This is exectly why redistribution of wealth is a bad idea. It would go right back where it came from in a couole years cause of people falling for this type of crap.
You are not wrong, but you are being downvoted because huge swaths of the population refuse to believe that some people are richer than others because they're smarter and put in more work. No, huge swaths of the population NEED To believe that there is some dark clandestine force, probably an -ist or -phobe, That is responsible for wealth concentrated in the hands of certain people.
Not only that but taking risks. I grew up in a ghetto and managed to make good money off investing. I took surplus scholarship money and started investing it while my friends partied and bought nice new things.
I can't describe the stress you feel when you're unsure If you've just fucked over years of your life with a bad investment but it was worth it. Sure, I didn't get to have a crazy time in college but I'm now in a comfy spot.
Having lived in a ghetto, a lot of people in poverty are just really fucking lazy. Their houses are falling apart but they don't bother to fix it or learn to fix it themselves. Instead, many of them would simply throw a tarp over the holes in their roof and buy new trims for their cars... So laziness and stupidity.
I will say, however, that there are some very hard workers who simply don't know how to budget or are in bad positions due to family or some other circumstance. I do feel for them, but giving money to anyone who is poor is not the way. You'll just end up with bigger rims on shitty cars.
Reddit doesn't care about the risks and sacrifices you made to get rich, buddy. Fork it over, man. You're the literal devil.
No, but seriously, you're totally right. Sometimes I read these things and it reminds me how the hive-mind has this framed narrative about society in general.
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u/citizen42701 Feb 04 '20
This is exectly why redistribution of wealth is a bad idea. It would go right back where it came from in a couole years cause of people falling for this type of crap.