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Topic	Self-made rich Capitalists who say things are going fine.
averagejoel 02/10/22 1:04:44 PM #30:	NightingaleMD posted... My specific example was wheelchair-bound from intellectual disability :P I see a lot of this at my ED. There is an entire nursing home next to my shop that houses these poor souls. Hawking was truly amazing. Yet, he proves me point as well. He had an inner drive to succeed. Drive is extremely important. Most people in his situation would just give up. "drive to succeed" also doesn't really have any bearing on success capitalism necessitates the existence of an exploited underclass to function. if everyone were skilled and driven to succeed, there wouldn't be more successful people; there would just be a lot more unsuccessful people who are also skilled and driven. it's functionally a gigantic pyramid scheme. whether or not "anyone" can succeed is irrelevant -- "everyone" can't. the system cannot sustain that --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:962532292] in Self-made ... [t:79893029]...</cite> <quote>NightingaleMD posted... </cite> <quote>My specific example was wheelchair-bound from intellectual disability :P I see a lot of this at my ED. There is an entire nursing home next to my shop that houses these poor souls. Hawking was truly amazing. Yet, he proves me point as well. He had an inner drive to succeed. Drive is extremely important. Most people in his situation would just give up.</quote>"drive to succeed" also doesn't really have any bearing on success capitalism necessitates the existence of an exploited underclass to function. if everyone were skilled and driven to succeed, there wouldn't be more successful people; there would just be a lot more unsuccessful people who are also skilled and driven. it's functionally a gigantic pyramid scheme. whether or not "anyone" can succeed is irrelevant -- "everyone" can't. the system cannot sustain that --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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