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I think one of the biggest problems that we have today is that intelligent, hard-working people are the poorest they've ever been. In the past, if you studied
by jondubois 11y ago
I think one of the biggest problems that we have today is that intelligent, hard-working people are the poorest they've ever been.
In the past, if you studied and worked really hard, you would usually achieve something. Today you can study and work very hard for a very long time and still end up with nothing.
Being smart or trying hard has very little value, it's all about who you know and what assets you own. Today, most people are just living off of their assets. Assets which they received as a result of a lot of luck and perhaps a bit of hard work.
Instead of the government stepping in to protect the people - The government is facilitating this inequality by allowing corporations to carry-out mutually-beneficial deals with one another at the expense of regular people.
People are being enslaved; not just less-educated people, but also highly educated people (who can actually see/understand what is happening).
I think we have a new economic class in our society, the 'highly educated lower class'.
- dredmorbius 11y agoYou've a peculiarly brief view of "ever". But yes, from a mid-20th century all-time peak, real middle class wealth in the US is declining.