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Prismsblade posted...

Im currently living said dream now but even before I was crawling myself up from the bottom I thought that was the most defeatist crap Ive ever heard in my life.

I'm living it too, that doesn't mean it's a real thing that most people can attain through "effort" or making good choices. Any little thing could have derailed me. Despite all the effort I put in, if I lost my job today and couldn't find another one within 3 months, I'd be just as screwed as anyone else.

Structural things determine your access to the "Dream" far more than anything any individual does. The global geopolitical economic system, union strength in your country, laws, the labor market, interest rates, infrastructure, the education system, economic class, social class, who your parents are and how they fit into all this, all of that could have swept you off your feet before you even got started. And it does to most people. Let's be realistic here, you say you crawled up from the bottom? What was more likely, you being where you are, or you staying at the bottom?
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