone (in your very post here) isn't acceptable at all.
People bullying youngsters (I'm in my 40s, thank you) by telling them they're "just a number", "your lot in life is too walk on your toes", "your are a nothing", "what you've delivered doesn't count", etc. are assholes.
And it's a fact.
And just like the other poster here (pekk), I pitty people who have you "above them" in any hierarchy because you're personality is seriously disturbed to say such things.
Don't try to justify the behavior of your post. Talking like that about people isn't acceptable.
That's why you get insulted openly as being an asshole: you begged for it.
I pitty your wife too: it's a major pain to live with cocksure people who know it all and who feel superior. I had a friend like that (I can't stand him anymore) and after a few years she demanded divorce.
Good luck in life (I leave you the last word because seen the discussion and you're type of personality you're obviously the kind of person who thinks he always has the last word) but remember: karma's a bitch.
Anybody of any age with a sense of self-worth and morality will not work in the kind of toxic environment you are defending as necessary. Utopia doesn't exist, but avoiding people like you is all too possible.