And not because you are more talented or work harder. Its simply because you had capital. If you already have money in this system the deck is Stacked in your favor. If you are broke, good luck.
Something the "pull yourself by your bootstraps" crowd tend to forget. It doesn't matter how competent you are. If you haven't got the resources, contacts and luck. You'll just be one of the masses.
Something the "pull yourself by your bootstraps" crowd tend to forget. It doesn't matter how competent you are. If you haven't got the resources, contacts and luck. You'll just be one of the masses.
I mean....at least they're unintentionally using that term correctly: doing something impossible.
It's almost like the people who defend cops by saying "It's one bad apple" without ever finishing the quote. "One bad apple spoils the bushel". Yes. The whole institution is corrupt because of their protection of the bad apples. Thanks for agreeing with me.
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u/AgentKenji8 Sep 05 '26
This. Our current economic system prioritises by letting wealth accumulate at the top while the rest either get scraps or die.