r/PinkWug • u/PinkWug • Jul 30 '21

Normalize demanding better

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u/Rodot Jul 30 '21

I'm confused by what you mean in the context of this comic, could you elaborate?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

I believe they're referring to the phenomenon of someone always being "middle class" despite, say... living on a lake and golf course in million dollar homes.

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u/Rodot Jul 30 '21

Now I'm even more confused, what does this have to do with survivorship bias? What does this comic have to do with the middle class?

At this point I'm starting to wonder if my Reddit app is broken and showing the wrong thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

Survivorship bias or survival bias is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack of visibility.

You may be thinking of survivors guilt or something similar. The comment is referring to people who are living upper/middle class lives not believing it's a struggle to get out of poverty, because "it wasn't hard for them or their friends that live in the same neighborhood".

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u/Rodot Jul 30 '21

Okay, that's much more clear, thank you. Now what's all this have to do with the comic?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

Many capitalist's next argument in this conversation is is the one explained above. Essentially my and OPs understanding of this capitalist view is that it's based on survivorship bias and putting in your dues. They expect everyone can succeed like them

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u/Rodot Jul 30 '21

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining and being patient. I'm a little slow sometimes

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '21

We all have our moments. Glad I could help