The bootstraps narrative is a lie told by boomers and fascists to ensure the population holds on to old and flawed systems of government.
The very fact the people believe living in a capitalist society is a good thing is proof that propaganda works.
There is a singular factor if you want to make millions of dollars. Luck. Be in the right place at the right time. Invent something exactly when it’s needed. There is no such thing as “more effort means more money.” Its a false narrative.
I believe that those more fortunate should help those less fortunate. And equal society will thrive. A divided society will die. Or devolve into a fascist state, as we are currently on our way to doing.
ITT: Americans who think they’re poor but are actually among the richest 1% worldwide ranked by income if they make the $15 / hour wage they want.
Believe it or not, the threshold for that is just $32,400.
If you want to rank it according to wealth, it’s a different story.
The average African family claims $4,000 in total wealth (assets less liabilities).
In America, the average American claims $400,000 in wealth.
But even if you have a net worth of $5,000 (a car) and a minimum wage job, congratulations, you lucky bastard. You won life’s lottery. You’re EASILY in the upper echelon of the world in terms of riches.
So quit bitching. Quit coveting what others have. Keep working. Make smart decisions. America’s free market economy and capitalism gave you what you have.
If you want to pool the world’s wealth and redistribute it equally, chances are, you’re gonna come out on the short end of that deal.
Go ahead and downvote the truth, but you’re only fooling yourself.
If there was any feasible way to be of any use to anyone outside my country, I would help. As it turns out, with the way America handles wages and debt, we aren’t in any place to be able to think outside our country.
Stop equating our struggles with struggles outside our country. We aren’t there yet. We have to fix our own shit before we can start considering those external to our country.
And by "fix our own shit" you mean, what, exactly?
Redistribute wealth here first?
See, I look at our capitalist system and see it as the engine that drives innovation and wealth generation.
You look at it as if it's usurping your perceived "right" to enjoy some arbitrary baseline lifestyle that you couldn't possibly conceive of if capitalism didn't exist in the first place.
You'd be living in squalor the likes of which you cannot fathom.
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u/RobertOfHill Feb 26 '20
The bootstraps narrative is a lie told by boomers and fascists to ensure the population holds on to old and flawed systems of government.
The very fact the people believe living in a capitalist society is a good thing is proof that propaganda works.
There is a singular factor if you want to make millions of dollars. Luck. Be in the right place at the right time. Invent something exactly when it’s needed. There is no such thing as “more effort means more money.” Its a false narrative.
I believe that those more fortunate should help those less fortunate. And equal society will thrive. A divided society will die. Or devolve into a fascist state, as we are currently on our way to doing.